Once again, the shortlist from the 2007 contest contains innovative, engaging stories that run the gamut of fantasy sub-genres. This year's winners are:
First place: Catherine Guenther's "Erathil"
Second place: Matt Wien's "Sins of a Hero"
Third place: Will Gordon's "The Last Path"
Our thanks to McNally Robinson Booksellers for their help in collecting manuscripts and holding the lauch party. Books are available at the Saskatoon and Calgary locations. Books are also available through Sentry Box in Calgary.
Our judges this year included:
Raymond K Wong, author of The Pacific Between (Behler Publications)
Joe Ekaitis, author of Collinsfort Village (Windriver Publishing)
Victoria Hoyle, DragonsHoard editor-in-chief
Kristi Weisgerber, McNally Robinson, Calgary
Donna Klassen
Anthology Authors
Greg Reimer * Sunny Chen * Rebecca Maltby *
Amy Sutley * Jing Jing Chen * Mark Reimer *
Jillian Kusch * William van der Kamp *
Jialin Liu * Emily Cole * Ashley Wawryk *
Will Gordon * Catherine Guenther * Matt Wiens

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