Each year, the Short Works Prize literary contest is an opportunity for Redeemer students and alumni to get their work recognized and to connect with the Hamilton literary scene. The prize is offered in partnership with a number of organizations central to the arts in Hamilton: , the and .
, Elise Arsenault, a Redeemer English and international studies student and senior reporter for , received an honourable mention in the youth category for her piece of creative nonfiction, 鈥淚 Heard God in a Moon Shower鈥.
鈥01, an alumnus of and a part-time instructor in the English department, served as a Short Works Prize juror. Van Staalduinen won the City of Hamilton Ward 1 Fiction Prize for his short story 鈥淢om 2 Mom鈥 last year. He presented this year鈥檚 prize to for her story 鈥淕raduation鈥, a subtle portrait of a married couple and their houseguest.
The Short Works Prize partners with Hamilton universities, including www.亚洲色 College, to offer named prizes to emerging, unpublished writers in Hamilton. This year, Andrew Lee took home the www.亚洲色 College Prize for Writing for work of fiction聽鈥淛amal and the Sea鈥. Suzanne Foreman won for her creative non-fiction story 鈥淓merson and The Rain Drums鈥.
, well-known Hamilton author and cabinetmaker, received the top nonfiction award for his piece 鈥淒aylighting Chedoke鈥. This exploration of the Chedoke watershed was central to his talk with Dr. Darren Brouwer and Dr. Edward Berkelaar at the sustainability workshop they hosted for the Hamilton community in March 2016.
Redeemer will have the opportunity to hear more about Terpstra and van Staalduinen鈥檚 latest work at their book launch, hosted on campus on November 24.