We were disappointed to hear of the pending cuts to the prizes provided by the provincial government for three Manitoba Book Awards - the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction/Prix Alexander-Kennedy-Isbister pour les études et essais, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault – administered by the Manitoba Writers Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers. We have written the following open letter in support of their request to have this decision reversed.
Open Letter to the Province …
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POETRY CONTEST ENTRY FORM
The Winnipeg Free Press / Writers’ Collective
2011 Poetry Contest
All winning entries will be published in The Winnipeg Free Press and
The Collective Consciousness, the quarterly journal of the Writers’ Collective.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
• This contest is open to Adults (18+) and Senior High School Students – no children’s poetry please.
• Submit four (4) copies of your poety entry, typed, one-sided, using spacing of poet’s choice, on 8.5 x 11 paper. Must be original, unpublished work, no more …

The Winnipeg International Writers Festival, McNally Robinson Booksellers and CBC Manitoba Scene are proud to announce the winner of Manitoba Reads is Gabrielle Roy’s Where Nests the Water Hen, defended by Niigon Sinclair. The book that came in a very close second was The Life of Helen Betty Osborne, written by David Alexander Robertson, and defended by Vincent Ho. This book was also voted #1 in the Audience Choice poll. Alison Gillmor went to battle for Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas. And Paul Jordan …
The best of luck to all of the nominees!
WAC Awards Nominees…