Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest
Volume One 2007-2008
We were pleased to assist the revival of this writing competition and we continue to find more new poets.
Our thanks go to all the entrants The 124 entries in this year's competition came from all over Canada. This was remarkable considering the short period of time given to inform writers of the continued existence of the competition. We expect next year will be even bigger.
We have some familiar names and even more new poets. In this first annual collection for the competition, we have included the first place winner from 1970, and the winners from the 2007 contest, who were fetted, but not published. Part of this is the idea behind the title Legacy. It is the legacy of poetry in this area that we honour during National Poetry Month, and the continuance of that legacy we hope to achieve.
Thanks always to the Canadian Authors Association for their support and encouragement through the years, and the Niagara Branch in particular for the experience that has made this contest and collection possible here.
Legacy was launched during the first annual Spring Pulse Poetry Festival, April 3-6th, 2008. Poets and poetry lovers came from as far as Coburg, Ottawa, Moose Factory, and more, to contribute to the success of the Festival in Cobalt. Timed to commemorate the end of the 100th anniversary year of the death of Dr. Drummond in Cobalt, next year's Festival is already being planned. The rules for the next Drummond Poetry Contest are already posted, and the next deadline is March 1, 2009.
ISBN: 1-894747-41-0 | WMPub# 7901 | 5½" x 8½" | 52 page chapbook | $6.95 CDN
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Table of Contents
3 Acknowledgements
7 Introduction
Prize Winning Selections
1970 First Prize Winner
9 An Evening of Memories by John Gore, Cobalt, ON
2007 Winners
First Prize
12 Calling us Home by David Brydges, Cobalt, ON
Second Prize
15 Reflections From the Depths of a Northern Ontario Hamlet by Catherine Gillier, Haileybury, ON
Honourable Mentions:
16 Fred Larose by Brian Beaudry, Haileybury, ON
17 Bass Lake by Kim Lee Seagull
2007 YOUNG POETS
First Place
18 Cobalt by Daniel Pilon
Second Place
18 The North is Great!!! by Julia Bigelow
Honourable Mentions
19 Canada by Kyle Patterson
19 Northern Ontario by Breanna Quevillon
2008 Winners
21 From the Judges
First Prize Winner
22 Fat Rain by Bernice Lever, Bowen Island, BC
Second Prize Winner
23 Drum-song by Dorothee Komangapik, Ottawa, ON
Third Prize Winner
25 Riding School by Irene Patriquin, Haileybury, ON
Honourable Mentions
26 The Door Of No Return by William Knoof, Thorne, ON
28 Gingerbread House by Bernice Lever, Bowen Island, BC
29 Concrete Caution by I. B. Iskov, Thornhill, ON
30 The Great White Pine by John Gore, Haileybury, ON
32 An Old Fashioned Barber by William Knoof, Thorne, ON
33 view from the pier by Rick Stow, New Liskeard, ON
Judges Selections
34 Spring Clean Up by Karen Audet, Ridgeway, ON
35 Blue Mountains by Heather Cardin, Summerland, BC
36 Cuneiform by Heather Cardin, Summerland, BC
37 Egg and Ever by Kate Marshall Flaherty, Toronto, ON
38 Summer Life of Light by Gill Foss, Maberly, ON
40 La Chasse-galerie by Jerry Jordison, New Liskeard, ON
42 To A Mosquito In The Night by William Knoof, Thorne, ON
44 Frozen Sea Ice by Dorothee Komangapik, Ottawa, ON
45 De Nort Land Winter by Lorne Larocque, Kirkland Lake, ON
47 Absolute by Dorothy Stott, Gibsons, BC
2008 YOUNG POETS
First Prize
49 Winter's Night by Jason VanWetten
Second Prize
49 Path by Athena Williams
Third Prize
50 Spiders by Wesley Neddo
Honourable Mentions
50 Riding by Kaitlin Landry
51 Dragons by Ryan Burrows
51 Old Blind Bat by Joshua Nielsen
