Presentation of Prizes

 We had a full house yesterday afternoon at Gallery 78. It was a fun, exciting, and emotional event. Thank you so much to everyone who attended.

The winners are:

First prize $2500 ~ Ryan Marshall of Fredericton

Second Prize $1000 ~ Stacy deVries of Nova Scotia

Third Prize $500 ~ Bilge Bayhan of Fredericton

Honorable Mention $200 ~ Jane Thomson of Fredericton

Read the top stories here:

The French Play by Ryan Marshall

The Girl Who Lit the World by Stacy deVries

Salt by Bilge Bayhan

Video - stay tuned

I know I promised you a live video. I didn't get it to work. But we had a professional videographer at the event yesterday, so in a couple of weeks I will be able to share that video with you.

I have a few photos from the event, but if anyone has other photos they would like to share, please email them to jsmcontest@gmailcom

Some photo highlights from the Awards event on October 18, 2025

 

We are announcing the winners tomorrow!

We look forward to seeing all of you who have RSVP'd and can't wait to announce the winners of the first ever Julia Stewart Memorial Short Story Contest.

If you can't make it in person, the event will be live streamed from 4:00 to 6:00 pm Atlantic time on my personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jeatherhane.reads/

After the event, the live streamed video will be shared to the contest Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JuliaStewartMemorialContest/

Julia Stewart was Fredericton's "No Rules Librarian"

This happy face pin is a symbol of the way Julia loved to bring people together and get involved in her community. It started as a memory from her childhood, and has become an enduring memorial of the happiness she brought to others.

Meet our judges: Nancy Bauer

 

Nancy Bauer has published five novels and many stories and essays. A Great Cloud of Witnessing: Selected Arts Journalism of Nancy Bauer, collected and edited by Ian LeTourneau, was published by Chapel Street Editions last spring. This fall a collection of her stories, Hammering at the Door, will be published, also by CSE. Born in Massachusetts in 1934, Nancy came to New Brunswick in 1965 with UNB professor and writer Bill Bauer and their three children.

Meet our judges: AnnMarie MacKinnon

 

AnnMarie MacKinnon is a writer, editor and instructor. She has worked in both magazine and book publishing for more than two decades in a number of editorial and marketing positions. She was publisher and editor-in-chief for Geist, and has held staff positions at Visual Arts News, Edible Vancouver and Douglas & McIntyre. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from University of King's College in Halifax.