{"id":1440,"date":"2021-03-13T09:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2021-03-13T09:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:44:24","slug":"national-capital-writing-contest-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/nationalcapitalregion\/national-capital-writing-contest-winners-list\/","title":{"rendered":"National Capital Writing Contest Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Authors Association (CAA)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The National Capital Region Branch of the Canadian Authors Association honoured the winners of the 34th Annual NCWC on Friday, March 12 during an online gathering.
We are pleased to celebrate the talents of these writers. Their work is published in the contest anthology: Building Community<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.

FIRST PLACE: $300
SECOND PLACE: $200
THIRD PLACE: $100<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

POETRY<\/strong>
First Place: <\/strong>\u201cThe Curved Twigs\u201d by John Morris, Ottawa ON
Second Place: <\/strong>\u201crecital\u201d by Bob MacKenzie, Kingston ON
Third Place:<\/strong> \u201cA New Skin\u201d by John Morris, Ottawa ON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:<\/strong>
\u201cFear\u201d by David M Black, Wendover ON
\u201cOur Childhood Smelled of Lilacs\u201d by LG Pomerleau, Nanton AB
\u201cGround Down\u2014Down Underground\u201d by Kathy O\u2019Grady Bose, Ottawa ON
\u201cSeeking Grace\u201d by LG Pomorleau, Nanton AB
\u201cOn Writing\u201d by Adam Jarvis, Ottawa ON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHORT STORY<\/strong>
First Place:<\/strong> \u201cBabble\u201d by Archie Nicholson, Stratford ON
Second Place: <\/strong>\u201cStill Life\u201d by Anna Rumin, Ottawa ON
Third Place:<\/strong> \u201cWill Destroy for Food\u201d by Adam Jarvis, Ottawa ON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HONOURABLE MENTIONS<\/strong>
\u201cHungerbitten\u201d by Laura Wang Arseneau, Fort Erie ON
\u201cBodies in Trouble\u201d by Diane Carley, St. John\u2019s NL
\u201cWhose Turf Is It Anyway?\u201d by Iris Winston, Almonte ON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FINALISTS<\/strong>
\u201cMine\u201d by Jason Boudreau, Ottawa ON
\u201cFlickering Lights\u201d by Alicia Maini, Toronto ON
\u201cTransformation\u201d by Donna McDougall, Perth ON
\u201cThe Gentleman Hermit\u201d by Russell Wardell, Carleton Place ON<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to everyone.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

POETRY JUDGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asa Boxer\u2019s debut book, The Mechanical Bird (2007), won the Canadian Authors Association Prize for Poetry, and his cycle of poems entitled \u201cThe Workshop\u201d won first prize in the 2004 CBC Literary Awards. His poems and essays have since been anthologized in various collections and have appeared in various magazines internationally. Boxer is also a founder of the Montreal International Poetry Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


SHORT STORY JUDGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaarina Stiff is a freelance writer and editor who has been consuming, creating, and polishing stories since she learned how to read. She has published stories in Room and Cargo Literary Magazine, and she twice won the Toronto Novel Marathon in the young adult fiction category. Kaarina has served on the national executive of the Canadian Authors Association, as the branch chair of Editors Ottawa-Gatineau, and as president of the Ottawa chapter of the Professional Writers Association of Canada. In 2018, she received a President\u2019s Award for Volunteer Service from Editors Canada. She lives in Ottawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Authors Association (CAA) The National Capital Region Branch of the Canadian Authors Association honoured the winners of the 34th Annual NCWC on Friday, March 12 during an online gathering.We are pleased to celebrate the talents of these writers. Their work is published in…<\/p>\n

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