FRASER-ELLIS WRITING CONTEST 2010

The Fraser Ellis Writing Contest has taken a hiatus over the last couple of years, but in 2010 it is back.

After reading recent obituaries, many people were dismayed to read about people who they thought they knew, albeit on a surface level, only to find so many interests and events in people’s lives that it would have been so nice to have been able to talk to them about.

By knowing our neighbours hopefully we can become better neighbours and, by sharing our stories, no matter how insignificant we might feel they are, we may spark inspiration, make unexpected connections, and develop wonderful friendships.

The Fraser-Ellis Writing Contest 2010 challenge is to write a biography of a living Islander.

Your biography must be a maximum of 1000 words, typed, double spaced, in English, and submitted by June 15, to Box 166, QCC.

There will be $500.00 in prices to be awarded, and a reading following the contest is planned.

Winners have been announced: Heather Ramsay, Beng Favreau and Alison Gear, and kids Ursa Fox and Elin Hilgemann. Congratulations, all!