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Black
Grain Volume 35 No 4, Spring 2008
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Dave Margoshes
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Betty Jane Hegerat
Cover Image: "Portrait of a Kendo Fencer" by Nao Imai / Aflo / Getty Images.
Congratulations to Barb Howard whose fiction "Mrs. Goodfellow's Dog" published in Grain 35.4, won the 2009 Alberta Literary Award's Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story.
Contributors:
Laura Best, Darren Bifford, Laurie Boudrean, Lor Cayer, David Elias, Cary Fagan, Jamella Hagen, Sara Heinonen, Barb Howard, Jeff Latosik, Shelley A. Leedhal, Cara-Lyn Morgan, Kelly-Anne Reiss, J.J. Steinfeld, Michael Trussler, Lucas Warren, Sarah B. Wiseman.
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Evidence
Grain Volume 35 No 3, Winter 2008
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Dave Margoshes
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Betty Jane Hegerat
Contributors:
Lorna Crozier, Anthony Di Nardo, Deirdre Dwyer, Cynthia Flood, Edward Gates, Elisabeth Harvor, Maureen Hynes, Gillian Jerome, Vince McGillivray, Riel Nason, Monty Reid, Stan Rogal, Jenny Ryan, Jenna Schmidt, Jamie Sharpe, Bren Simmers, Shawn Stibbards, Sam Taylor, Jason Van Blaricom, Lisa Wilson.
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Look Around!
Grain Volume 35 No 2, Fall 2007
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Dave Margoshes
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Betty Jane Hegerat
Featuring the winners of the 19th Annual Short Grain Writing Contest!
Check out this flattering review of LOOK AROUND by Stefani Nellen at NewPages.com!
Contributors:
Sally Cooper, Richard Cumyn, Dorothy Field, Heather Hughes, Donald McGrath, Roger Nash, Megan Nell, Luke Ottem, Gary Pierluigi, Henry Rappaport, Leon Rooke, Michelle Denise Smith, Joshua Trotter, Justin Varava, Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, Derk Wynand, Stephanie Yorke.
19th annual Short Grain Contest Winners:
Prose Poem: judged by Steven Smith
Susan Ingersoll
Lauren Holbrook
Natalie Thompson
Non-Fiction: judged by Brenda Niskala
Andrew Turner
Jessica Ruth Harris
Cristopher Crocker
Postcard Story: judged by Steven Gallaway
Dennis Porsnuk
Janice Salkeld
Bridget Fallen
Terri Favro
Dramatic Monologue: judged by Curtis Peeteetuce
Art Collins
Pearl Myers
Robert Campone
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tired of burning
Grain Volume 35 No 1, Summer 2007
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Dave Margoshes
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Leona Theis
Cover Image: "Painful Eye" by Keyidea / iStockphoto.
Contributors:
Théodora Armstrong, Myles Blank, Danielle Bozzer, Barry Butson, Chris Casuccio, Desi Di Nardo, Caitlin Hamilton, Tracy Hamon, Liberty Heise, Jim Johnstone, Deepa Jolly, Michael Kenyon, Richard Lemm, Rob Madden, A. F. Moritz, Elise Moser, Rosemary Nixon, Tim Prior, Glen Sorestad, Susan Telfer, Rhea Tregebo, John Vigna, Stephanie Yorke, Clea Young.
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What a Shovel Does
Grain Volume 34 No 4, Spring 2007
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Leona Theis
Cover photo by Carolyn Pihach.
THIS ISSUE IS SOLD OUT!
Contributors:
Sheri Benning, Lauire Block, Sue Chenette, Barry Dempster, Antony Di Nardo, Gabe Foreman, Kim Goodliffe, Katia Grubisic, Patrick Hicks, Melody Morissette, Jonathon Muller, Jim Nason, Michael Penny, Alison Pick, Brady Rhoades, Rolli, Julie Roorda, John Saul, Eleonore Schönmaier, Tom Wayman, Piotr Wesolowski, Emily White.
