• Entry is now free!
  • Email entries to info@wfnb.ca
  • Use the subject: "Sheree Fitch Prize"
• Short story or poem written by teens age 13 to 18
• Short story–up to 4,000 words; or poem–up to 100 lines
• Only two submissions per person
• First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize 1 year WFNB membership

2025 Judge: Jacqueline Halsey

Originally from the UK, Jacqueline has lived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for over thirty years. She has written eight highly acclaimed books - a mixture of fun picture books and junior historical fiction. Her middle-grade historical novel Piper was short listed for the 2019, TD Geoffrey Bilson award for Children’s Historical fiction. For over a decade she has taken part in the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia’s “Writer’s in the School program.” Jacqueline has an art college background, a degree in English Literature and before becoming a full-time writer, worked for many years in the Youth Services department of the Alderney Gate Library in Dartmouth. Her love of hiking, beachcombing, history, and taking care of the environment led her to join the “Friends of McNabs Island Society.” She now sits on the Board, takes part in the massive annual beach clean-up and leads groups of visitors on interpretive hikes around the beautiful, storied island in Halifax harbour.

2024 Judge: Jay McGrath
Winners

First Place, Sunken Ship of Theseus Author: Yutong (Teresa) Wu, Moncton

Second Place, Nameless, Author: Allison O’Reilly, Quispamsis

Third Place: Where I’m From, Author: Madeline Bowie, Fredericton

Honourable Mentions:

The Wolf Cries, Author: Sarah Hackett

Wait For Me To Come Home, Author: Ziwen Wang, Moncton

Goldilocks and the Wolf, Author: Lilyana Page

Lost Echoes, Author: Eliza Johnson, grade 11.

Centerstage, Author: Quinn Ryan, grade 11, Johnville

Melting Horizons, Author: Ibtihaaj Enitan-Adelakun, Moncton

Mind of Walls, Author, Sarah Harfoush

2022 - 2023 Judge: Hope Dalvay

Winners

First Place: Charlotte Upright (Moncton, NB), A Valley of Burnt Skies

Second Place: Grace Pusey (Grand Bay-Westfield, NB), Floopinsbag, Duffelnoth, and Sir George the Scared

Third Place: Liam Johnson (Saint John, NB), Winter’s Claws

2021 - 2022 Judge: Lana Button

Winners

First Place: Meaghan Whittier, Through a Child’s Eyes

Second Place: Tori Garnett, Teenage Years

Third Place: Caleb Bulmer, The Main Act

Honourable Mention: Simon Hatfield, A Desperately Needed Change