Canadian Stories, A Folk Magazine Written By or About Canadians

BLACK & WHITE LINE ART THE ASOKA WEERASINGHE PRIZE
“Untitled” by Loreena M. Lee		Cover
TRUE STORIES: THE JOHN, DAVID, GLEN & RUTH PRIZE
“Father’s Day” by Patricia Kitteringham		1
FIRST HONOURABLE MENTION
“Summer of Wild Plums” by Donna Singleton		3
SECOND HONOURABLE MENTION
“One Hard Summer Job” by Gisela Woldenga		6
CREATIVE NON-FICTION: THE SUSANNA VOTH WIEBE PRIZE
“Healing Steps” by Felicity Ann Tinning	Featured Story	7
FIRST HONOURABLE MENTION
“Rollway Rapids” by Heather Mallett		10
SECOND HONOURABLE MENTION
“The No Name Storm” by John Trott		13
FICTION: THE ELLIS GUNTER PRIZE
“The Doctor’s Dilemma” by Norma Janzen		16
FIRST HONOURABLE MENTION
“Andy of Green Gables” by Jerry Hirsch		19
SECOND HONOURABLE MENTION
“Neko” by Harold Studholme		22
POETRY: THE MARJORIE MCINTOSH PRIZE
“The Ballad of Ned Morgan” by Anne Hopkinson	Featured Poem	23
FIRST HONOURABLE MENTION
“The Ghost Ship of the Brave” by Roy W. Harrison		25
SECOND HONOURABLE MENTION
“Losing Her” and “Losing Myself” by Harold Studholme		26
LEST WE FORGET 1st PRIZE
“Uniformly Affecting” by Holly Larocque		27
FIRST HONOURABLE MENTION
“A Piece of My Soul” by David Thwaites		28
SECOND HONOURABLE MENTION
“My Last Tears” by Luc Primeau		30
OPINIONS AND ESSAYS 1st PRIZE
“Grandfather’s Bible” by Dianne J. Ferris		31
FIRST HONOURABLE MENTION
“We Convinced P.E. Trudeau to Change the Law” by Hilda J. Born		32
SECOND HONOURABLE MENTION
“My Future” by Luc Primeau		33
BLACK & WHITE LINE ART - FIRST HONOURABLE MENTION
“Untitled” by Fern Cooper		34
RECENT ARRIVALS FROM NEW WRITERS
Under Northern Lights by Jeannie (Guy) Weerasinghe		35
Old Cowboy on a Park Bench, Old Boots and Memories and Friends by Harold Webber		36
Growing Up English In French Canada by Gaiyle J. Connolly		40
The Rose on the Prairies by Mavis Legg		40
Windflowers by Edward Wiebe		41
Two Poems: In Service and Flooding by Pearl Williams		42
Summer Storm by Alida Van Polanen		42
Untitled by Julie Bedford Herren		43
Hildegard by Irene Linton		43
Children’s Story: Sammy, The Sneaky Squirrel by Roberta Ostler Balmer		48
The Last Outposts submitted by J. Shawn MacWha		49
Steve’s Story by Earlia Vickers, submitted by Diana Sterenberg		50
Mother and Son and Farm Wife by Tony Cosier		51
ESSAY
Archibald Lampman: Poet on The Cusp of Modernism by James Deahl		52
COLUMNS
Marie’s Musings by Marie Minaker		56
From Peter’s Pen by Peter C. Joyce		56
10TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
Ending of “The Tailgater” by Gisela Woldenga		57
10th Story Ending by Deborah Eker		57
Tailgater Tale by Peter C. Joyce		58
The Old Man and The Tailgater - Story Ending by Lori Feldberg		59
The Tailgater - Ending by Fay Herridge		59
The Old Man and The Tailgater Ending by Royden McCoag		60
Story Ending by Karen Price-Jones		61
The Old Man and the Tailgater Story Ending by Lyn Ivens		61
What’s Going On? by E.R. Nicodemust		62
11TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
Recapturing the Rapture by Gary E. Miller		63
CONVENTION EXCERPTS
Editor’s Postscript		63
Convention Program		64
Toast to the Queen by Peter C. Joyce		65
Thank You by Stig Forshult		65
New Friends and Old Friends by E.R. Nicodemus		66
Sam and Uncle Henry by E.R. Nicodemus		66
Good Teacher - Bad Teacher by Peter C. Joyce		69
Letters		70
2020 Contest Announcement		73
Story Ending Contest		Back Cover