Quebec Writing Competition Winners
We are pleased to announce the winning entries in the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. The awards were presented by Jeanette Kelly at the Quebec Writers Federation Gala on Tuesday, November 22, 2011.
Grand Prize Winner ($1000)
Someone Has to Save Us from This by Kasper Hartman
Second Prize Winners ($1000 each)
Kingers by Gary Leclerc
A Photo Examination by Tijana Stojkovic
You can listen to the winners' stories here.
Honourable mentions
Den Coupal, Brand Loyalty
Heather Davidson, The Young Admirer
Carolina Echeverria, Counter Dancing
Steven Manners, Dreaming in Colour
B. A. Markus, A Good Sign
Israël Montplaisir Benedict, Dear Mother
Guillaume Morissette, Vaster Emptiness Achieved
Shaun Pett, The Bus Stop
Peter Richardson, André Guilbert--an Airport Report Card
Claire Sherwood, Rat Catcher
The judges for the 2011 competition were Drew Nelles, Jaspreet Singh and Johanna Skibsrud.
All winners are published in the anthology Minority Reports, published by Véhicule Press.
The first prize winner's story will also be published in the Winter edition of Maisonneuve magazine, on newsstands December 16th. And the two second prize winner's stories will be published in the magazine's online edition.
Listen to Cinq à Six for a Quebec Writing Competition special broadcast, featuring interviews with the winners and readings of the winning entries. That show will be broadcast on December 31, 2011.
Winners to be announced at QWF Gala
The three winners of the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition, as well as the ten honourable mentions, will be announced on Tuesday, November 22 at this year's QWF Literary Awards Gala.
The Gala takes place at 7 p.m. at the Lion d'Or (1676 Ontario E.).
Host of CBC Radio's Cinq à Six, Jeanette Kelly, will announce the winners and honourable mentions at the event.
This year, an anthology of the winning and honourable mention competition entries for the past three years, Minority Report, published by Véhicule Press, will be unveiled at the Gala. This is the fourth such anthology; together, they represent 12 years of excellence in Quebec English short form literature.
Tickets for the Gala are $15 ($10 for full-time students with ID) and are available at the following bookstores: Argo Books, Babar en ville, Bibliophile, Clio Bookstore, Paragraphe Bookstore, and The Word. Tickets will also be available at the QWF office and at the door (space permitting). For ticket information, call (514) 933-0878.
Good luck to everyone!
Shortlist announced!
Today we announced the names of the finalists for the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition.
Winners will be announced at the Annual QWF Literary Awards Gala on November 22, 2011. More info to come.
Congratulations everyone!
Israël Montplaisir Benedict, Dear Mother
Den Coupal, Brand Loyalty
Denise Crawford, Encomium
Heather Davidson, The Young Admirer
Carolina Echeverria, Counter Dancing
Gary Elson, The Silverfish
Jason Price Everett, Intimate Landscapes
Veena Gokhale, Together Alone
Emily Gray, The Man on the CD Cover
Kasper Hartman, Someone Has to Save us From This
Boustan Hirji, Blood Money
Sidonie Kerr, Don't be a Stranger
Mike Lake, Strange Fruit
Gary Leclerc, Kingers
Elizabeth Ledwosinska, I Could Talk to me for Years
James Little, Train Ride
Nancy A. Locke, Metronome Man Plays Pool
Steven Manners, And Narrow is the Way and Dreaming in Colour
B. A. Markus, A Good Sign
Guillaume Morissette, Vaster Emptiness Achieved
Rumki Mukutmoni, Dan the Man
Stephen Orlov, The Trial of Ta Mok
Shaun Pett, The Bus Stop
Peter Richardson, André Guilbert--an Airport Report Card
Claire Sherwood, Rat Catcher
Tijana Stojković, A Photo Examination
Lesley Trites, Eucalyptus in the Glass
Donna S. Vekteris, Death (in Venice) Loses the Address
Ann Ward, Washing Down
Robert Yates, Instead, This is how it Went
2011 Quebec Writing Competition closed
The 2011 Quebec Writing Competition is now closed.
Please be sure to check back here this fall to find out who has made the shortlist. Among our finalists, three will be named winners.
Each winner will receive:
- $1000
- Broadcast of their story on CBC Radio One's Cinq à Six
- Publication in Maisonneuve Magazine and in an anthology by Véhicule Press
For complete information please read the contest details and the rules and regulations.
The Quebec Writing Competition is the result of a partnership between CBC Radio One, the Quebec Writers' Federation, Maisonneuve Magazine and Véhicule Press.
The 2012 Quebec Writing Competition will open in January 2012.
