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May 5, 2000
(Tourism, Culture and Recreation)


2000 Arts and Letters Competition winners announced

Charles Furey, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, is pleased to announce the winning entries in the 48th annual Arts and Letters Competition. The awards presentation was held at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John�s on May 4, 2000.

"This year there were almost 1,000 entries submitted for consideration. This is a clear reflection on the popularity of the competition, the result of which is a wealth of interesting and fascinating entries by hundreds of talented Newfoundlanders and Labradorians of all ages," said Furey. "Every year as we receive the entries, we continue to see the incredible depth of artistic talent that we have in the province."

There are junior (ages 12 to 18) and senior (ages 19 and over) divisions in the competition. The junior division has three categories including poetry, prose and visual art. The first place prize in each category is $300, the second place prize is $200 and the third place prize is $100. In the Senior Division there are nine categories including; Poetry; Short Fiction; Non-fictional Prose; Dramatic Script; Musical Composition; Painting; Three Dimensional Art; Drawing and Graphic Art; and Photography. The first prize in each category is $600, the second prize is $300 and the third prize is $150. A complete list of the winners follows.

Mr. Furey said: "In conjunction with the Writers� Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador we are very pleased to announce a new category in this year�s competition named the Percy Janes First Novel Award.. The aim of this award is to commemorate the life and work of one of our province�s most distinguished writers, who died February 1999 at the age of 76, and to support and encourage Newfoundland and Labrador writers who wish to make a serious commitment to the writing profession. The winner in this category receives a prize of $1,000.

"Ms. Julia Pickard has chaired the Arts and Letters Committee for the past eight years and is now resigning her position. We thank Ms. Pickard for all the volunteer work she have given to this committee and welcome Mr. Kevin Major as the new chair for the Arts and Letters Committee.

Mr. Major, born in Stephenville, is one of Newfoundland�s most successful and prolific authors, whose books attract the attention of all age groups in Newfoundland, mainland Canada and overseas. Among his many accomplishments he has received the Canada Council Award for Children�s Literature as well as the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children for his first novel, Hold Fast. His most recent book, House of Wooden Santas, won the coveted Mr. Christi Award in 1999."

Mr. Major currently resides in St. John�s with his wife and children.

Funding for the Arts and Letters Competition is provided by the Culture and Heritage Division of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. An exhibition of the winning entries along with selected other entries, can be seen at the Provincial Art Gallery, St. John�s Arts and Culture Centre from Friday, May 5 to Sunday May 21, 2000.

Minister Furey joins with the Arts and Letters Committee in encouraging people to submit entries for the 49th annual competition next year. The deadline for submissions for the 2001 Arts and Letters Competition is February 16, 2001.

Contact: Regina Best, Co-ordinator, Arts and Letters Competition Office, (709) 729-5253.

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2000 ARTS AND LETTERS COMPETITION
LIST OF AWARD WINNERS
JUNIOR DIVISION

PAINTING AND GRAPHIC ART: Adjudicator--- Don Short (102 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Hon.Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Crystal Clear

First Taste of Winter

Puffins of the Rock

Broken Life

My Dog

Specimens Under Glass

Untitled

Jamie Halliday, St. John's

John McDonald, Goulds

Matthew Hollett, Pasadena

Scott O�Brien, St. John�s

Ana Boykov, Flatrock

Genevieve Simms, Torbay

Maggie Rex, St. John�s


POETRY: Adjudicators---Tom Dawe and Pamela Hodgson (213 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

 

Pranksters

The Doubter

 A Wake

Restless Goddess

Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht: Nov. 9, 1938)

Mike O�Reilly, Gander

Mark Butt, Carbonear

Henry Rose, Grey River

 Matthew Hollett, Pasadena

 Yodit Edemariam, Grand Falls-Windsor

 


SHORT STORY, ESSAY OR DRAMATIC SCRIPT: Adjudicators--- Robin McGrath, Ann Furlong and Nellie Strowbridge (152 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

 Helen

So Very Old

A Converstaion Called Life

Clarity

Get in Your Box and Stay There

Tiffany Johnstone, Witless Bay

 Rosemary Lever, St. John�s

Chelsea Hellings, Norman�s Cove

Matthew Hollett, Pasadena

Stephanie Short, Labrador City


SENIOR DIVISION

PHOTOGRAPHY: COLOUR OR BLACK AND WHITE: Adjudicator---Dugal Dunbar (60 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Aurora Borealis

