Congratulations to the winners of Room’s 2008 Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest!
We were thoroughly impressed with the quality of this year’s submissions, and extend our congratulations to all contestants for sharing your best efforts with us.
Look for first and second place winners in issue 32.1, coming to newsstands in February 2009. Please see our website for honourable mentions, where they will be published in full.
The winners are as follows:
| Fiction: | 1st place: “The Sum of Beth” Penny K-Kilthau |
2nd place: “Burning Years” Wendy Brandts |
Honourable Mention “Slick” Terri Favro “Just Go to Sleep” Jules Torti |
| Poetry: | 1st place: “Gabriel” Lesley Pasquin |
2nd Place: “The Tulip Tree” Patricia Young |
| Creative Non-fiction: |
1st place: “Seasonal Employment” Nancy M. Pawelek |
2nd place: “Newfoundlesbian” Shannon Webb-Campbell |
Honourable Mention “Ghost Writer” Kaitlin Fontana |
Judges
Fiction Judge: Ivan Coyote
Poetry Judge: Evelyn Lau
Creative Non-fiction Judge: Rita Moir
