Congratulations to the shortlisted entrants of Room’s 2014 Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest. The winners will be announced on Oct 15, 2015 (the same day our Creative Non-fiction contest 2015 opens!)
Our thanks to more than 430 writers who submitted their work and to our esteemed judges: Saleema Nawaz (fiction), Sonnet L’Abbé (poetry), and Sarah de Leeuw (creative non-fiction).
Congratulations to the shortlisted entrants of Room’s 2014 Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest. The winners will be announced on Oct 15, 2015 (the same day our Creative Non-fiction contest 2015 opens!)
Our thanks to more than 430 writers who submitted their work and to our esteemed judges: Saleema Nawaz (fiction), Sonnet L’Abbé (poetry), and Sarah de Leeuw (creative non-fiction).
Our shortlisted entrants for 2014
Fiction
- “Pink” by Alaina Baskerville-Bridges
- “Napoleon’s Giraffe” by S. Portico Bowman
- “Epicene” by B.T. Carter
- “Corner of Bank and Laurier” by Loretta Colton
- “Pandora’s Box” by Carol Cram
- “Small Investments” by Sierra Skye Gemma
- “A Self-Portrait” by Nicole Grondin
- “Oh Gross!” by Meredith Hambrock
- “Bootlegger” by Lara Janze
- “Flotsam and Jetsam” by Paula Lemke
- “Dining Out on Harry” by Jane Manson
- “Istan the Gas Man” by Janice McCachen
- “Clenched” by Lisa McLean
- “The School Bus Graveyard” by Kim Murray
- “Ivy Puller” by Janet Ralph
- “House Lizard” by Leah Ranada
- “Morning” by Kim Schacht
- “Night Time Cough and Cold Medicine” by Marissa Slaven
- “Into the Dreamtime” by Robyn M. Thomas
- “Decade of the Colourist” by Nancy Thorne
- “You Gotta Give It Up” by Meg Todd
Poetry:
- “The Losses” by Susan Buis
- “Celadon” by Susan Buis
- “Island Clearances” by Lauren Carter
- Two Left Feet” by Linda Crosfield
- “Post Mortem” by Heidi Garnett
- “Marriage, Water” by Jeanette Lynes
- “Saskatchewan Lament” by Jeanette Lynes
- “The Teach on Sunday” by Jeanette Lynes
- “Wildlife” by Keira Zikmanis
Creative Non-Fiction:
- “The Chicken and the Egg” by Sharron Arksey
- “Falling” by Lisa Bendall
- “Trajectories” by Sarah Brooks
- “Wallflower, Late Bloomer” by Christa Couture
- “Bunny Lover” by Nadja Hazard
- “Everybody Out of the Pool” by Naoko Kumagai
- “Why Migration?” by Lishai Peel
- “Little Love Punches” by Gina Roitman
- “Camels for Freedom” by Star Spider
- “Obedience” by Kelly S. Thompson
- “That’s Not Your Head” by Cristina Williams
- “One Small Subversive Act” by Nan Williamson
