Winners List
1st Prize - suicide by mango - Laurie Smith,
Windsor, Ontario
2nd Prize - Arbor Vitae - Diane Attwell Palfrey, Cambridge, Ontario
3rd Prize - Pandora - Donna Langevin, Toronto, Ontario
2 Honourable Mention Awards (in no particular
order)
Hummingbird - Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario
Edible Poem - Sylvia Adams, Ottawa, Ontario
19 Judge's Choice Awards (in alphabetical
order by last name)
The Trucker Called Gypsy - Kenneth B. Budnark, Oakville, Ontario
June - April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
Hunger - Teresa-Lee Cooke, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Best Bread Ever - Kathryn Edgecombe, Hanover, Ontario
It's Not a Diet - Katerina Fretwell, Seguin, Ontario
Chicken Feed - Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario
Christmas Repast - Susan Ioannou, Toronto, Ontario
Under the Banner of Equality - Jessie Lee Jennings, Windsor, Ontario
Which Came First - Jean Kallmeyer, Toronto, Ontario
If I Were a Sugar Maple - Donna Langevin, Toronto, Ontario
Excerpt from the Lost Play - James Langford, Keene, Ontario
Leftovers - Gail Peck, Oakville, Ontario
Queen P - Kanwal Rahim, Toronto, Ontario
Beneath the Cloudless Sky - Silvana Sangiuliano, Belwood, Ontario
All Roads Lead to Valletta - K.V. Skene, Toronto, Ontario
Forbidden Fruit - Bob Tuomi, Victoria, B.C.
Deep Freeze - Wendy Visser, Cambridge, Ontario
Fish Fry - Wendy Visser, Cambridge, Ontario
Charbineau Road Fall 2008 - Jan Wood, Big River, Saskatchewan
A great BIG thankyou to our judge, Theresa Donnelly, who spent countless
hours
in reading and re-reading all 168 poems before selecting the best to
award the prizes to.
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