{"id":1428,"date":"2015-07-19T11:17:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T15:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2015-09-11T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T16:55:35","slug":"july-18th-2015-joseph-smerdelj-short-story-contest-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/july-18th-2015-joseph-smerdelj-short-story-contest-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"July 18th, 2015 Joseph Smerdelj Short Story Contest Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"barbnobel\"<\/a>At the July 18, 2015 Breakfast Meeting, Jasmine Jackman announced the winners of the \u00a0Joseph Smerdelj Short Story Contest winners.<\/p>\n

First Place: \u00a0 Barb Nobel<\/p>\n

Second Place: \u00a0 Reva Stern<\/p>\n

Third Place: \u00a0 Didi Lemay<\/p>\n

Honourable Mentions: \u00a0 Ann Birch, Alan Joe, Braz Menezes<\/p>\n

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FIRST: The Paper Mache Project: this is a simple yet touching story with a strong consistent voice about an older woman in grief and how she copes with it in her way\u2014very interesting. It is original, elegantly written in simple conversational language in keeping with the character\u2019s voice. The story unfolds deliciously, the reader follows the building tension, and it resolves well.<\/p>\n

SECOND: Pink Sky: this is also a good story carried through a strong theme of colour and its symbolism that links events as they unfold. The story encapsulates a child’s evolution and understanding toward an adult quite well.<\/p>\n

THIRD: Mother and Daughter: a Journey Together: this is a touching story of a mother’s passionate devotion whose strong theme is carried through good plot toward a strong resolution\/end. Told in a memoir-style voice (which works for the most part).<\/p>\n

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Language of Hands
\n\u2022 Death of a Beloved Bandit
\n\u2022 Bert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the July 18, 2015 Breakfast Meeting, Jasmine Jackman announced the winners of the \u00a0Joseph Smerdelj Short Story Contest winners. First Place: \u00a0 Barb Nobel Second Place: \u00a0 Reva Stern Third Place: \u00a0 Didi Lemay Honourable Mentions: \u00a0 Ann Birch, Alan Joe, Braz Menezes   FIRST: The Paper Mache Project: this is a simple yet … Continue reading July 18th, 2015 Joseph Smerdelj Short Story Contest Winners Announced<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t