 Untitled

The First Sign of Jonah

Kid�s Canvas

If I Could Talk to the Animals, Namibia

Charlie Falk, Gander

Simoni Mekinc, St. John�s

Shane Kelly, St. John's

Eric Davidson, St. John's

Matt Downey, St, John's


PAINTING : Adjudicators---Anne Meredith Barry and Bill Rose (76 enties)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Hon.Men.:

Still Life with Pre-dated Murre Eggs

The Sea, The Sky

Deadman's Cove, NF

Blue Pot with Vegetables

I�ll Stay Here for all the Days

Leviatha

Helen Gregory, St. John�s

Cathia Finkel, St. John�s

Brian McLaren, St. John's

Barbara Nye, St. John�s

Sheila Hollander, Corner Brook

Alan Moores, St. John's


DRAWING AND GRAPHIC ART: Adjudicators---Anne Meredith Barry and Bill Rose (22 Entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Animal Friends

Untitled

Chinese Lanterns

Untitled

Science Without Conscience

Toby Rabinowitz, Portugal Cove

Barbara Nye, St. John's

Evelyn Peyton Murphy, St. John�s

Elayne Noble, St. John's

Otelija Russell, Cottrells Cove


THREE DIMENSIONAL ART (inc. Bas-relief) Adjudicators---Anne Meredith Barry and Bill Rose (27 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Angel in Flight

Too Much on My Mind

The Voice Machine

A Revival

Wooden Leg

Toby Rabinowitz, Portugal Cove

Bibi Wolke-Bronswijk, Clarenville

Peter Drysdale, St. John's

 Sonja Curnew, Manuels

J. Cory Gorman, Holyrood


MUSICAL COMPOSITION: Adjudicator---Kjellrun Hestekin (10 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Hon.Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Prelusion

Paradigm

The Time is Now

The Love Song of

My Dog

Specimens Under Glass

Untitled

Peter Laing, St. John's

Patrick Boyle, Mount Pearl

John Rao, St. John�s

Eugene Cormier, Corner Brook

Ana Boykov, Flatrock

Genevieve Simms, Torbay

Maggie Rex, St. John�s


J. Alfred Prufrock, (Part IV)

POETRY: Adjudicators---Carmelita McGrath and Bruce Porter (145 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Hon.Men.:

 

La Luna

Basic

Peter

Seasonal Rites

She Pursues

Specimens Under Glass

 

Sandra Cowan, St. John�s

James White, Stephenville Crossing

John Munro, Port Blandford

Geraldine Chafe Rubia, St. John�s

Ana Boykov, Flatrock

Lindsay Preston, Birchy Bay

 


SHORT FICTION: Adjudicators---Stan Dragland and Claire Wilkshire (70 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Hon.Men.:

The Way the Light Is

Homosexual

Pilgrim Boy

The Pink Hat

Menachim�s Donkey

The Monstrous

Lisa Moore, St. John's

 Michael Jones, St. John�s

 Libby Creelman, St. John's

Sheila Guy-Murphy, St. John's

Patrick Warner, St. John's

Gerard Collins, St. John�s


NON-FICTIONAL PROSE: Adjudicator---Elizabeth Somerton (29 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Goodbye, Cookie

Down the Line

The Clocks Go Back in Sounds Cove

Mr. Fogwill and Me:

 In God�s Own Time

Libby Creelman, St. John�s

Veva Moulton, St. John�s

Michael Jones, St. John�s

Robin McGrath, Portugal Cove

Robert Parsons, Grand Bank


DRAMATIC SCRIPT: Adjudicator---Helen Peters (21 entries)

First Place:

Second Place:

Third Place:

Hon. Men.:

Hon. Men.:

Peter�s Accent

Out of Respect

In Heart�s Desire

Trille Tr�le

The Home

Michelle Butler-Hallett, St. John�s

Ruth Lawrence, St. John's

Lisa Moore, St. John�s

 Robin McGrath, Portugal Cove

D. Jean Young, Deer Lake


Percy Janes First Novel Award: Adjudicator: Mr. E. King (17 entries)

Ghost World  Tom Moore, St. John�s

2000 05 05                                         10:15 a.m


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