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Bad Time
Grain Volume 34 No 3, Winter 2007
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Leona Theis
Cover Image: "Barry Bonds: San Francisco Giants v. Pittsburgh Pirates" by George Gojkovich / Collection: Getty Image Sport.
Contributors:
Kyl Chhatwal, Jesse Ferguson, Emily Givner, Sue Goyette, Adrienne Gruber, Bill Luvaas, Donato Mancini, Dave Margoshes, Chris Pannell, Sandra Ridley, Stan Rogal, Meredith L. Shoenut, Young Smith, Shannon Stewart, Nick Thran, Don Waters, Abby Whidden, Terence Young.
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November/Twilight
Grain Volume 34 No 2, Fall 2006
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Leona Theis
Cover Image: "Rear View Mirror and Trees" by Gerry Johansson, Photonica Collection/ Getty Images.
Featuring the winners of the 18th Annual Short Grain Writing Contest!
Contributors:
John Barger, Lorna Crozier, Jennifer Geens, Zoya V. Harris, Judith Krause, Lolette Kuby, Evelyn Lau, Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Nancy Mauro, Steve Noyes, Elizabeth Philips, Nicholas Popowich, Reese Warner, Jared Young.
18th annual Short Grain Contest Winners:
Postcard Story: judged by Lee Henderson
"Chequeov" by Nicholas Ruddock
"Judith" by Rhonda Waterfall
"You get used to it" by Terrance K. Miles
Prose Poem: judged by Richard Lemm
"Where You Go I Go" by Claire Litton
"Spring Dawning" by Brecken Rose Hancock
"Black Truffle" by Salvatore Difalco
Dramatic Monologue: judged by Pam Bustin
"El Gato" by Ross C. Travis
"Mother of Pearls" by Krista Boehnert
"Scram!" by Susan Siddeley
Creative Non-Fiction: judged by Candace Savage
"Draft One: Chapter One" by Monty Gendall
"Wrongness of the Day" by Eve Corbel
"Red" by Madeline Sonik
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Today/Tonight
Grain Volume 34 No 1, Summer 2006
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Associate Fiction Editor: Leona Theis
Cover photo by Carolyn Pihach.
Check out this great review of TODAY/TONIGHT by Jim Scott at NewPages.com!
Contributors:
Susan Andrews Grace, Janette Barr, John Barton, Sheri Benning, Linda Besner, Laura Best, Jenna Butler, Chris Casuccio, Joan Crate, Michael deBeyer, Malcolm Dixon, Halina Duraj, Kristy Elliot, Victor Enns, Anthony Jeffery, Joel Katelnikoff, Erin Knight, John Lofranco, Kathy Mac, Lisa Martin-DeMoor, Steve McOrmond, Sheila Peters, Nicole Louise Reid, Kerry Ryan, Royston Tester, Nikolijne Troubetzkoy, H.R. Williams, Caroline Woodward.
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Scorn
Grain Volume 33 No 4, Spring 2006
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Cover Image: "Scorn" by Tamara Bond.
THIS ISSUE IS SOLD OUT!
Contributors:
Yvonne Blomer, Tamara Bond, Todd Bryanton, Grant Buday, Veronica Gaylie, Daniel Griffin, Phil Hall, Harold Hoefle, Matthew Holmes, Helena Krobath, Jeanette Lynes, Cara-Lyn Morgan, Jerry Portwood, Michael Rottman, Sheila Stewart, Kate Sutherland, Anna Swanson, Harmony Trowbridge, Ria Voros, Tom Wayman.
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Don't Fall Asleep
Grain Volume 33 No 3, Winter 2006
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Cover Image: sleeve: "Red pajamas on bed" (detail), Image Source Photography / Veer; cover: "Coffee Cup on Bed" (detail) Howard Bjornson / Getty Images.
