LIST OF ENTRIES FOR 2010
Mark
Leiren-Young Wins 2009 Leacock Medal For Humour
The
misadventures of a rookie reporter in the backwoods of British Columbia seems an
appropriate recipe for humour and for Mark Leiren-Young, it is a
prize-winning recipe.
The Vancouver based playwright/film-maker/writer has been
named the winner of the 2009 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour and the TD Bank
Financial Group’s
$15
000 cash prize for his book Never Shoot a Stampede Queen : A Rookie Reporter
in the Cariboo Country.
“Never
Shoot A Stampede Queen, Mr. Leiren-Young’s first book, is a memoir of his
adventures living and working in the B.C. interior town of Williams Lake .
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2009
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The
2009 Student Humorous Story Competition
was a great success with forty-eight
Ontario schools participating, producing 70 entries.
The
winner this year was Danielle Shachar from Newtonbrook
Secondary School, Toronto
(North York)
Second
place went to Andrew McCormick-Johnson of Southwood Secondary School, Cambridge
Third
place was won by Max Cohen of Alexander Mackenzie High School, Richmond Hill
There
was a four-way tie for fourth place. more...
STUDENT
WINNER
Danielle
Shachar
The
Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour readers/judges prepare for the task of
reading entries. ... more
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DATES
Short
List Announcement
April
1, 11:00 am in Orillia;
Announcement
Luncheon
April
29, 11:30 am, Leacock Museum in Orillia
Award
Dinner
June
12, 5:30 pm, Geneva Park
2009
SHORT LIST
This
year's finalists included William Deverell for his book Kill All the
Judges.
Poet
and children's author Sheree Fitch also made the shortlist with her book Kiss
the Joy As It Flies..
Mark
Leiren-Young's portrait of small-town British Columbia is chronicled in Never Shoot A Stampede
Queen.
Jack
MacLeod's novel Uproar touches on serious issues
at the same time that it makes you laugh.
In
the Land of the Long Fingernails is Charles Wilkins' memoir
about his summer job as a gravedigger back in 1969.
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New!
Listen to Leacock stories on your
computer or your iPod!
If you’d like to hear some of Stephen Leacock’s classic stories, check out
“Mr. Ron’s Basement”
Ron Evry presents his readings of “My Financial Career” or “The
Last Man out of Europe” and you can hear them with a few simple mouse clicks.
29 samples of Leacock’s wit are listed on Ron’s site and by clicking the
link, you get to hear the story you’ve selected. Check it out!
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Award Luncheon Photos
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LEACOCK'S
EARLY DESK
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