Morton Winners Revealed!

The Puritan is thrilled to announce the two winners of the THIRD ANNUAL THOMAS MORTON MEMORIAL PRIZE IN LITERARY EXCELLENCE! Many, many thanks to all who entered! Winners in fiction and poetry receive will each receive $1000, each win approximately $850 worth of books from 18 Canadian (& Inter'l) publishers (54 books each!) as well as publication in our upcoming fall issue. OUR FICTION WINNER: "1 Dog, 1 Knife" by Daniel Scott Tysdal Fiction Judge Zsuzsi Gartner described this story as follows: "Creepily unpredictable and off-kilter, both “1 Dog, 1 Knife” and its tragically misunderstood and deluded teen-age protagonist hurtle the reader along at a furious pace towards destination heartbreak. Daniel Scott Tysdal’s amateur film-maker, Terry, is all the lonely, fucked-up boys on earth and yet sui generis." OUR POETRY WINNER: "Battleford Gravesite" by Laurie D Graham Poetry Judge Margaret Atwood described this poem as "A tone-perfect elegiac meditation on the impossibility of engaging with painful history and the necessity of doing so." Both Daniel Scott Tysdal and Laurie D Graham will be coming to our BLACK FRIDAY event on November 28 to read a snippet of their prize-winning work and receive a warm end-of-year toast. See you in just over two weeks! Remember to RSVP to [email protected] for a free drink. Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1500231733570346/