poetry festivalDr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest 2016
Canada’s oldest non-governmental national poetry contest honoured the memory and legacy of its first national poet Dr. Drummond with its most successful year. This year’s contest received 219 poems from 102 poets — from Victoria, BC, to St. John’s, Newfoundland. TOPS member Kate Marshall Flaherty, who judged the contest, found a very fine quality in many of the submissions. She commented that the 19 winning poems “rose to the surface with memorable images and themes that resonated.”
— David C. Brydges, Administrator
First Place
Leaving Chibougamau by Wendy Jean MacLean
Second Place
Being a Fish in Churamuri (Okinawa) by Wendy Jean Maclean
Third Place
Thief on the Ranch by Katie Vautour
Eight Honourable Mentions
- How to Die by Suzanne Hunter
- Spring Treason by Merle Amodeo
- La Croix de Chemin (The Wayside Cross) by Don Bennett
- Black Snow, Lost Light by John B. Lee
- Monikers Debbie by Amirault Camelin
- Old Bones by Linda S. Peterson
- Wolf Trail by Judith Johanson
- Lost by Roy J. Adams
Eight Judge’s Choice Awards
- It’s Always the Last Place by Linda S. Peterson
- The Promise by Blaine Marchand
- Mother of the Bride by Penny-Ann Beaudoin
- The Crone’s Shoebox: Girl Child by Charlotte Dafoe
- Goose Calls by Deb O’Rourke
- Wayward Goose in Winter by Katie Vautour
- No More Words by Linda S. Peterson
- Literature Assignment by John H.Yates