Congratulations to the four prize-winners in the 2023 Nova Writes Competition for Unpublished Manuscripts!
Budge Wilson Short Fiction Prize
Andrea Reynolds, “Rhythms of Here and Gone”
H.R. (Bill) Percy Short Creative Non-Fiction Prize:
Elizabeth Collis, “Ties that Bind”
Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize:
Jennifer Overton, “Parish Island”
Rita Joe Poetry Prize:
Nicholas Selig, “In the Twilight House”
Our deep gratitude to the readers and judges of this years’ competition—and congrats also to the remaining finalists: Bradley Ferguson, Jessica Drohan-Burke, Tara G. Harris, and Victor Maddalena (for the Budge Wilson); Mary Dodd, Heather Jenkins, James MacDuff, and Scott Neilson (for the H.R. Percy); Kyle Cormier and William Pitcher (for the Joyce Barkhouse); and Teigen Bond (for the Rita Joe).
The winners in each Nova Writes category will be invited to read from their winning compositions at the Celebration of Emerging Writers—alongside this year’s MacLeod Mentorship graduates—on Tuesday, May 30 (6:30pm), at Café Lara (2347 Agricola St, Halifax).