Contributors:
Elaine Bander, Andrew Borkowski, Craig Boyko, Heather Cadsby, Antony Di Nardo, James Gill, Katia Grubisic, Rob Jones, Devin Krukoff, Hanako Masutani, Blaise Moritz, A. Mary Murphy, John Reibetanz, Cathy Stonehouse, Susan Telfer, S.E. Venart, Kenneth Wong.
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Glue
Grain Volume 33 No 2, Fall 2005
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Cover Image: "Medical Icons: Bloodbags" © Digital Vision Ltd/ Veer.
Featuring the winners of the 17th Annual Short Grain Writing Contest!
Contributors:
Théodora Armstrong, Tim Bowling, Mary Cameron, Timothy Case, Rosemary Clewes, Robert Cooperman, Jeremy Dodds, Jamella Hagen, Betty Jane Hegerat, Caitlin Hewitt-White, David Hickey, Amy Jones, Judith Krause, Brendan Main, Colleen Martin, Cara Morgan, Roger Nash, Carolyn Norberg, Peter Norman, Anik See, Aziz Sheikh, Paul Tyler, Tom Wayman
17th annual Short Grain Contest Winners:
Postcard Story: judged by Hal Niedzviecki
"Hilary Cooper: Bindertwine Queen" by C.E. Coughlan
"What is it: Twenty Questions" by Patricia Young
"Paris" by Deborah Willis
"The Last Appointment" by Janet Trull
Prose Poem: judged by Brad Cran
"some kind of immense indiscernible shift is going on in the world" by Julie Berry
"Tiger at the Hot Plate" by Jay Brown
"To be the teacher" by Julie Berry
"before he can write his name" by kath macLean
Dramatic Monologue: judged by Annabel Lyon
"Breastplate" by Jenifer Sutherland
"Bear Me Stiffly Up" by Ellen Elizabeth Arrand
"Appointment with God" by Donna Tremblay
"Boo" by Matthew Anderson
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Industry
Grain Volume 33 No 1, Summer 2005
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Dust jacket, cover concept and design: Duncan Campbell and Kent Bruyneel.
Contributors:
Angie Abdou, Tamara Bond, Craig Boyko, Barry Butson, Ian Colford, Marilyn Gear Pilling, Charlotte Gill, Jason Guriel, Sarah Howden, Anastasia Jones, Zöe Landale, James Langer, Dave Margoshes, Lisa Martin-DeMoor, Paddy McCallum, Saleema Nawaz, Kathy Para, Marguerite Pigeon, Sue Sinclair, Don Waters, Tom Wayman, Calvin Wharton, Derk Wynand.
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If
Grain Volume 32 No 4, Spring 2005
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: David Carpenter
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Cover Image: "Hot Stove Element" © Bob Anderson/Masterfile.
Check out this blazing review of IF by Sean Bernard at NewPages.com!
Contributors:
Bert Almon, John Barton, Stephanie Bolster, Elizabeth Brewster, Lorna Crozier, Amelia DeFalco, Veronica Gaylie, gillian harding-russell, Ken Howe, Ian Donald Keeling, Jeanette Lynes, Andrew Leith Macrae, June Mitchell, Jason Pearce, Matthew Rader, J.J. Steinfeld, Anne-Marie Turza, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Kathleen Winter, David Zieroth.
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Spectacular
Grain Volume 32 No 3, Winter 2005
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Joanne Gerber
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Cover Image: "Landscape #3" Christmas card 1987, by bpNichol.
Contributors:
Shirley Agopsowicz, Tamara Bond, Sandy Bonny, bpNichol, Shannon Bramer, Marjorie Bruhmuller, Sara Cassidy, Josee Daviault Crawford, Robert Currie, Barry Dempster, Antony Di Nardo, William Dudley, Bridget Eyolfson, Judith Krause, Matilka Krow, Alexis Lachaine, Matthew Manera, Dave Margoshes, Clayton McCann, Trina Moyles, Diane Reid, Ian Roy, John Saul, Joshua Trotter, Michael Trussler, Jason Van Blaricom, Russell Wangersky, Lindsay Zier-Vogel.
