The winners of the Postcard Jam competition were announced today.
The contest aimed to showcase the best undiscovered creative writing from the broader Whistler region. 40 entries were received before the August 25 deadline.
First prize was awarded to Rebecca Wood Barrett for her untitled story, “Don’t leave”, about a backcountry misadventure. The judges praised its real dialogue and drama.
Second prize was awarded to Feet Banks for “Mice are stupid.”
Third prize was awarded to Katherine Fawcett for “Perfect Match.”
Highly commended pieces were Pam Barnsley’s “Olympic Rap” and Nora Ryan’s “Bewitched.”
The 3 winning stories will appear in the September 11 issue of the Pique. The writers will participate in a Jam for Audience Choice award at the Whistler Readers and Writers Festival, Saturday September 13, at Millennium Place, 8pm. Tickets are available online at www.theviciouscircle.ca.
The judges for the Postcard Jam were Jules Older, Laura James and Stella Harvey.
Jules Older is a writer, broadcaster, speaker and editor-in-chief of Ski Press Canada and Ski Press USA. Currently based in San Francisco, Jules is a five-time winner of the Harold Hirsch Award for Excellence in Snowsports Writing. He is a widely published freelance travel writer, and has written more than 20 children’s books, including COW, (Charlesbridge Publishing) which was named a “Pick of the Lists” by the American Booksellers Association.
Stella L. Harvey, Director of the Whistler Writers Festival, founded the Whistler Writers Group in May 2001 is at work on her second novel. Her short stories have been published in The New Orphic Review, the Dalhousie Review, Emerge, the Pique, the Question and been shortlisted in several Writers Union of Canada short story competitions.
Laura James, Tourism Whistler’s Manager of Media Relations has 20 years experience in the media industry as a producer, director and writer. She has produced, directed and written for many broadcasters including HGTV, Knowledge Network, TVO, Rogers, Shaw and YTV. Her work with TVO Kids was recognized with a Gemini nomination in 2002.
