4th Annual Canadian League of Black Artists' Poetry Competition Winners.David Woods of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Dartmouth (2001 pop.: 65,741[0]), founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, a provincially designated Metropolitan Area, and a former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. . Our 1997-98 first prize winner for his poem, 'The Love Song of Gottingen Street.' David Woods is a poet, playwright and painter. He is very active in the cultural life of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography . He founded the Cultural Awareness Youth Group of Nova Scotia and Voice Black Theatre Ensemble. An actor and director, his plays have been featured on radio. He has organized many cultural events, including the first exhibition of Black artists in the province. In 1997, David Woods was awarded the George Elliott Clarke George Elliott Clarke (born February 12 1960) is a Canadian poet and playwright. Born in Windsor Plains, Nova Scotia, he has spent much of his career writing about the black communities of Nova Scotia and served for a time in the African-American Studies department at Duke prize for his contribution to the arts in Nova Scotia and the second prize in the 1996-97 Canadian League of Black Artists' poetry competition. His collection, Native Son (Pottersfield Press 1990) has earned him the reputation as a new voice on the horizon of Black Canadian thought. Wayde Compton of British Columbia Second prize winner for his poem, 'Company.' His poems have appeared in Boo, Absinthe absinthe (ăb`sĭnth), an emerald-green liqueur distilled from wormwood and other aromatics, including angelica root, sweet-flag root, star anise, and dittany, which have been macerated and steeped in alcohol. , Capilano Review, Diaspora, Judy, Prism International, Tads, and West Coast Line. His winning poem 'Company' is from his new manuscript 49th Parallel Psalm, which is about early black pioneers of British Columbia. Wayde is a student at Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University, main campus at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1963, opened 1965. The Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver opened in 1989. . Diane Jacobs of Montreal Third prize winner for her poem 'Out of Sight.' Her poems and short fiction have appeared in At the Cross Roads and KOLA kola: see cola. . Diane is also a contributing editor of The Community Contact newspaper (Montreal) and a columnist for the Arizona Republic newspaper. Diane currently studies at Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. . The National Poetry Competition is sponsored by the Canadian League of Black Artists' as an incentive and encouragement for black creativity in Canada. Congratulations to everyone who participated. We hope that you will continue to write. I express my gratitude to those who made these prizes possible and look forward to their continued support. Anthony Joyette Competition Coordinator |
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