With full congratulations, the winners for the inaugural Wine Country Writers’ Festival Writing Contest were:
POETRY— Judged by Josephine LoRe
FIRST PLACE: “There Will Be Moths” by Linda Hatfield
SECOND PLACE: “August” by Sally Quon
THIRD PLACE: “evolution of the word ll” by Laurie Anne Fuhr
HONOURABLE MENTION: “From the Garden” by Leanne Shirtliffe
NON-FICTION: Judged by Simone Blais
FIRST PLACE: Prejudice and Necrotizing Enterocolitis by Johanna Van Zanten
SECOND PLACE: Stan: Alone in the Attic by Cherie Hanson
THIRD PLACE: Eocene Walk by Donald Gayton
FICTION: Judged by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
FIRST PLACE: The Rhee Family by Finnian Burnett
SECOND PLACE: Fat Friday by Garry Litke
THIRD PLACE: Sweet Michael Sky by Andrea Heidebrecht
HONOURABLE MENTION: The Day Jesus Came to Work by Svea Beson
The Anthology is $18 and can be purchased via e-transfer or PayPal to WCWFestival@gmail.com