Winners 2011 WFNB Writing Competition

The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) is now accepting submissions to its 2012 Literary Competition with greater cash prizes to be won. The non-profit organization has increased its prize purse to $1,700 for top entries in the contest’s prose and poetry categories. The competition is open to all New Brunswickers and members of WFNB.

Top prizes include the Alfred G. Bailey Prize, which awards $400 for the first place poetry manuscript and The Richards Prize, named for David Adams Richards, which also has a $400 value, and is given to the winning submission in one of three categories: collection of short stories, a short novel, or substantial portion of a longer novel.

The Sheree Fitch Prize for poetry is open to young writers, up to age 18, and is worth $100, while a $200 prize is awarded for the winning entry in the children’s literature category. Submissions can be prose or verse and written for children, ages four to eight.

Prizes of $200 are also offered to writers for their work in each of the following categories: individual poems, short fiction and non-fiction.

Entries must be postmarked by February 29, 2012 and mailed to WFNB, PO Box 306 , Moncton , NB , E1C 8L4 . For more information, a complete list of contest rules and entry fees, visit www.wfnb.ca, telephone (506) 459-7228 or email wfnb@nb.aibn.com.

Now in its 26th year, WFNB is a non-profit advocacy and support organization brings together writers in all disciplines and at all levels of development to recognize, encourage and promote their work.

Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick
2012 Literary Competition

Individual poem / Short fiction / Creative Non-Fiction

Individual Poem 100 lines maximum
Short Fiction 4000 words maximum
Creative Non-Fiction 3000 words maximum
Entry fee: $20 WFNB members / $25 non-members
Prizes: 1st – $200 in each category

Children’s Literature

3,000 words maximum
Works in prose of verse written for children 4 – 8 years of age
Entry fee: $20 WFNB members / $25 non-members
Prizes 1st – $200

THE SHEREE FITCH PRIZE FOR POETRY

Poetry 100 lines maximum
Open to youth up to18 years of age as of February 29, 2012
No Entry Fee
Prizes: 1st – $100

THE DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS PRIZE – $400

For a collection of short stories, a short novel, or a substantial portion of a longer novel (between 15,000 and 30,000 words). Work must be unpublished although some individual stories may have been previously published.
Manuscript Entry Fee: $30 members / $35 non members

THE ALFRED G. BAILEY PRIZE – $400

For poetry manuscripts not previously published, in whole or in part, in book/chapbook form (individual poems published or accepted for publication in periodicals may be included).
Length – between 48 and 96 pages. Manuscript Entry Fee: $30 members / $35 non members

The competition is open to all New Brunswick residents as well as all members of WFNB. Previous winners may not enter in the category in which they won for one year.

DEADLINE: Postmarked by February 29, 2012

For complete contest rules see wfnb website www.wfnb.ca
Mail entries to: WFNB, PO Box 306, Moncton, NB E1C 8L4
Phone: (506)459-7228 email info@wfnb.ca

Sergiy Diyanov and Anya Nestvitaylo (Photo by David Corkum)

Phantom fever has hit downtown Moncton! People were dancing in the streets on Monday morning, June 20th, celebrating a new cultural tourism initiative! Starting on Friday July 15, 2011, Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada will present its celebrated “World of Shadows-PHANTOM, the Ballet”, twice a week on the Capitol Theatre stage in Moncton for the entire summer. Tickets are on sale now!

The unveiling prompted a crowd of people from the community and local businesses to unite in front of City hall for a Flash Mob, dancing to the tune of “Dancing in the Streets” (Martha and the Vandellas) and all wearing Phantom masks!

“World of Shadows-PHANTOM, the Ballet”, choreographed by Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada Founding Artistic Director Igor Dobrovolskiy, is based on the famous story Phantom of the Opera. Performances will take the stage every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:30 pm until September 2nd, 2011. The announcement was made during a news conference Monday morning, June 20th, in collaboration with the City of Moncton, Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville Inc. and Enterprise Greater Moncton.

Moncton Mayor George LeBlanc hopes this will be one of the many steps towards a more vibrant downtown: “Moncton is one of the most successful cities in the province and I would say in the country, and to have high quality entertainment such as world class ballet presented all summer in the heart of our city will be a great cultural and economic boost. Culture is one of the pillars of our growth towards a more prosperous community.”

According to a major study conducted for the Department of Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada and titled The Economic Impacts of Cultural and Sport Tourism in Canada in 2007 (prepared by The Outspan Group Inc. Amherst Island in association with Research Resolutions & Consulting Ltd. Toronto), the gross domestic product derived from cultural tourism in Canada in 2007 amounted to over $5.1 billion and produced labour income of almost $3.3 billion. Receipts for cultural tourism amounted to $8 billion. Cultural tourism alone generated over 110,000 full-time jobs. It is clear that an investment in cultural tourism initiatives have a substantive economic impact.

The mayor adds, “I believe that highlighting our local talent is an essential foundation–especially when we have a world class company like Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada here in our community. Also to have the beautiful Capitol Theatre animated during the summer months is a wonderful gift for tourists and citizens of Moncton.”

