2025 WRITE ON! CONTEST WINNERS
$150 first prize $100 second prize $75 third prize
Congratulations to each of our finalists!
Thank you to everyone who submitted! We appreciate your support!
POETRY WINNERS (Poetry Judge: CHELSEA COMEAU)
Poetry First Place: Jessica Lee McMillan – GILLNET
Poetry Second Place: Angela Rebrec – Spring Skiing
Poetry Third Place: Diana Hayes – J.J. and Oakley, Gone
Poetry Honourable Mentions
Anna Eastland – Grapefruit Spoons
Diana Hayes – In the Garden with P.K.
KJ MacMillan – In the Blinding Light, Dancing
NON-FICTION WINNERS (Non-Fiction Judge: J.G. CHAYKO)
Non-Fiction First Place:
Cathalynn Labonté-Smith – HOW TO EAT SUET AND OFFAL AND LOVE IT
Non-Fiction Second Place: Mark LeBourdais – Lizard Brain
Non-Fiction Third Place: Percy Du Hamel – It Is a Long Trip There
Non-Fiction Honourable Mentions
Bryan Cousineau – The Ring
Kim Harrison – The Connie Years
Emily Deegan – Juxtaposition
FICTION WINNERS (Fiction Judge: SHARON MCINNES)
Fiction First Place: Edie Reaney Chunn – ENTRIES
Fiction Second Place: Joanne E. Betzler – Gun Control
Fiction Third Place: Amber Fenik – Bus Fare
Fiction Honourable Mentions
MJ Malleck – Spring Chore
Laurel Howe – Granny’s Chair
Lesley Hebert – Snapshots of the Past
On behalf of the Royal City Literary Arts Society, I wish to thank each of our hardworking judges in this year’s Write on! Contest! With gratitude!
PS Watch for the winning results to be announced soon!
Hi all, I hope to get the Write on Contest results out soon —- watch this space and our website. Thanks for your patience. I will be working on some announcement posters etc….BUT In the meantime, please let me send out a huge Thank you to Angela Kenyon for all her hard work behind the scenes as the Write on! Contest administrator. Sadly Angela will be leaving the RCLAS BOD after our next AGM which is coming up sometime in late July (the date has yet to be set). You have no idea how sorry I am to see her go. She has played an amazing role in our organization and her contributions have been invaluable. I am forever indebted.
This means that we are in sore need of a new volunteer Treasurer/Bookkeeper. If you are interested please do connect. If you’ve got the skills and know how to use them, and you are a keen individual with volunteer spirit, have we ever got a spot for you!!!!
Email me at janetkvammen at rclas.com
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WRITE ON! CONTEST 2025
Open for Submissions from Feb 1, 2025 – May 4, 2025
Submission Rules:
· 3 Categories:
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page single spaced max)
· Submission Fee is $10 per submission (one story or one poem) for RCLAS members,
$20 per submission for non-members. Annual RCLAS Membership $35 a year.
· 1st prize – $150, 2nd prize – $100, 3rd prize – $75 for each category.
· 3 honourable mentions in each category.
· Maximum three submissions per person (@ $10 or $20 per submission), 3 TOTAL submissions combined, in any one or all three categories.
· Winners and honourable mentions will be published in a special issue of the RCLAS E-Zine.
· Previously published work will be accepted as long as author retains copyright.
· If you are a past Write on! Contest winner/honourable mention.DO NOT submit the same story or poem. If you DID not place in a past contest that same entry can be submitted again.
· Cover letter to include Name, Address, Email, Phone, Category, Title, Payment option.
· Blind judging. Submissions to judges are anonymous.
· Submit entry as a Word Document (Font Times New Roman, Size 12)
· DO NOT Include your name or identity on your word document. Double check and clear “author” in your word doc file properties. This is important.
· Current Board Members are not eligible to submit.
SUBMISSION and Payment OPTION 1:
To PAY: Use the Paypal link found on our website https://rclas.com/2025-write-on-contest
AND email entry and cover letter to writeon@rclas.com. (THIS IS NOT OUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT)
SUBMISSION and PAYMENT OPTION 2:
Mail your cheque to:
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Box #308 – 720 6th Street
New Westminster, BC V3L 3C5
AND email entry and cover letter to writeon@rclas.com
(DO NOT mail in your submission. Poems and stories will only be accepted by email.)
For further information Email: writeon@rclas.com
RCLAS does not accept e-transfers.
Make your PayPal payment here, if you are an RCLAS non-member:
Make your PayPal payment here, if you are an RCLAS member:
For further information email writeon at rclas dot com
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