Congratulations to all our FALL CONTEST winners!
FALL 2024
Poetry:
- First place: Lee Rempel “I watched the Wind”
- Second place: Terrie Todd “The Bomb Shelter”
- Third place (tie): Brenda Wood “Tick Tock Magic Clock”
- Third place (tie): Rebecca Peters “We Will Grow Old Together”
- Honorable mention: Judy Rempel “Quiet Corner”
Devotional:
- First Place: Sharon Heagy “Stumbling Steps”
- Second Place: Judy Rempel “Where have you Come From and Where Are You Going”
- Third Place: Brenda Wood “Postponed Obedience”
- Honorable mention: Terrie Todd “The Tracker”
Children’s Fiction:
- First Place: Allison Lynn and Hollis Hiscock “The Fish in the Bright Red Swimsuit”
- Second Place: Sharon Heagy “I Wish We Had A Hippopotamus”
- Third Place: Terrie Todd “Letters From Chester”
Adult Fiction:
- First Place: Lorrie Orr “Gasping For Air”
- Second Place: Brenda Wood “Regrets”
- Third Place: Karlissa Koop
Personal Essay:
- First Place: Kathleen Gibson “Close to Hope”
- Second Place: Valerie Ronald “Flipping Rocks”
- Third Place: Sally Meadows “The New Pandemic Parental Estrangement”
- Honorable Mention: Michele Sinclair “Fathers Losses and Brilliant Sun”
Congratulations to all our FALL CONTEST winners!
FALL 2021
Poetry:
- First Place: Kathryn Tatsu – “The Clock”
Devotional
- First Place: Betty Taylor – “Just Pray About It, I Guess”
- Second Place: Carol Harrison – “Bridging The Gap”
- Third Place: Linda Pilling – “The Daycare Blues”
- Honourable Mention: Pat Grebrandt – “Friends?”
Creative Non-Fiction:
- First Place: Tandy Balson – “Our Bathtub Guest”
- Second Place: Sally Meadows – “Always and Forever: A Mother’s Love”
- Third Place: Eleanor Bertin – “Gorilla Warfare”
Children’s Fiction:
- First Place: Joy Bailey- “First of All, Don’t Panic”
- Second Place: Eunice Cooper-Matchett – ”God in the Storm”
- Third Place: Sally Meadows – “Oliver and Sophie”
- Honourable Mention: Deb Elkink – “The Simmering of Stone Soup”
FALL 2020
Poetry:
- First Place: Sheri Hathaway – “Thoughts from a cancer clinic waiting room”
- Second Place: Kathleen Friesen “From Death . . .”
Nonfiction to Conference Theme:
- First Place: Barbara Fuller – “Beyond the Darkness: A note to those who grieve.”
- Second Place: Robert Stermscheg – “Meatballs Meets Schnitzel”
Devotional:
- First Place: Janey Bordihn – “Misty Morning”
- Second Place: Pamela Mytroen – “Bordering on Breakthrough”
- Third Place: Sylvia Engen Espe – “Hold Me in Your Grip, Lord.”
Adult Fiction:
- First Place: Eunice Cooper-Matchett – “Retrieving Dolly Cry”
- Second Place: Deb Elkink – “Repotting”
- Third Place: Pamela Mytroen – “When Love is on the Line”
- Honourable Mention: Deb Elkink – “Appearing”
FALL 2018
Poetry
- First Place: Joy Bailey “Healing Skies”
- Second Place: Carol Schafer “Maybe Next Year There Will Be Figs”
- Third Place: Marie Enns “Lament for My Special Kitty”
Non-Fiction/Essay
- First Place: Patricia Anne Elford “Dancing the Music of Words”
- Second Place: Bob Jones “Worship As Warfare”
- Third Place: Martha Fehr “Pack Your Bags”
Devotional
- First Place: Wally Pohlmann “People Are Squirrely”
- Second Place: Marie Enns “Making Decisions”
- Third Place: Kathleen Friesen “Hidden Realities”
- Honourable Mention: Isabel Didrikson “The Raven and the Owl”
Adult Fiction
- First Place: Joy Bailey “Prodigy”
- Second Place: Bobbi Junior “Stolen Peace”
- Third Place: Pamela Mytroen “Only One Song”
- Honourable Mention: Carol Schafer “It’s Not the End”