Congrats to the
2018 Award Recipients!
Published NON-FICTION:
The Alvin A. Lee Award for
Creative Non-Fiction
Brent van Staalduinen: #BecauseSocial
Honourable Mentions:
Monica Plant: An urban barn-raising
Annastacia Dickerson: Our Daughter’s So Sparkly, We Gotta Wear Shades
Michael Sinding: From Words to Worldview: Framing Narrative Genres
Published POETRY
The Judy Marsales Real Estate Ltd. Award for Poetry
Ed Clayton: Clackity Clack
Honourable Mentions:
Ben Robinson: The Sesquicentennial Luncheon
Richard MacKinnon: Busy Water
Published FICTION:
The Hamilton Public Library Freda Waldon Award for Fiction
Brent van Staalduinen: Those Days Just A Glimmer
Honourable Mentions:
Laura Lawson: The Harbinger, 1983
Margaret Nowaczyk: Tower of Fools
Nicola Winstanley: The Feeling In The Flesh
Unpublished – OFF-THE-RADAR
The Mohawk College Awards for Poetry & Short Story
Elise Arsenault: Encore
Duncan Todd: Breakfast
Honourable Mentions:
Chris McNamee: Unveiled
Paul Van Ravenstein: My Life As a Book
Rita Aker: Mother Earth’s Love
Jess Paquette: One Sunday
Katrine Raymond: Everything Belongs to Me
Unpublished – OFF-THE-RADAR
The Redeemer University College Award
for a Short Story
Mary Haylock: My Theatrical Career
Honourable Mentions:
Suzanne Foreman: Lies Our Parents Told Us
Nevena Kovacevic: Flashbacks
Sarah Lim: These are the Things that are New
Unpublished – YOUTH
The Rotary Club of Hamilton AM
Young Writers Awards:
Owen Luo - Poetry: Dividers
Julie Leroux - Poetry: The Night Sky
Jordyn Byers - Fiction: Andromeda
Monica Swayze - Fiction: From Distant Lands
Honourable Mentions:
Jade Zhang - Poetry: hand in hand
Jana El-Hosseini - Poetry: She is my Home
Jaime Delaney - Poetry: Always
Reema Balousha – Poetry: Shattered Dreams and Hopeless Teens
Leah Hart – Fiction: Dragon Warriors
Nifemi Bola – Fiction: The Almost King
Amit Nehru – Fiction: The Other
Ruby Wang – Fiction: L’oiseau est morte
THE GILLETT REMINISCENCE AWARDS
This category was open to Memoir Writing Workshop participants.
Jennette Lukasik: A Cherished Childhood
Shannon Chartrand: Getting Juiced
Judy Mendelson: Climbing Dundurn Stairs
Honourable Mentions:
Ceci L. Dyer: Sleeping with Bulls
Dean Carriere: The Red Shoes
|
|
Our thanks to all who participated in SWP 2018!
And thank you to the jurors for all of their hard work: Cara Evans • Jeffrey Griffiths • Jen Jones • Shane Neilson • Denyse Terry
FREE! JOIN US for the Awards Celebration on November 18th. R.S.V.P. • CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW >>>
Sincere Thanks to our SWP Sponsors and Community Partners!
The Rotary Club of Hamilton AM, McMaster University, Mohawk College, Judy Marsales Real Estate Ltd., James Gillett, Redeemer University College, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton Arts & Letters magazine, and the City of Hamilton.
And thanks to HA&L magazine's Community Partner, The Hamilton Spectator: TheSpec.com
Follow SWP on Twitter: @shortworkprize >>>
The Short Works Prize for writing is open to Hamilton Area Authors. SWP was founded in partnership by Bryan Prince Bookseller, Hamilton Arts & Letters magazine, and the Hamilton Public Library.
|
