HA&L magazine issue nine.1

Short Works Prize for Writing 2016 Awards

 

The 2016 Short Works Prize for writing


Awards Announcement
 

Short Works Prize for writing for writing.


CONGRATULATIONS!

2016 SWP Award Recipients:






Published NON-FICTION:
The Alvin A. Lee Prize for
Creative Non-Fiction

John Terpstra: Daylighting Chedoke

Honourable Mentions:
Jane Mulkewich: Sophia
Margaret Nowaczyk: A Knitting Class





Published POETRY
The Bryan Prince Bookseller Prize for Poetry
Jennifer Tan: From Apples and Skulls


Honourable Mentions:
Justin Semelhago: Where Am I
Sarah Scott: Plains of Abraham

 





Published FICTION:

The Ward 1 Marjorie Baskin Prize for Fiction
Amanda Leduc: Graduation

Honourable Mentions:
Christine Miscione: Spring
Bryan Boodhoo: Regression






Unpublished – OFF-THE-RADAR Prize for Poetry:

The Mohawk College Prize for Writing
James Puntillo – Poetry: New Boundaries


Honourable Mentions:
Christine Hatfield – Poetry: Jerseyville Road
Lesley Wellington – Poetry: Geraldine Rose, That’s not where that Goes!





Unpublished – OFF-THE-RADAR Prize for Creative Non-Fiction:

The Redeemer University College
Prize for Writing

Suzanne Foreman – Creative Non-Fiction: Emerson and The Rain Drums

Honourable Mentions:
Phoebe Taylor – Creative Non-Fiction: The Best Costume
Peggyanne Mansfield – Creative Non-Fiction: From Behind The Kitchen Stove



 

Unpublished – OFF-THE-RADAR Prize for Fiction:

The Redeemer University College
Prize for Writing

Andrew Lee – Fiction: Jamal and the Sea

Honourable Mentions:
Nicole Rose Ankenmann – Fiction: The Comforter
Steve Simpson – Fiction: The Silent Child






Unpublished – YOUTH
The Rotary Club of Hamilton AM
Young Writers Prize:
Violet Arenburg – Fiction: Insanity
Jess Blenkarn – Fiction: A Silent Night
Catherine Hu – Fiction: Crash Site
Gagandeep Saini – Poetry: The Hanging Tree
Diana Galoiu – Poetry: Hope Everlasting


Honourable Mentions:
Monica Swayze – Fiction: Swim deep
Elise Arsenault – Creative Nonfiction:
I Heard God in a Moon Shower
Brittany Friesen – Poetry: the dust





OLDER ADULTS:
The Older Adults category was open to Memoir Workshop participants.

The Gillett Prizes for Writing:
Dean Carriere
Jennette Lukasik
Gloria Geller






Next SWP DEADLINE will be announced in January 2017.

 
 

Thanks to all who joined us for the 3rd Annual SWP Awards Celebration!


See our SWP AWARDS
photos here on Twitter 
twitter.com/shortworkprize

Sunday October 2nd, 2016
DOORS Open: 1:30pm
START TIME: 2:00pm
Hamilton Public Library
Central Branch
55 York Blvd.
First Floor Auditorium
Free Admission
Limited Seating
R. S. V. P.


The Short Works Prize for writing is Presented in Partnership by Bryan Prince Bookseller, Hamilton Arts & Letters magazine, and the Hamilton Public Library.


Our thanks to the 2016 SWP Jurors: 
Klyde Broox
J.S. Porter
Denyse Terry
Brent van Staalduinen
Jeffrey Griffiths

Youth Prizes Juried by HA&L magazine. www.HALmagazine.com

Sincere Thanks to our SWP Sponsors and Community Partners!

2016 Prize Sponsorships from: the Rotary Club of Hamilton AM, McMaster University, the City of Hamilton Ward 1, Redeemer University College, and Mohawk College. SWP is funded in part by the Hamilton Author Series. 

And thanks to HA&L magazine's Community Partner, The Hamilton Spectator.


SWP Sponsors


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HAL 8th Anniversary 2016




The Hamilton Public Library, Bryan Prince Bookseller, and Hamilton Arts & Letters magazine present the Short Works Prize for Writing.

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