Since 1977, the Atlantic Writing Competition for unpublished manuscripts has been featuring talent from across the Atlantic Provinces.


The winners of the 30th annual Atlantic Writing Competition are:


Young Adult Novel Prize

1st – Philip Roy (Antigonish, NS)

2nd – Marcia Pierce Harding (Liverpool, NS)

3rd – Lisa Harrington (Halifax, NS)

HM – Daphne Greer (Newport, NS)



The H.R. (Bill) Percy Prize for unpublished novel

1st – Scott Bartlett (Paradise, NL)

2nd – Kathy Chisholm (Halifax, NS)



The Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize

1st – Carolee Nichols (Dartmouth, NS)

2nd – Rachel Cooper (Delhaven, NS)

3rd – Dennis Praest (Halifax, NS)

HM – Alison Dixon Mullane (Halifax, NS)


Poetry Prize

1st – Nanci Lee (Halifax, NS)

2nd – Janet Barkhouse (Mahone Bay, NS)

3rd – Richard Toth (Bathurst, NB)

HM – Susie Bowers (Rothesay, NB)

HM – Mary Kathryn Arnold (Halifax, NS)



Short Story Prize

1st – Kathy Chisholm (Halifax, NS)

2nd – Nadia Bobak (Halifax, NS)

3rd – Amy Smith (Dartmouth, NS)



The Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize

1st – Carolee Nichols (Dartmouth, NS)

2nd – Rachel Cooper (Delhaven, NS)

3rd – Dennis Praest (Halifax, NS)

HM – Alison Dixon Mullane (Halifax, NS)



Magazine Article/Essay Prize

1st – Veronica Butler (Lunenburg, NS)

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