Room 2010 Writing Contest Winners
The newest issue (34.1) of Room Magazine, Canada’s oldest literary journal by and about women, includes the first and second prize winners of the 2010 Contest.
Fiction, Judged by June Hutton
1st Place: “Chocolate Season” by Amy Kenny, Hamilton, ON
2nd Place: “Pill-Sorting for Dummies” by Judy McFarlane, West Vancouver, BC
Honourable Mention: “Sum our Polaroids” by Kathleen Brown, Markham, ON
Poetry, Judged by Jennica Harper
1st Place: “Pre-med, Prepatoria” by Melissa Walker, Stratford, ON
2nd Place: “The Mountain Pine Beetle Suite” by Chantal Gibson, Vancouver, BC
Honourable Mention: “The First Word” by Kim Trainor, Vancouver, BC
Creative Non-Fiction, Judged by Lynne Van Luven
1st Place: “The Goddess of Light & Dark” by Jane Silcott, Vancouver, BC
2nd Place (tie): “Love and Other Irregular Verbs” by Sigal Samuel, Vancouver, BC
2nd Place (tie): “The Visitor” by Lesleyanne Ryan, Holyrood, NL
