And the winners are…

FIRST PLACE ($1,500):

• ‘Flowering,’ Austen Lee, Edmonton, AB

SECOND PLACE ($1000):

• ‘Hungry Daughter,’ Britt Gillman, Deep River, ON

THIRD PLACE ($500):

• ‘Where to Look,’ Suzanne Galante, San Carlos, CA

The winning entries, along with judge Omar Mouallem’s essay, will appear in EVENT 53/1 (Spring/Summer 2024).

Congratulations to all the other short-listed entrants:

• ‘Every Possible Way,’ Adèle Barclay, Vancouver, BC
• ‘Torpor,’ Adrienne Gruber, Bowen Island, BC
• ‘The Weight of the World,’ Teya Hollier, East York, ON
• ‘Sweet Tooth,’ Justyna Król, Vancouver, BC
• ‘Ghazal of My Childhood,’ Rayya Liebich, Nelson, BC
• ‘In Another Universe,’ Malena Mokhovikova, Toronto, ON
• ‘Childhood Reincarnate,’ Monica Nathan, Toronto, ON

Thanks to those writers who sent manuscripts to us and to our contest readers and judge! Visit our Contest page for details on the next contest.

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Omar Mouallem is an author, filmmaker, and educator. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, WIRED, and NewYorker.com. His book Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas won the 2022 Wilfred Eggleston Nonfiction Award and was named one of the Globe and Mail’s 100 best books of 2021. His documentary The Lebanese Burger Mafia, which documents the unlikely link between fast-food and Lebanese immigrants, won the 2023 Audience Choice for Best Doc at Northwest International Documentary Festival. He also teaches creative nonfiction at the University of King’s College and is the “fake dean” of Pandemic University School of Writing, a virtual school he founded in support of writers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.