Islands Short Fiction Review Winners

Congratulations to all the winners of the Islands Short Fiction Review.

The ISFR is made possible by the efforts of co-sponsors Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL), Vancouver Island University (VIU) and financial contributors – City of Nanaimo, Province of British Columbia, VIRL, and arts council members. Special thanks to our Program Coordinator – Amelia Watford, Judges – Jessie Burgess (Youth), and Robert Weirsema (Adult).

 

 

 

Adult Category (19+):

First Place

My Baby Only Sleeps in Storms

by Claire Jones

Second Place

Teratoma

by Gwendolyn Sanchez Westaway

Third Place

Not Yet

by Emily Lieuwen

Youth Category (13–18):

First Place

Birds Aren’t Real

by Jordan Sutherland

Second Place

Her Flower Garden

by Allison McBride

Third Place

The Secret Society of Imagination

by Elly Forssell

Junior Category (12 and under):

First Place

My Own Little World

by Jubilee Eng Stime

Second Place

Pride

by Anthalia Umanetz

Third Place

Torment and Threnody 

by Rachel George

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