Northern Ink
Northern Ink is the collection of winning poetry from the seventh (2002) Northern Ontario Poetry Competition co-sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association - Temiskaming Branch and White Mountain Publications, New Liskeard.
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. This year's winners read before a large audience at the Canadian Authors Association National Conference held in Sudbury, and despite the intimidating nature of reading in front of hundreds of people, our poets represented Northern Ontario very well.
Annual Rules and Guidelines
The deadline for entries each year is May 31st.
ISBN: 1-896331-95-5 | WMPub# 1086 | 54 pages, chapbook | $6.95 CDN
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
From The Judge
PRIZE WINNING SELECTIONS:
First Prize Winner:
Christine Richardson of Hearst for Adjustment
Second Prize Winner:
Richard Smith of North Bay for Standing Firm
Third Prize Winner:
Jerry Jordison of New Liskeard for A Writer's World
Honourable Mentions:
First Honourable Mention:
Judy Blanchard of Sudbury for He's Gone
Second Honourable Mention:
June Salmon of Port Sydney for Play Me
Third Honourable Mention:
Cheryl Mikkola of Haileybury for Longing For Clarity
Judge's Selections:
Brian Beaudry of Haileybury for My Little Girl
Louisa Bianchin of Sudbury for My Pumpkin Pie Covered In Cheese
Carmen Boniferro of Sault Ste. Marie for Words
Wayne Brown of Dryden for Flirtation
David Chirko of Sudbury for Dear Life Long Friend
Roger Dennie of Sault Ste. Marie for Metaphor In The mid of , Nightime Things, Overheard at an AA Meeting, and Sleeplessness
Binoy Guha of Sioux Lookout for Fire, Air Crisp and Cold, and Trees Rock and Water-That Is The North
C.W.E. Johnson of Haileybury for Mother Earth
Jerry Jordison of New Liskeard for Don't Tell Me The War-dead Are No Heroes!, Words From A Young Child, Lost World and Joke
Marc B MacMaster of Haileybury for Inside He Is
Bernice Makarchuk of Elliott Lake for Children of Chernobyl
Christine Neegan of Smoothrock Falls for Mirror, Mirror Tell Me A Story
Arthur Quesnel of Sudbury for Kristallnacht, Thinking Wistfully of Naked Midriffs and Manhattan Morning Sept. 12, 2001
Christine Richardson of Hearst for Mischief, Reset, and Uncle Rusty's Rant
June Salmon of Port Sydney for All God's Chil'un
Richard Smith of North Bay for Straight Stretch and The Twins
Paul Joseph Tofanello of Timmins for Noah and When Elephants Play
Ruth Ward of North Bay for Companiable Cat