WINNERS

2002

Short Story

First Prize - English
Leon Rooke - The Last Shot

Leon Rooke is a well-known novelist, short story writer, playwright, editor and critic. He has published 28 books.

Second Prize - English
Joanna Cockerline - Blank Spaces

Joanna Cockerline is a B.A. and M.A. graduate of the University of Guelph's English program and the Humber School of Creative Writing. Her fiction and poetry has appeared in the literary journals "Room of One's Own", "Pagitica", "Writual", and "Diviners".

First Prize - French
Paul Labrèche - Gilles

Ottawa-born Paul Labrèche moved to Montreal in 1988. His works have been published in the literary journals Ciel Variable and Exit, and the Montreal weekly Voir. Since 1998, Paul has been General Manager of Théâtre Les coups montés, a youth-theatre company he co-founded.

Second Prize - French
Jérémie Leblanc - Berêshith

Jérémie Leblanc was born in 1973 and has lived in Montreal for almost 20 years. He earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Literature from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), using poetry and photography to explore concepts of family history. He is currently enrolled at McGill University and doing a Ph.D. on the literary works of Philippe Jaccottet.

Poetry

First Prize - English
Zoë Landale - Once a Murderer: Poems for Three Voices

Zoë Landale is the author of five books. She lives in Richmond, BC, where she teaches creative writing at Kwantlen University College.

Second Prize - English
John Barton - "In the House of the Present and Assymetries"

John Barton's poems, essays and book reviews have been published in more than 80 magazines and anthologies across North America.

First Prize - French
Tania Langlais - Pour du soleil Anatole

Tania Langlais was born in Montreal in 1979. Her first book of poems, Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme, published when she was only 20, won the Émile-Nelligan and Jacqueline Déry-Mochon awards.

Second Prize - French
Kim Doré - Pourquoi il ne pleut pas

Kim Doré was born in Montreal in 1979. She won the Salon du livre du Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean Prix Relève 2000 for her first book of poems, La dérive des méduses, which was also nominated for the Prix de l'Académie. It was reprinted in spring 2001.

Travel Writing

First Prize - English
Roger Greenwald - Dents in the Laurentians

Roger Greenwald has published one book of poems, Connecting Flight, and has translated several volumes of poetry and fiction from Scandinavian into English. He teaches writing in Toronto. This is his second CBC Literary Award.

Second Prize - English
Ted Bishop - The Motorcycle and the Archive

Ted Bishop's motorcycling articles have garnered two National Magazine Award nominations. He rides a Ducati and lives in Edmonton where he teaches English at the University of Alberta.

First Prize - French
Tihana Majcen - Khan Golden Palace, Lahore

Tihana Majcen was born in Quebec City in 1975 from Croatian parents. She lives out of a suitcase and has a pied-à-terre in Montreal.

Second Prize - French
Colette Larose - Nicaragua aller-détour

Colette Larose works as a consultant for the social work technique program at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal.