{"id":630011,"date":"2026-04-26T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630011\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:05:10","slug":"province-announces-2026-arts-and-letters-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630011\/","title":{"rendered":"Province Announces 2026 Arts and Letters Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The provincial government has named the winners of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArtsAndLettersAwards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Arts and Letters competition.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prizes totaling more than $47,000 were\u00a0awarded in a number of categories including visual arts, literature and music.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 507 submissions received, there were 29 winning entries in the junior\u00a0division and 31 winning entries in the senior division, with five winners chosen in the one-time HERSTORY Empowers category.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2026 Arts and Letters Awards Recipients<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>JUNIOR AWARD WINNERS<\/p>\n<p>Junior Poetry [15 and Under] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Danielle Devereaux; Jennifer Newhook; Craig Francis Power<\/p>\n<p>Junior Poetry [16-20] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Danielle Devereaux; Jennifer Newhook; Craig Francis Power<\/p>\n<p>Dust Upon the Mantel (Saudade)<\/p>\n<p>On the Intimacy of a Clementine<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Junior Prose [15 and Under] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Charis Cotter; Ray Critch<\/p>\n<p>The Weight of What Remains<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell Military School<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Junior Prose [16-20] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Charis Cotter; Ray Critch<\/p>\n<p>Murder in the Carpathians<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Junior French Literary ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicator: Paul Rowe<\/p>\n<p>Junior Music [15 and Under] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Tom Gordon; Rozalind MacPhail<\/p>\n<p>Junior Music [16-20] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Tom Gordon; Rozalind MacPhail<\/p>\n<p>Junior Visual [15 and Under] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Brian Amadi; Bethany Mackenzie<\/p>\n<p>The Consequence of Curiosity<\/p>\n<p>My great grandfather\u2019s boat, The Drusilla Theresa Schooner<\/p>\n<p>LadyCats and GentleKits\u2026the Meep Circus!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Junior Visual [16-20] ($350 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Brian Amadi; Bethany Mackenzie<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s What\u2019s Inside That Counts<\/p>\n<p>Summer on Exploits Island<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SENIOR AWARD WINNERS<\/p>\n<p>Senior Poetry ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Andreae Callanan; Aaron Tucker<\/p>\n<p>Coming Upon a Moose Accident on the TCH<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior Short Fiction ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Shelly Kawaja; Chad Pelley<\/p>\n<p>Senior Nonfiction ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicator: Debbie McGee<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior Dramatic Script ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicator: Sharon King-Campbell<\/p>\n<p>Senior French Literary ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Paul Rowe<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Alexandra Harvey<\/p>\n<p>Quand Je T\u2019aurai Quitte<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Percey Janes First Novel Award ($2,500 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicator: Trudy Morgan-Cole<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senior Music ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Tom Gordon, Rozalind MacPhail<\/p>\n<p>Senior Visual ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Daniel Rumbolt; Anita Singh; Kym Greeley<\/p>\n<p>Branch two generations ago, in wool sweaters<\/p>\n<p>Misty Morning Petty Harbour<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HERSTORY Empowers Special Category ($1000 prize)<\/p>\n<p>Adjudicators: Andrea Cooper; Michelle Butler Hallett; Anne Troake<\/p>\n<p>The Slow Turning of Paper<\/p>\n<p>Voluntarily Unsex Themselves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The provincial government has named the winners of the 2026 Arts and Letters competition. 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