2022 Short Story Competition Winners
2022 ADULT CATEGORY WINNER
Elena Artemeva
The Grandma’s Story
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Rachel Robb
This Crisis is Manageable
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Amber Fenik
An Act of God
2022 YOUTH WINNER
Susannah Welke
Blue
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Maggie Yang
The Hill
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Angelina Chen
Pennies Nickels Dimes and Dollars
2021 Short Story Competition Winners
2021 ADULT CATEGORY WINNER
Andrea Reynolds
Remember
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Zahida Rahemtulla
Up Roxham Road (unavailable)
ADULT CATEGORY 3RD PLACE
Linda Walsh
Landscape of Extremes
2021 YOUTH WINNER
Margaret Zhang
Sunglasses
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Ming Shen
Summers in July
YOUTH 3RD PLACE WINNER
Adam Mulugeta
The Unknown Lover
2020 Short Story Competition Winners
See the awards announcement video
ADULT CATEGORY WINNER
Tanya Ambrose
Second Chances
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Kate O’Gorman
Dressing on the Side
ADULT CATEGORY 3RD PLACE
Alison Stevenson
Foraging
YOUTH WINNER
Doris Hua
When the World Breathes Again
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Naomi Marko
The Dictionary of Maya Rivas
YOUTH 3RD PLACE WINNER
Akeria Sun
The Magnolia Field
2019 Short Story Competition Winners
2019 ADULT CATEGORY WINNER
Veronique Bequin
The Fall of the Kapok Tree
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Judith Mackay
Casseroles
ADULT CATEGORY 3RD PLACE
Anuja Varghese
Bhupati
2019 Youth Winner
Jessica Wang
Page’s
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Pascale Malenfant
The Ladies of First Avenue
YOUTH 3RD PLACE WINNER
Shirley Ren
The Pink Umbrella
2018 Short Story Competition Winners
2018 ADULT CATEGORY WINNER
Lis Jakobsen
The Idea of A Big Blue Diamond
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Madeleine Horton
Spontaneous Combustion
ADULT CATEGORY 3RD PLACE
Andrew Lee
Cataloguing the Stars
2018 YOUTH WINNER
Erin Vandenberg
The Box
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Laura Hou
Dusk
YOUTH 3RD PLACE WINNER
Megan Conway
Rat Trap
2017 Short Story Competition Winners
2017 ADULT CATEGORY WINNER
Marlan Siren, Grand Bend
Plates Don’t Fall
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Carolyn Huizinga Mills, Calgary
Finders
ADULT CATEGORY 3RD PLACE
Patti-Kay Hamilton, Fort Smith NWT
Corralled
2017 YOUTH WINNER
Isabella Sheptak
Imaginary Heart
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Grace Eaton
Hidden Deeper
YOUTH 3RD PLACE WINNER
Grace McAuley
Three Black Roses
2017 THE ARTS AND LETTERS CLUB OF TORONTO FOUNDATION YOUTH AWARD
presented to an emerging author in his or her twenties, from the Greater Toronto Area.
2017 Winner: Ginny Monaco – No Worse Than Other Places
2016 Short Story Competition Winners
2016 ADULT CATEGORY WINNER
Judy Waytiuk
The Neighbour
ADULT CATEGORY RUNNER UP
Ragna Goodwin
Wits End
ADULT CATEGORY 3RD PLACE
Connie Cook
Reflections at a Funeral
2016 YOUTH WINNER
Caleb Butcher
He Waits
YOUTH RUNNER UP
Iza Agullar
Remembering Autumn
YOUTH 3RD PLACE WINNER
Curtis Jeffrey
Creeping Normality
Earlier short story competition winners: 2003-2015
|
Winner |
Honourable |
Honourable |
|
| 2015 Adult | Leanne Dunic (Vancouver) |
Lynn Horton (Toronto) |
Catherine Jackson (Vancouver) |
| 2015 Youth | Michelle Krasovitski (Goderich) |
Bronte Cronsberry (St. Mary’s) |
Katherine Talbot (Goderich) |
|
2014 Adult |
Ragna Goodwin |
Pei Shih |
Jennifer Hutchison |
|
2014 Youth |
Emma Hunt |
Claire Kim |
Lizzy MacDonald |
|
2013 Adult |
Helen Rossiter |
Jennifer Hutchison |
Isobel Raven |
|
2013 Youth |
Bronte Cronsberry |
Dana Mitchell |
Aidan McKee |
| 2012 Adult | Hayley Linfield (Goderich) |
Sheila Eastman (Mississauga) |
Royden McCoag (Palmerston) |
| 2012 Youth | Rachel Loerts (Wyoming) |
Yasmina Jaksic (Thornhill) |
Bronte Cronsberry (St. Marys) |
| 2009 |
Sherry Isac |
Alvin G. Ens |
Sandi Plewis |
|
2008 |
Sandi Plewis |
Adrienne Clarke |
Edward Nonni |
|
2007 |
Jason Brumerald |
Susan Edlridge-Voutour |
Sandi Plewis |
|
2006 |
Judith Millar |
Judy Carter |
David Smookler |
|
2005 |
Rick Hundey |
Lori Hahnel |
Carla McLaughlin |
|
2004 |
Anne Duke |
Joan van der Meer |
Susan Marie Chapman |
|
2003 |
June Frost |
Kendra Folkard |
Adam McBurney |
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