THE RECORD

SHORT STORY CONTEST 2006

Judges’ Comments:

“Marianne Paul crafts an emotionally deep story about loss and comfort that avoids sentimentality. The moments she captures and the young characters she draws are true and compelling.”

~ Erin Noteboom, James Bow and Patricia Bow

Literary Awards

• Winner of 2006 Canadian Aid Literary Award - Tending Memory

• Winner of The Record Short Story Contest 2006 – The Taste of Grief 

• Winner of the WRAConteur Literary Competition 2004, Poetry Category – Bedridden (a suite of poems) 

• Winner of the WRAConteur Literary Competition 2003, Poetry Category – Variations of a Theme 

• Winner of the Mystery on the Move Playwriting Contest 1997, Kaleidoscope Arts Festival – What’s in a Name?

• Winner of the Okanagan Short Fiction Award, Canadian Authors Association, 1996 – Violation   

• Winner of the Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Award for Writing, 1994

• Winner of The Record Short Story Contest 1993 – Gemina’s Wish   

• Canada Council, The Explorations Programme, fiction grant awarded, 1989

• Workshop Award, Ross McDonald Mystery Writer's Conference 1986 – The Paperboy   

Others Awards & Competition Results

• Short-listed, Looking For Love Poetry Contest 2005 Leaf Press, gracie in love  - Link to Marianne's Poem at Leafpress.ca
  

• Second Place, Favourite Poems Contest 2005 Craigleigh Press, glassworks

• Third Place, The Record Short Story Contest 2004 – Rolling Down the River  

• Runner-up, WRAConteur Literary Competition 2003, Creative Non-fiction Category

• Runner-up, Key Porter Books / CBC radio short story contest 2002 – Satan, Take These Quarters   

• Short-listed, Canadian Authors Association Conference Contest 2002 – Gypsy   

• Runner-up, Doon Heritage Crossroads Playwright Competition 1988 –  Doom in Doon