The stories and poems have been read and the winners have been chosen! Here are the winning names and titles from our contest! Thanks to our judges and thank you so much to all who participated, we received more than 1,000 entries in all!

Stay tuned for the winning stories and poems to be published, along with the comments from the judges, in the June/July issue of Our Canada.

SHORT FICTION WINNERS

FIRST PLACE - $1,500 and publication

“Thin Ice”
By Andrea Cameron

SECOND PLACE - $750 and publication

“Saved by Landscape”
By Danielle Urquhart

THIRD PLACE - $250 and publication

“The Ice Ghoul”
By Alexandra Dence 

POETRY WINNERS

FIRST PLACE - $1,500 and publication

“Old Cowboys”
By Linda Purjue

SECOND PLACE - $750 and publication

“My Fascination with Thomas King’s Storytelling Style, and How the First Traffic Light was Invented as a Result of Raven, Coyote, Nanabush, a Meeting, a Population Crisis and a Cop”
By Sandra Lynxleg

THIRD PLACE - $250 and publication

“The Loon”
By Janet Faubert