The 2007 QWC Prizes

The 2007 QWC Prizes

Winners of the 2007 Quebec Writing Competition

The three winners and ten "honourable mentions" from the 2007 Quebec Writing Competition were announced at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival on May 4, 2008 at an event hosted by Jeanette Kelly, of CBC Radio One's early morning show, All in a Weekend. Each of the three winning stories were broadcast on CBC Radio's Cinq à Six and all eleven have been published in an anthology from Véhicule Press. Joel Yanofsky's story was published in Maisonneuve magazine's issue 28, while the texts of the other two prize winners were published on the Maisonneuve web site.

2007 QWC Prize Winners
First Prize Winner
Joel Yanofsky
What You Need
Second Prize Winners
Jennifer Neri
The Mistake
Jessica Block
Common Gull
2007 QWC Honourable Mentions
Bassel Atallah
A Poem for Caroline
Tony France
The Counterfeit City
Maya Khankhoje
Going Home
Joshua Levy
They Sat on Carol's L-Shaped Couch
Ilona Martonfi
My Daughter, Annika
Annie Potter
Les Jaseurs des cèdres
Colin Robertson
A Remarkable Event
Patricia Srigley
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