It’s official! The first ever momcafé Summer Writing Contest was a huge success with entries flying in from as far as New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and eastern Canada. We hope you enjoyed reading the entries as much as we did.

We are delighted to announce that Emily Perkins of Delta, BC is the grand prize winner with her entry in the ‘If I Ruled the World’ category. Emily is a mostly-stay-at-home mom who does some acting work on the side (when she can get it!) She is the adoptive mom of two teenagers, and also has a very active two-year-old who delights and challenges her every day. Emily wins a $500 gift certificate from Canada’s favourite children’s clothing retailer, Please Mum.

We also have nine very talented runners up, listed below along with their gifts from our generous sponsors:

Cathy Crenshaw Doheny, ‘Mother of my Daughter’s Birth’ - Lotuswear leather bag
Sharon DeVellis, ‘The Mom I Admire’ - Lotuswear leather bag
Shelley Khushal, ‘If I Ruled the World-Alphabetically’ - Lotuswear leather bag
Vanessa Barron, ‘Mom-club’ - Webnames.ca gift package
Caroline Fernandez, ‘Ever Learning’ - Webnames.ca gift package
Nikki Skuce, ‘Prohibiting Pink’ - Robeez gift basket
Courtney Raines, ‘When Your Mum was Young’ - Robeez gift basket
Sarah B. Heinonen, ‘A Promise to my Children’ - Chapters/Indigo gift certificate
Jasmine Quaife, ‘Gift from Heaven’ - momcafé bag

Shortly, we will be arranging the stories in an e-book format which will be featured on our web site for your enjoyment until the next summer writing contest in 2009.

Thank you to everyone who participated - writers and readers alike - especially our generous sponsors who helped make the inaugural contest possible.

To download all the stories in pdf format, click here.

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• Life Lessons
• If I Ruled The World
• Mom-moments
• The Great Canadian (Very) Short Story
• Against All Odds

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