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Fall
Grain Volume 32 No 2, Fall 2004
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Joanne Gerber
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Cover Image: "Man Holding Target" by Kamil Vognar / Photnica.
Congratulations to Patrick Tobin for receiving an Honourable Mention for One-of-a-Kind Articles in the 2004 National Magazine Awards for his non-fiction piece “14 ½ Things To Do In Stockholm In the Dead of Winter: A Travel Guide".
Read this review of FALL at NewPages.com!
Contributors:
Sheri Benning, Tamara Bond, Chris Casuccio, Emily Cavanagh, Jan Horner, Donna Kane, Christine Lindsay, John Lofranco, Rhona McAdam, Maureen McCarthy, Miranda Pearson, Brenda Schmidt, Richard Simas, Michael Trussler, Caroline Woodward.
16th Annual Short Grain Contest Winners:
Postcard Story: judged by J. Jill Robinson
“Wing” by Barbara Simler of Edmonton, AB
“Belly Down” by Shane Book of Nepean, ON
“Even Now” by Nancy Baele of Ottawa, ON
Prose Poem: judged by Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen
“notes on a lamb stanza” by Kelly Dignan of Brantford, ON
“Fear of Machines” by Barbara Klar of Ruddell, SK
“My Life On Prose Cards” by Gunilla Norris of Mystic, Connecticut, USA
Dramatic Monologue: judged by Kit Brennan
“Dead Man Dreaming of the Unity of Body and Soul” by Clint Uhrich of Regina, SK
“A Cup of Sugar” by Susan Siddeley of Toronto, ON
“The Bushman Speaks” by Lucius Furius of Evanston, Illinois, USA
Non-Fiction (Long Grain of Truth): judged by Zsuzsi Gartner
Note: The judge in the Long Grain of Truth category chose one winner and two honourable mentions; all winners were awarded prize money equally.
Winner—“14 ½ Things To Do In Stockholm In the Dead of Winter: A Travel Guide." by Patrick Tobin of Billings, Montana, USA
Honourable mention—“Binding” by Kitty Hoffman of Victoria, BC
Honourable mention—“The Roots of Scars” by Tracy Hamon of Regina, SK
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The Ground
Grain Volume 32 No 1, Summer 2004
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Joanne Gerber
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Contributors:
Shelley Banks, Craig Battle, Sheri Benning, Jill Boettger, Tamara Bond, John Donlan, Stephanie Earp, Sarah Feldman, Erina Harris, Chris Hutchinson, Ross Leckie, Terry Lucas, Pasha Malla, Jane Munro, A. Mary Murphy, Gary Radison, John Reibetanz, Al Rempel, Adam Lewis Schroeder, J. Mark Smith, Nick Thran, Katharine Wrobel.
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The Same Mistakes
Grain Volume 31 No 4, Spring 2004
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Joanne Gerber
Designer: Duncan Campbell
Contributors:
Shirley Agopsowicz, Anne Blonstein, Tamara Bond, Brenda Brooks, Shannon Cowan, Matthew Duffus, Liam Ferney, Tracey Hamon, Gillian Harding-Russell, Ben Hart, Betty Jane Hegerat, Warren Heiti, Matthew Holmes, Bill Howell, Ian Donald Keeling, Shelley Leedahl, Yann Martel, rob mclennan, Steve McOrmond, Roger Nash, John Pass, K.I. Press, Michael Quilty, Andrew Stubbs, Sam Taylor, Kim Trainor, Josh Trotter, Jason Van Blaricom, Russell Wangersky, Calvin Wharton, David Zieroth.
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Party Girls
Grain Volume 31 No 3, Winter 2004
Editor: Kent Bruyneel
Poetry Editor: Gerald Hill
Fiction Editor: Joanne Gerber
THIS ISSUE IS SOLD OUT!
