Read the SWM Winners!

The Digital Publication of the Scarborough Writers’ Month contest winners is now available! See it here!

Writers of all ages acknowledged for outstanding prose, poetry, spoken word, song lyrics short stories

November played host to the inaugural Scarborough Writers’ Month. Scarborough Arts & Scarborough Writers Association came together to create the first installment of what is hoped to develop into an annual literary tradition. SA and SWA held two writing competitions: one for youth, another for adults.

Scarborough Arts has a long history of involvement within the literary arts, and has recently renewed writing programming in response to broad interest from local writers. Through a partnership with Scarborough Writers Association, SA hopes to continue to acknowledge and support talented writers and introduce new programming in the years to come.

Awards will be presented to 2010 winners for the adult category Keith Garebian, Robyn Marie Butt and Kate Marshall Flaherty on December 9. Awards for the youth category winners Erin Corrado, Sarah Farhat and David Chan will be presented on January 15, 2011 at Scarborough Civic Centre.

“It is evident from this year’s pool of submissions that there is a very real passion for writing present throughout Scarborough and East Toronto’s artistic community,” said Benedict Lopes, Scarborough Arts Program Coordinator. “A fond and sincere thank you goes out to everyone who submitted work.”

In addition to awarding the cash prizes, SA will publish the First, Second and Third place pieces from each category in the January 2011 issue of surface & symbol. The top ten pieces from each category are available for viewing and download in the 2010 Digital Publication at www.scarborougharts.com.

AWARDS:

Adult Category (20 years +)

First Place: $200 Scarborough Arts Council Award + Publication
Keith Garebian – Eros: A Short Meditation

Second Place: $100 Monica Ladell Memorial Prize + Publication
Robyn Marie Butt – Re-collection

Third Place: $50 Scarborough Arts Council Award + Publication
Kate Marshall Flaherty – The Power of “Ah!”

First Honourable Mention: $50 gift certificate from Chapters
Amber Williams King – Dub Insomnia

Second Honourable Mention: $50 gift certificate from Chapters
Patrick Connors – Bud’s

Honourable Mention:
Lois Lorimer -Spring Burning at Noon

Honourable Mention:
Kuruparan Selvarajh – Dear Mother

Honourable Mention:
Lois Fuse – To Be Sung Upon the Water

Honourable Mention:
Jeevan Bhagwat – Violets – For my Father

Honourable Mention:
Gord Eddy – A Time to Sow

Youth Category (under 20 years)

First Place: $200 Eugenie Shehirian Award + Publication
Erin Corrado – War Makes a World of a Horrible Kind

Second Place: $100 Scarborough Arts Council Award + Publication
Sara Farhat – The Coming of Light

Third Place: $50 Scarborough Arts Council Award + Publication
David Chan – Remember Me

First Honorable Mention: $50 gift certificate from Chapters
Tahmina Mojaddedi – You don’t know & I Have a Dream Too

Second Honourable Mention: $50 gift certificate from Chapters – Kennedy Commons
Madison Randall – Perfect Recipe

Honourable Mention:
Gabriela Aguilera – I’m Thinking

Honourable Mention:
Nancy Ly – A Wanting Lament

Honourable Mention:
Tina Chan – NaCI (A Chemistry Poem)

Honourable Mention:
Tiffany Chan – Countdown

Honourable Mention:
Christopher Chin – Foot Soldier