Winners in the 2026 Arts and Letters Awards Program

WINNERS IN THE 2026 ARTS AND LETTERS AWARDS PROGRAM

Junior Category

Junior Poetry [15 and Under]
Junior Poetry [16-20]
Junior Prose [15 and Under]
Junior Prose [16-20]
Junior French Literary
Junior Music [15 and Under]
Junior Music [16-20]
Junior Visual [15 and Under]
Junior Visual [16-20]

Senior Category

Senior Poetry
Senior Short Fiction
Senior Nonfiction
Senior Dramatic Script
Senior French Literary
Percy Janes First Novel Award
Senior Music
Senior Visual
HERSTORY Empowers Special Category

 

JUNIOR AWARD WINNERS

Junior Poetry [15 and Under] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Danielle Devereaux; Jennifer Newhook; Craig Francis Power

Scarlet Duffney My Safe Place
Peyton Brennan Things I could be doing
Logan Jesso The Worst Day
Autumn LeRoux Organ Crusher

Junior Poetry [16-20] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Danielle Devereaux; Jennifer Newhook; Craig Francis Power

Arielle Connors Dust Upon the Mantel (Saudade)
Jack Guy Saltwoven
Emily Pike On the Intimacy of a Clementine
Taylor Ennis Guilty Pleasure

Junior Prose [15 and Under] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Charis Cotter; Ray Critch

Nimi Abraham The Big Change
Kloey Murphy The Weight of What Remains
Christina Grace Dawe Unseen
Oladoyin Agbaje O’Donnell Military School

Junior Prose [16-20] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Charis Cotter; Ray Critch

Ethan Reid Murder in the Carpathians
Isabelle Chaignon The Old Hag
Ava Sinclair Amphibians
Tersea Sheng Afterlight

Junior French Literary ($350 prize)
Adjudicator: Paul Rowe

Maya Marmouche Au-dessus des barrières

Junior Music [15 and Under] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Tom Gordon; Rozalind MacPhail

Thurston Thomson O.S.T. 09
Miguel Mendonça Harnett Meep’s Masterpiece

Junior Music [16-20] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Tom Gordon; Rozalind MacPhail

Jack Guy Nighttime Coastline
Summer Bennett Hollow

Junior Visual [15 and Under] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Brian Amadi; Bethany Mackenzie

Tiara Naka Reynolds The Consequence of Curiosity
Seth Morgan My great grandfather’s boat, The Drusilla Theresa Schooner
Aurora Loder LadyCats and GentleKits…the Meep Circus!
Claire Williams Flashpoint Canine

Junior Visual [16-20] ($350 prize)
Adjudicators: Brian Amadi; Bethany Mackenzie

Meredith Parsons It’s What’s Inside That Counts
Sydney Wells Summer on Exploits Island
Tansy Staniland Roots
Zoe Tucker Reflections

 

SENIOR AWARD WINNERS

 Senior Poetry ($1000 prize)
Adjudicators: Andreae Callanan; Aaron Tucker

Beth Follett Women Are
Matthew Hollett Robbie Burns Night
Joe Bishop Sacred
Roger Power Coming Upon a Moose Accident on the TCH

Senior Short Fiction ($1000 prize)
Adjudicators: Shelly Kawaja; Chad Pelley

Emma Cole Wildfire
Molly Clarke Renovation
Grant Loveys Ghost Net
Allison Kelly Aloe, Burn, Aloe, Burn

Senior Nonfiction ($1000 prize)
Adjudicator: Debbie McGee

Isabelle Schmelzer Where do you belong
Adrian House The Look
Ainsley Hawthorn Plagues en Vogue

Senior Dramatic Script ($1000 prize)
Adjudicator: Sharon King-Campbell

Meghan Greeley The Queen’s Wife
Mark Norberg Bone

Senior French Literary ($1000 prize)
Adjudicators: Paul Rowe

Katherine Alexandra Harvey Quand Je T’aurai Quitte

Percey Janes First Novel Award ($2,500 prize)
Adjudicator: Trudy Morgan-Cole

Paul Whittle Sunflower

Senior Music ($1000 prize)
Adjudicators: Tom Gordon, Rozalind MacPhail

Alex Dinn Carry the Weight
Allie Duff Our Little Lives
Jodee Richardson Night Train Whistle
Jenina MacGillivray Bright Star

Senior Visual ($1000 prize)
Adjudicators: Daniel Rumbolt; Anita Singh; Kym Greeley

Reshelle Adams Salt Work
Ginok Song Afternoon Rowing
Molly Clarke Nan’s Bedroom
Jackie Evans Beyond the Veil
Kelly Bastow Procession
Nicole Russell Green Man
Tia Murphy Rowe A Chapel Arm Winter
Christina Blanchard Gutted
Chloe Lundrigan Branch two generations ago, in wool sweaters
Deborah Cannon Misty Morning Petty Harbour
Chelsea Beehan Wendy
Tracy Cahill Untitled

 

HERSTORY Empowers Special Category ($1000 prize)
Adjudicators: Andrea Cooper; Michelle Butler Hallett; Anne Troake

Alli Johnston Una- Born 1925 Visual Arts
Chelsie Cake Colours of a Movement Visual Arts
Kathy Rowe The Slow Turning of Paper Poetry
Natalie Dalton Voluntarily Unsex Themselves Poetry
Michelle T Clemens Better For Us All Dramatic Script