Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest
Winners from the 2008 Contest:
First Prize ($300) to Bernice Lever of Bowen Island, BC for the poem Fat Rain
Second Prize ($200) to Dorothee Komangapik of Ottawa, ON for the poem Drum-song
Third Prize ($100) to Irene Patriquin of Haileybury, ON for the poem Riding School
Six Honorable Mentions ($50) to
William Knoof of Thorne, ON for the poem The Door of No Return
Bernice Lever of Bowen Island, BC for the poem Gingerbread House
I. B. Iskov of Thornhill, ON for the poem concrete caution
John Gore of Haileybury, ON for the poem The Great White Pine
William Knoof of Thorne, ON for the poem An Old Fashioned Barber
Rick Stow of New Liskeard, ON for the poem view from the pier
And Included in the Anthology:
Karen Audet of Ridgeway, ON for the poem Spring Clean Up
Heather Cardin of Summerland, BC for the poems blue mountains and cuneiform
Kate Marshall Flaherty of Toronto, ON for the poem Egg and Ever
Gill Foss of Maberly, ON for the poem Summer Life of Light
Jerry Jordison of New Liskeard, ON for the poem La Chasse-galerie
William Knoof of Thorne, ON for the poem To A Mosquito In The Night
Dorothee Komangapik of Ottawa, ON for the poem Frozen Sea Ice
Lorne Larocque of Kirkland Lake, ON for the poem De Nort Land Winter
Dorothy Stott of Gibsons, BC for the poem Absolute
2008 YOUNG POETS Winners
First Prize
Winter's Night by Jason VanWetten
Second Prize
Path by Athena Williams
Third Prize
Spiders by Wesley Neddo
Honourable Mentions
Riding by Kaitlin Landry
Dragons by Ryan Burrows
Old Blind Bat by Joshua Nielsen
Copies of the book, Legacy, where these poems have been published is available from White Mountain Publications online, or from the Highway Book Shop, Highway 11, Cobalt.