Congratulations to the winning and shortlisted authors for the 2021 edition of Nova Writes!
Budge Wilson Short Fiction Prize
Winner: Bob Mann, “Shepherd’s Pie Friday”
Shortlist: Barbara Darby, Verna Feehan, Joyce McGeehan, Marie Thompson
Judge: Jacqueline Dumas
H.R. (Bill) Percy Short Creative Non-Fiction Prize
Winner: Kate Burnham, “Poster Child”
Shortlist: Catherine Banks, Emma Dubois, Halina St. James
Judge: Jeff Miller
Joyce Barkhouse Children’s Lit Prize
Winner: Heidi Tattrie Rushton, “Pet Tales”
Shortlist: Jodi Reid
Judge: Daphne Greer
Rita Joe Poetry Prize
Winner: Lindsey Harrington, “Dispatches from Red Bridge”
Shortlist: Emily Dodge, Margaret Schwartz
Judge: Margo Wheaton
Celebration of Emerging Writers
Join us on June 2, 7pm Atlantic, for our annual Celebration of Emerging Writers: a free virtual reading by 10 superstar emerging writers!
Winners of the Nova Writes Competition:
- Bob Mann (with fiction judge Jacqueline Dumas)
- Kate Burnham (with creative nonfiction judge Jeff Miller)
- Heidi Tattrie Rushton (with children’s lit judge Daphne Greer)
- Lindsey Harrington (with poetry judge Margo Wheaton)
Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program grads:
- Lori McKay (with YA novel mentor Tom Ryan)
- Justyne Leslie (with poetry mentor Rebecca Thomas)
- Robert de la Chevotiere (with novel mentor Evelyn White)
- Nicolas Paquette (with YA novel mentor Sylvia Gunner)
- Danica Roache (with novel mentor Stephanie Doment)
- Martha Mutale (with poetry mentor El Jones)
