2023 Island Literary Award Winners
Winners of the Island Literary Awards:
The Heirs of LM Montgomery Literature for Children Awards:
“GOODNIGHT SEASIDE”
by Eleanor Kielly-Wedlake
1st place prize
“THE GREAT BALL RESCUE”
by Kelley Wright
2nd place prize
“SHUFFLE STEP”
by Rebecca Dawson
3rd place prize
“THE CREATORS PLAN”
by Richard Lush
Honourable Mention
Richard Lemm and Lee Ellen Pottie Poetry Awards:
“EST. 1922: Ⅰ, Ⅱ, & Ⅲ”, “SOUP”, “THESE DAYS”, and “OH MY DARLING”
by Jo Godden
1st place prize
“THE MOTHER TREE WEPT”
by Kara Griffin
2nd place prize
“TOUGH LOVE LETTERS”
by Vinnie Love
3rd place prize
Maritime Electric Short Story Awards:
“A WARM SEASON”
by Isaac King
1st place prize
“WELL GROUNDED”
by Gavin Laird
2nd place prize
“INTO THE ISLET”
by Desiree Anstey
3rd place prize
“THE BOOKSHOP”
by Mark Enman
Honourable Mention
The Joan & Regis Duffy Foundation Creative Non-Fiction Awards:
“A BIOGRAPHY OF MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, IN SIXTEEN PARTS”
by Jane Affleck
1st place prize
“LONG ODDS”
by Stuart MacFarlane
2nd place prize
“THE EDGE, FOUND”
by D. Bailey Clark
3rd place prize
The Acorn Press Marie Coyoteblanc Indigenous Writing Award:
“NETUITA’SI I RECOLLECT”
by Tara-Lynn Rioux
1st place prize
“MESKEYI NKWIS - I AM SORRY MY SON”
by Richard Lush
Honourable Mention
“FRACTURED INDIGENEITY; THE RAMBLINGS OF A HALF BREED”
by Willie Poll
Honourable Mention
Immigrant & Refugee Services Association PEI Newcomers to Canada Award:
“SEES IT”
by Lorenzo Perez
Black Cultural Society of PEI Scott Parsons Literary Award:
“HURRICANES AND OTHER DISASTERS”
by Chanel Briggs
1st place prize
“A FROZEN MEMORY”
by Ellie Langston
Honourable Mention
PEERS Alliance 2SLGBTQ+ Award:
“CHEESESTRONG FICELLO”
by Lauren Jean Lawlor
La SAF'Île Francophone Award:
“UNE BIBITTE FRANCO-CANADIENNE”
Geneviève Ouellette
1st place prize
“JE PENSE À TOI”
by Gilbert Ladéroute
Honourable Mention
Champion of Reading Award
Julie Pellissier-Lush
Réshard Gool Award for Creative Writing
Abby Lacey & Nicole Bellamy
Joseph Sherman Award
Charity Becker
Winners of the Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty Creative Writing Awards for Young People:
Early Elementary:
“SNOWFLAKE THE SNOW ELFT”
by Adaira Laird
1st place prize
“BLUE”
by Milana Perelman
2nd place prize
“ORANGE”
by Ryan Yan
3rd place prize
“RAINBOW”
by Damon Cheuk
Honourable Mention
“MY PET CHICKEN BILY”
by Fynn Peterhans
Honourable Mention
Late Elementary:
“TOM’S QUESTION”
by Rory Laird
1st place prize
“THE BANK ROBBING BROTHERS”
by Avery Curley
2nd place prize
“TILLY AND THE FOUR SEASONS TREE”
by Emilie Laurin
3rd place prize
Junior High:
“THE MAIN RULE”
by Arden Gallant
1st place prize
“A PIECE OF CAKE”
by Katie Grandy
2nd place prize
“GOLD, YOU SAY?”
by Garion Laird
3rd place prize
“THEY WILL SAVE US TOMORROW”
by Heloise Brugali
Honourable Mention
Senior High:
“AN ORDINARY LIFE”
by Emily Hunter
1st place prize
“MS COLEY NYE”
by Scarlett Dovey
2nd place prize
“WELCOME ABOARD YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS”
by Laura MacDougall
3rd place prize
“ALONE”
by Eliot White
Honourable Mention
“IRON AND SALT”
by Isabella Drake
Honourable Mention