Congratulations to Devin Krukoff, whose story "The Last Spark" was the WINNER of the prestigious $10,000 Writers’ Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.
Contributors:
Sheri Benning, Steven Micheal Berzensky, Amy Bespflug, Shannon Bramer, Heather Browne, C.B. Burgess, Mark Callanan, Sandra Campbell, Marita Dachsel, Jeanne Marie De Moissac, Joe Denham, Kathleen Donovan, Maggie Finlayson, Karina Fuentes, Jeff George, Adrienne Gruber, Katia Grubisic, Mary Hagey, Maureen Scott Harris, Peter Harris, Terrence Heath, Devin Krukoff, Jody Lesiuk, Nicole Lindsay, Moberley Luger, Donato Mancini, Dave Margoshes, M.E. Mutch, Andrew Oldham, Shauna Paull, Courney Pollett, Alessandro Porca, Sina Queyras, Jason Santerre, Jean-Mark Sens, Paul Sohar, Ken Victor, Ellen Wehile, Michelle Wright, Patricia Young, Terence Young.
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Fall 2003
Grain Volume 31 No 2, Fall 2003
Editor: Elizabeth Philips
Poetry Editor: Sean Virgo
Fiction Editor: Marlis Wesseler
Designer: Ed Pas
Cover Image: Tetyana Gershuni, After Expulsion, 2000 series, oil on canvas (detail).
Congratulations to Kenneth Bonert whose story "Packers and Movers" was chosen as a Finalist for the prestigious $10,000 Writers’ Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, and received an Honourable Mention for Fiction in the 2003 National Magazine Awards.
Contributors:
Rafi Aaron, Kelley Aitken, Kimmy Beach, Marion Beck, Rosemary Blake, Kenneth Bonert, Hume Cronyn, Barbara Decesare, Deirdre Dore, Gérard Ducasse, Anne Fleming, Tetyana Gershuni, Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Susan Glickman, Jessica Grant, Brecken Rose Hancock, Gillian Harding-Russell, Kitty Hoffman, Ken Howe, Myrna Kostash, Tim Lilburn, Jim Lindsey, David Livingstone Clark, Stephanie Maricevic, Gordon Massman, C. McKenna, Leeann Minogue, Billeh Nickerson, Jared Peace, Sheila Peters, Matt Rader, Kenneth Sherman, Bren Simmers, Sue Sinclair, Joan Skogan, Eugene Stickland, Christopher Taylor, Janet Vickers.
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Summer 2003
Grain Volume 31 No 1, Summer 2003
Editor: Elizabeth Philips
Poetry Editor: Sean Virgo
Fiction Editor: Marlis Wesseler
Designer: Ed Pas
Cover Image: Phyllis Webb, Cross Word, 2001, acrylic and collage on canvas, 24" x 24" (detail).
Congratulations to Don McKay and Robert McGill, both finalists in the 2003 National Magazine Awards. Don received an Honourable Mention for Poetry for his poem "Song of the Saxifrage to the Rock," and Robert received an Honourable Mention for Fiction for his piece "Nobody Goes to Vancouver to Die", both published in Grain Vol 31 No 1.
Contributors:
Bert Almon, Leanne Averbach, Laura Burkhart, Dede Crane, Lorna Crozier, Anita Dolman, Patrick Friesen, Alison Gresik, Amanda Hale, Warren Heiti, Michael Hetherton, S.D. Johnson, Michael Jones, Donna Kane, Michael Kenyon, Lorne Kulak, Amanda Lamarche, Patrick Lane, John Livingstone Clark, Aviva Luria, Dan MacIsaac, Karen McElrea, Robert McGill, Don McKay, C. McKenna, Jill Stephanie Morgyn, Phon Nguyen, Alison Pick, Steven Price, Murray Reiss, Adam Sol, Faro Annie Sullivan, Betsy Warland, Phyllis Webb, Paul Wilson, Rob Winger.
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