No Wasted Words Awards

The Yukon Conservation Society and Zero Waste Yukon / Raven ReCentre were pleased to host the 1st annual awards night for the No Wasted Words Writing Contest on Saturday, April 13th in honour of Earth Month.

Taking place at Well-Read Books, the ultimate source of not wasting the written word in Whitehorse, awards were handed out to participants who had submitted a short work of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry with a zero waste or conservation theme.

We are thankful to all who took the time to submit, share and make the event a success!


CJUC recorded the full event,
which will be aired on 92.5 FM radio:

  • Wednesday, April 24th at 5:00 PM 

  • Sunday April 28th at 1:00 PM

Tune into the live stream online!

 

Coming Soon!

Stay tuned for audio recordings added below after they air!


Special thanks to CJUC and Bill Polonsky, for making great radio and volunteering time, passion and skills to the community!


The following works received awards and recognition:

Under 18

Read | Listen | Mackenzie Miller - The Tree, poetry

Read | Listen | Nellie BorlaseI Love Recycling, poetry

Read | Listen | Zoë Miller - Garby, short story


Above 18

Read | Listen | Kelly Scott - Patience, poetry

Read | Listen | Gillian McKee - De/composition, poetry

Read | Listen | Nicole Bauberger - new forms of life, poetry

Read | Listen | Sheila Alexandrovich - That Simple, short story


Further Recognition

Read | Listen | Dawne Mitchell - Waste Not Want Not

Read | Listen | Carl Maguire - OMG Recycling, poetry

Read | Listen | Dianne Holman - No Waste Words, poetry 

Read | Listen | Monique Coderre - Handkerchief, short story

Read | Listen | Elias Stretford - Awaken Guardians of the Northern Wilds, poetry

Read | Listen | Ben Charland - Keep The Plastic On, poetry

Read | Listen | Louise Devlin - Louise’s Limerick, poetry


Both the Yukon Conservation Society and Raven ReCentre look forward to the 2nd Anniversary of the event next year. Looking forward to the submissions!

Special thanks to Lumel Studios, Yukon Wildlife Preserve and Well-Read Books (also wonderful hosts) for offering prizes!

For YCS and Zero Waste types, every day is Earth Day!


YCS

Yukon Conservation Society

https://www.yukonconservation.ca/
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