Signatures Amid the Green
Signatures Amid the Green is the collection of winning poetry from our first (1996) Northern Ontario Poetry Competition co-sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association - Temiskaming Branch and White Mountain Publications, New Liskeard.
Establishing an annual competition to encourage the art of poetry in Northern Ontario, and publishing those winning entries in an annual volume represents the beginning of a literary tradition in Northern Ontario (1996).
In keeping with the Canadian Authors Association motto of "Writers Helping Writers", this annual competition encourages and assists the development of new and existing poetic talents in the Northern Ontario region as defined by Canada Post's postal code beginning with the letter P.
Annual Rules and Guidelines
The deadline for entries each year is May 31st.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements of the Temiskaming Branch, Canadian Authors Association and the Competition Coordinator
From The Judge - comments from Elizabeth St Jacques (Sault Ste. Marie)
PRIZE WINNING SELECTIONS:
First Prize Winner:
Rick Stow of New Liskeard for knowings
Second Prize Winner:
Gladi Fairservice of Hilton Beach for Signature
Third Prize Winner:
Peter Dixon of New Liskeard for borderlands 1
Honourable Mentions:
First Honourable Mention:
Gladi Fairservice of Hilton Beach for On Poetry
Second Honourable Mention:
Ruth Ward of North Bay for Primer Class
Third Honourable Mention:
Jerry Jordison of New Liskeard for Earth
Fourth Honourable Mention:
Dorothy Farmiloe of Elk Lake for At Raven Rapids
Judge's Selections:
Nancy Breton of Iroquois Falls for Somewhere in the Shadows
Janet Chester of Elk Lake for Those QuietDays and Peace
Margaret Chester of Elk Lake for Old Cat, Dandelion Dreams, Peace, and Love's Lament
Alex Chornyji of Sault Ste. Marie for Matriarch
Peter Dixon of New Liskeard for Winter 1
Gladi Fairservice of Hilton Beach for The Beach, Blue Willow, The Ravages of Mind, and The Living Will
Jerry Jordison of New Liskeard for The Ultimate Earth Poem
Mieke Krause of Powassan for To Be or Not To Be, To The Old Chinese Woman Carrying A Child: and Opa
Margaret Laframboise of Worthington for Hands and Laura's Mats
Bette Martin of Englehart for Rainbows, The Mountains, and The Flower Seller
Dave McLaren of Haileybury for The Old Miner
Bryanna Reilly of Porquis Junction for The Power
Christi Reilly of Porquis Junction for Changing
Alice Sawicki of Englehart for Remember
Rick Stow of New Liskeard for paved with the broken statues of nature gods, addressing the pregnant pause, suid afrikansche poesie, poem for just one person, guestworkers, and in the dream
Tiffany Stow of New Liskeard for untitled
Vicky Vilneff of Timmins for The Child and A Tear
Ruth Ward of North Bay for If You have Two Loaves of Bread, Sell One and Buy A Lily - A Chinese Proverb and Newborn
Gladys Wilcox of Cobalt for Nostalgia