Susan Chalmers-Gauvin, Founder and CEO of Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, explains that the ballet is an original interpretation of Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera and set to the haunting music of composer Francis Poulenc. “The ballet has toured to sold-out crowds across Canada and Europe and we are thrilled to give the production a permanent summer home here in our community! It’s a wonderful performance with romance, heartbreak, and beautiful dancing… great entertainment for all.”

Mrs. Chalmers-Gauvin adds that Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada is proud to be part of the downtown development and hopes the initiative will become a destination tourism attraction for the city. She underlines that partnerships have been established with the Town of Riverview, the City of Dieppe, Enterprise Greater Moncton, Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville Inc., the Capitol Theatre, and local hotels and restaurants: “This initiative represents a truly collaborative effort to help further develop our downtown but also the broader community. In subsequent years we plan to incorporate activities within the tri-community.”

Good for the community and the province
“This is a big first for Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, Downtown Moncton, and the Capitol Theatre and guaranteed to be a big push for tourism,” says Mr. LeBlanc underlining that the Greater Moncton region offers excellent day time tourism opportunities, top notch food and accommodation venues and is a perfect staging area to visit the entire Maritime region. “With this new initiative, visitors will be able to visit local attractions such as Hopewell Rocks and Fundy National Park during the day, have an excellent meal at a top restaurant, and enjoy world-class ballet in the evening and finish off on a terrace on Main Street. The twice weekly presentation will add a world class tourism attraction to the New Brunswick tourism product”.

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada plans to release more information in the coming weeks on activities for families and visitors surrounding the production.

“World of Shadows, PHANTOM – the Ballet”
“World of Shadows, Phantom – The Ballet” evokes timeless themes and images of outcasts, love and loneliness. The narrative revolves around a man abandoned by society; driven by hopeless love, he lives and haunts the theatre and lurks in the shadows of a world of his own creation.

On the stage
Dancers taking the stage for the 2011 summer production are: Sergiy Diyanov (in the role of Erik) and Anya Nesvitaylo (in the role of Christine) as well as Janie Richard, Kyle Davey, Leigh Alderson, Olena Zakharova, Louis-Philippe Dionne, Anton Lykhanov, Evelina Sushko, and Samantha-Jane Gray.

Costume design is by Paul Daigle, an internationally known freelance designer and former dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Set designer Brian Perchaluk is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg and the National Theatre School of Canada. Lighting design is by Pierre Lavoie who has worked as a lighting designer since 1982. “World of Shadow’s” dramaturge is by Sharon Pollock, one of Canada’s leading contemporary English-language playwrights.

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada is a neo-classical ballet company dedicated to performing original works by one choreographer – Artistic Director, Igor Dobrovolskiy. Founded in 2001 the Company pursues a continuous creative process through collaboration with like-minded artists attracted by the vision and artistic philosophy of its Artistic Director. The Company performs in Belgium, Switzerland, France, and Germany. All the information on the company is available at www.atlanticballet.ca.

Tickets
Tickets for “World of Shadows, PHANTOM – the Ballet” are on sale for the price of $37.50 + tax for adults and $32 + tax for students and seniors. They can be bought at the Capitol Theatre Box Office located at 811 Main Street in Moncton or via phone at 506.856.4379 and 1.800.567.1922 or on the Internet at www.capitol.nb.ca.

Come out to Seven Lorne and view the collaborative project from Penny Smart and Erin Orsztynowitz entitled “Golden”. “Golden” runs from June 20th – June 25th.

“Natural Selection” is an exhibit of new works by Corey Isenor. Corey’s work deals with pattern and repetition as well as focusing on the natural environment and our perception of it. “Natural Selection” will be showing from June 20th – July 3rd.

Artist-in-Residence closing reception
J.R. Carpenter

“Writing Coastlines” is a project by Struts Gallery artist-in-residence J.R. Carpenter. Inspired by the writings and maps of Samuel de Champlain and the great Canadian/American poet Elizabeth Bishop, J.R. aims to uncover successive generations of Sackville’s narrative. The project combines experimental writing, performance, collaboration, historical research, cartography, and communication networks. J.R. will have Zines for sale at the event but is encouraging those that are interested to bring Zines of their own to trade or show.

For more information please email Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Gallery at events@strutsgallery.ca

Seven Lorne Street
Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre
events@strutsgallery.ca
http://strutsgallery.ca/

Intro to Camera and Processing 10am – 12pm
Learn to shoot 16mm film on a Bolex camera, and hand process 16mm B&W film.
Intro to Film Editing and Sound 1pm – 3pm
Learn film editing techniques, and the basics of Film Sound

$10 Non-Members
$5 Members
$150 one time cost for all the workshops, materials, and access to the equipment needed to make a 16mm film with sound.

Space is limited – Register now

This workshop is part of 16mm Reborn: The Sackville Film Initiative, a series of screenings and workshops followed by access to the materials and equipment designed to empower artists to work with 16mm film.

