Jane Jordan Poetry Contest

The Jane Jordan Poetry Contest ran from 1991-1998. It was a contest for National Capital (Ottawa, Canada) English language poets sponsored annually by the Tree Reading  Series.

 

Winners were:

 

1998: 1st: Karen Massey 2nd: Colin Morton (judge: George Elliot Clarke)

1997: 1st: Peter Lord 2nd: Susan McMaster, 3rd: Scott Broderson (judge: Joe Blades)

1996: 1st: Terry McDermont, 2nd: Dayv James-French, 3rd: Behrouz Fallahi (judge: Lynn Crosbie)

1995: 1st: Evelyn Tan, 2nd: Enid Rutland, 3rd: Holly Kritsch (judge: David W. McFadden)

1994: 1st: Brian Cameron, 2nd: Michael Selvey, 3rd: 3-way tie between Joanne Epp, Sean Johnston and Marcus Rashid Miller (judge: Steven Heighton)

1993: 1st: Ellen Drennan, 2nd: Marc Arellano, 3rd: Robin Hannah (judge: Di Brandt)

1992: 1st: Jeff Bien, 2nd: Ellen Drennan, 3rd: George Godson (judge: Gary Geddes)

1991: 1st: Ellen Drennan, 2nd: Cyrill Dabydeen, 3rd: Colin Morton (judge: Seymour Mayne)