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Postcard Poem Contest winners

Congratulations to the winners of our inaugural Postcard Poem Contest!

1st: “Prayer” by Robert de la Chevotiere
     Robert de la Chevotiere is originally from the Caribbean and has called Nova Scotia home for the last twenty years. When not honing his craft as a fiction writer, he can be found in a high school classroom, teaching students the beauty of the French language.

Runner-up: “Barren Beach” by Christina McRae
     Christina McRae lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Her recent work appears in Arc, The New Quarterly, Windsor Review, and Understorey Magazine. Her first full-length collection, Next to Nothing, was published by Wolsak and Wynn.

Runner-up: “Median’s up-bunched, glut-hunchy tumult” by Matt Robinson
     Matt Robinson’s newest poetry collection is forthcoming from Gaspereau Press in fall, 2021. He lives in Halifax with his family.

Runner-up: “Undeniable” by David A. Wimsett
     David A. Wimsett’s characters examine themselves and their place in the world. He is the author of the novel Beyond the Shallow Bank and of The Carandir Saga, an epic fantasy series whose third volume, Covenant with the Dragons, will be released for Christmas of 2021. He lives in Nova Scotia, near the sea.

Congrats also to our remaining finalists: Jill Martin, Lisa McCabe, donalee Moulton, Sandra Phinney, Anthony Purdy, and Catherine Walker

Read the winning Poems
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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca