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March 27, 2009

Minister Congratulates 2008 Winterset Award Winner

Randall Maggs, author of Night Work: The Sawchuck Poems has been named the winner of the 2008 Winterset Award. It is the first book of poetry to win the prestigious award since it was established in 2000.

Hosted annually by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC), the awards ceremony was held yesterday (March 26) at Government House.

"Newfoundland and Labrador has produced an extraordinary number of successful writers relative to our population, and the Winterset Award is an excellent way to recognize and showcase the province�s literary talent," said the Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "I congratulate Mr. Maggs and finalists Sara Tilley and Marie Wadden, and look forward to the creation of more remarkable work."

Night Work: The Sawchuck Poems is published by Brick Books in London, ON. Ms. Tilley was nominated for Skin Room, published by Pedlar Press in Toronto, while Ms. Wadden was nominated for Where the Pavement Ends: Canada�s Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation, published by Douglas and McIntyre of Vancouver.

The winner of the Winterset Award receives $5,000 and the two finalists each receive $1,000. Created in memory of the prize-winning author and local historian, Sandra Fraser Gwyn, the Winterset Awards were established by her husband Richard Gwyn, to encourage and promote excellence in writing by Newfoundland and Labrador authors.

For more information about the Winterset Awards, visit: //www.nlac.nf.ca/awards/winterset.htm

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Media contact:

Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca

2009 03 27                                                      9:50 a.m.
 


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