For more information or to register please contact
Elli Hearte
(506) 536-1211
production@strutsgallery.ca

16mm Reborn: The Sackville Film Initiative, in partnership with the Sackville Film Society, The Vogue Cinema, and Mount Allison University, is made possible through the support of a media arts development project grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.

“We are very excited to offer this health and wellness magazine to New Brunswickers that is written from the best possible sources – expert physicians, nurses and other professionals who make Horizon a leading health-care provider,” says Donald J. Peters, President and CEO of Horizon Health Network. “Our health-care team is passionate about improving the well-being or our population and it is our hope that by reading the articles, people will be inspired to take control of their own health and take measures to make positive changes.”

The summer edition of Vibrant contains a variety of interesting articles on healthy eating and active and safe living. Topics include barbeque safety, information from the New Brunswick Heart Centre about how to prevent heart disease and tips from the New Brunswick Trauma Program about preventing injuries while enjoying outdoor activities.

There is also an article that highlights the work of Horizon volunteers who dedicate endless hours of their time to enhance patient care. Volunteers are important and necessary members of Horizon’s health-care team and many opportunities exist within the organization to become a volunteer.

Horizon Health Network is the largest health-care organization in Atlantic Canada, operating 12 hospitals and more than 100 medical facilities, clinics and offices providing medical services ranging from acute care to community based health services to New Brunswick, northern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. With 1000 physicians, an annual budget exceeding $1 billion and approximately 13,000 employees, Horizon Health Network’s strategic vision focuses on research, innovation and education.

Twelve point buck browses while waiting for doe and fawns to traverse the deep snows of the Mighty Miramichi, to join him.

Lamb leaves “the shepherd” and becomes lost, meets new friends and plays. Hearing the shepherd’s call, the lamb returns to the flock and its shepherd.

Family of Canada Geese living life’s hardships within their community and faith to make ends meet noting the importance of mom and dad and siblings (brothers and sisters). Faith, love and kindness to one another.

Bears lie deep within the earth for the winter months, and when they awaken they have a whole new world of dreams and experiences before them. Bears are slow to arouse but can be extremely fierce when provoked. The Native Americans also have a great reverence for the Bear, and thought that they were closer to man than all other creatures.

Jean Surette, MNB executive director, believes that the MNB Award arrived during a great time for NB music. “After the response we got from last year, it really showed that there is a need and place for this kind of award in New Brunswick. We are swimming in musical talent and we need to recognize the work of our musical artists as well as people who help promote NB music in the province and beyond.”

Music NB Awards were first awarded on October 10, 2010. Chris Colepaugh, Pascal Lejeune, Jessica Rhaye, and the Divorcees were amongst the musicians to receive an award for their recordings.

Eligibility
All New Brunswick artists who have released recordings between January 1st 2010 and July 15th, 2011 are eligible to apply for the 2011 Music NB awards. The submission period starts on June 20th and ends on July 15th 2011, at midnight, Atlantic Time. Online application forms as well as more information on these awards will be available at www.musicnb.org.

Categories
Prizes will be awarded according to three types of categories: general, specific musical genres, and special categories. In the General category, there is an award for Anglophone Album of the Year, Francophone Album of the Year, Male Recording Artist of the year, Female Recording artist of the Year, Group Recording of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year.

Awards will be given for recordings in specific genres: Bluegrass; Country; Folk; Jazz; Blues; Classical; pop; rock; Loud, which includes metal, punk and hard rock; Roots Traditional; Spiritual; Children’s and Urban / Electronic. If a sufficient number of both anglophone and francophone candidates are received for the general and genre specific categories, separate awards will be given for each language.

Submissions will also be accepted in the following categories: Musician of the Year; Classical artist of the year, Music Business of the Year; Music Industry Professional of the Year; Venue/Festival of the Year; Visual Artist of the Year; Educator of the Year; Video/DVD of the Year; Fan’s Choice Award (one in English and one in French); and the MNB Expat Award for artists from NB who no longer living in the province, but have made a mark on the national or international music scene.

The nominees in each category will be announced September 13th, 2011. Voting will begin immediately and close on October 14th. Winners will be chosen by a combination of the following: 50% combined votes of all eligible members of Music NB, 25% public voting through the MNB website and 25%, final jury. All member voting will take place online. Through a new partnership with Bell Aliant, the Fan’s Choice award voting will be through the Bell Aliant website . The final jury, composed of a panel of experts, will vote the week preceding the announcement of the winners. Winners will be announced at the Music NB Music Awards in Moncton on October 16th, 2011.

Music/Musique NB (MNB) is a provincial music industry association that provides a support network for musicians, managers, and businesses that are involved in the creation of music within the province of New Brunswick. MNB is a non-profit bilingual association with ties on regional, provincial, and national levels with government agencies and departments who enable us to lobby, promote our industry, and our artists whenever possible. MNB’s primary responsibility is to represent the interests of its members and foster the New Brunswick music industry. More details on the Music NB Awards may be found at www.musicnb.org