The launch date will be in late June 2006 or earlier. in early summer.

First Prize (Poetry) John A. Vanek for "Appetites" - $50 (CND) & 1 free anthology

First Prize (Flash Fiction) Liz Vassalo for "Srebrenica" - $50 (CND) & 1 free anthology

Second Prize (Poetry) Kaimana Wolff for "Hipsters" - $30 (CND) & 1 free anthology

Second Prize (Flash Fiction) Michael Gross for "Maya"- $30 (CND) & 1 free anthology

Third Prize (Poetry) Vincent McGillivray for "Soul"- $20 (CND) & 1 free anthology

Third Prize (Flash Fiction) Linda A. Lavid for "DMV"- $20 (CND) & 1 free anthology

Plus 5 - $10 (CND) honourable mention awards in either category, poetry or flash fiction: Patricia Smekel for "The 4:10 to Mittagong", April Bulmer for "Ester's Sister", Becky Alexander for "Boot By the Roadside", Kate Marshall Flaherty for "Quicksilver", and Lynn Tait for "Writer's Guidelines" with 1 free anthology

Plus all additional poets and flash fiction contributors in the collection will receive one free copy of the anthology.

List of Contributors: Will Adam, Becky Alexander, Richard Arnold, Eric Bonholtzer, April Bulmer, Kim Clark, Susan Constable, Carol Ramsden Deckert, Angela Dorsey, Margarita Engle, Kate Marshall Flaherty, Peggy Fletcher, Cindy Forsburg, Keith Garabian, Michael Gross, Sterling Haynes, Dorothea Helms, Debbie Okun Hill, Wendy Holborow, Marcelle Kasprowicz, Heidi Kortman, Darya Kowalski, Linda A. Lavid, Sue Littleton, James Manton, Trish McFalls, Vincent McGillivray, Susan Mintz, M.E. Powell, Shannon Riggs, Mary E. Robinson, Michael Simon, Pat Smekal, Kirk Stensrud, Lynn Strongin, Lynn Tait, John A. Vanek, Liz Vassalo, Ann Graham Walker, Kaimana Wolff, Joan Donaldson-Yarmey

*All submissions will remain the copyright of the author.

*Additional copies of the perfect-bound anthology will be available at time of publication.

Retail Prices without shipping costs $16.95 CND/13.95 US

 The prices of additional copies including shipping and handling are as follows:

If ordering in Canada

If ordering in USA

If ordering from and international destination other than the USA

In Canada and USA ($19.95 CND or 17.95 US)

To Other International Destinations ($19.95 US)

Advanced Ordering of the Windfire can be made using Paypal or by sending a cheque to the following address:

Ascent Aspirations Publishing

1560 Arbutus Drive,

Nanoose Bay, BC

V9P 9C8

Pricing at this point is an estimate based on current postal rates and may be subject to slight changes without notice. For advanced orders the Windfire Anthology will be shipped as soon as it is printed which is expected to be at the end of June 2006.

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