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Feature Writing Short

2025-2026

Articles in this category include any fact-based work of non-fiction of 2,000 words or less. Judging will emphasize writing quality, originality and impact.

Finalists

Clearing a Path

Clearing a Path

Writer: Tom Ndekezi

Together We Thrive

The Art Of Ghostwriting—Telling Someone Else’s Story and Owning Your Own

The Art Of Ghostwriting—Telling Someone Else’s Story and Owning Your Own

Writer: Katie Bickell

WestWord

Booked and Buzzed

Booked and Buzzed

Writer: Conor Kerr

Editor: Omar Mouallem

Edify

How to Hold Off a Hack

How to Hold Off a Hack

Writer: Marcello Di Cintio

Avenue

Follow the Leader

Follow the Leader

Writer: Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

Editor: Kalyna Hennig Epp

Frontline

Homegrown Health Care

Homegrown Health Care

Writer: Gillian Rutherford

Editor: Kalyna Hennig Epp

Nursing

The Vanishing Archive

The Vanishing Archive

Writer: Lewis Kelly

Editor: Mifi Purvis

Contours

Past Winners

The New Generation

Gold 2025 | The New Generation

WRITER: Jennifer Allford

EDITOR: Mifi Purvis

Nursing

Silver 2025 | The Sugar Code

WRITER: Gillian Rutherford

EDITOR: Mifi Purvis

Contours

A Mountain of Medical Waste

Silver 2024 | A Mountain of Medical Waste

Writer: Monica Kidd

Alberta Views

The Great Overwhelm

Gold 2024 | The Great Overwhelm

WRITER: Celeste

Editor: Cory Hare

ATA Magazine

The Abbreviated Life of Lane Mandlis

Gold 2023 | The Abbreviated Life of Lane Mandlis

WRITER: Ferrukh Faruqui

EDify

Moving Mountains

Silver 2023 | Moving Mountains

WRITER : Lynda Sea

Avenue

2022 GOLD | The Orange Tent

Gold 2022 | 2022 GOLD | The Orange Tent

WRITER: Dr. Bonnie Larson

Alberta Views

2022 SILVER | Way Out West

Silver 2022 | 2022 SILVER | Way Out West

WRITER: Darrin Hagen

EDify

2021 GOLD | Lost Obelisks of the Rockies

Gold 2021 | 2021 GOLD | Lost Obelisks of the Rockies

WRITER: Jerry Auld

Canadian Rockies Annual

2021 SILVER | Writing Reconciliation

Silver 2021 | 2021 SILVER | Writing Reconciliation

WRITER : Peter Midgley

WestWord

2020 GOLD | On Air

Gold 2020 | 2020 GOLD | On Air

WRITER Scot Morison EDITOR Steven Sandor

Avenue Edmonton

2020 SILVER | When Your Thoughts Run Away With You

Silver 2020 | 2020 SILVER | When Your Thoughts Run Away With You

WRITER Mifi Purvis

New Trail

2019 GOLD | Dungeons (& Romeo) & Dragons (& Ju

Gold 2019 | 2019 GOLD | Dungeons (& Romeo) & Dragons (& Ju

Alissa York

Eighteen Bridges

2019 SILVER | A Beaded Universe

Silver 2019 | 2019 SILVER | A Beaded Universe

Sarah Swan

GalleriesWest.ca

2018 GOLD | Was

Gold 2018 | 2018 GOLD | Was

Tim Querengesser

Eighteen Bridges

2018 SILVER | Trash to Treasure

Silver 2018 | 2018 SILVER | Trash to Treasure

Russell Cobb

Avenue Edmonton

2017 GOLD | Designs of the Wild

Gold 2017 | 2017 GOLD | Designs of the Wild

Graeme Pole

Canadian Rockies Annual

2017 SILVER | To Delight the Eye

Silver 2017 | 2017 SILVER | To Delight the Eye

Omar Mouallem

Alberta Views

2016 GOLD | Fear Factor

Gold 2016 | 2016 GOLD | Fear Factor

Max Fawcett

Alberta Oil

2016 SILVER | Where are the Women Chefs?

Silver 2016 | 2016 SILVER | Where are the Women Chefs?

Omar Mouallem

Avenue Edmonton

2015 GOLD | Dot 111

Gold 2015 | 2015 GOLD | Dot 111

Tony Davis

Alberta Venture

2015 SILVER | A Relationship Goes Viral

Silver 2015 | 2015 SILVER | A Relationship Goes Viral

Omar Mouallem

Swerve

2014 GOLD | Memory Cabin

Gold 2014 | 2014 GOLD | Memory Cabin

Craille Maguire Gillies

Eighteen Bridges

2014 SILVER | Paving Paradise

Silver 2014 | 2014 SILVER | Paving Paradise

Scott Messenger

Avenue Edmonton

2013 GOLD | The Bounty Hunter

Gold 2013 | 2013 GOLD | The Bounty Hunter

Stacey McLachlan

Western Living

2013 SILVER | Small is Beautiful

Silver 2013 | 2013 SILVER | Small is Beautiful

Zac Unger

Up!

2012 GOLD | School of Fish

Gold 2012 | 2012 GOLD | School of Fish

Western Living

Western Living

2011 GOLD | You Can Run But You Can't Hide

Gold 2011 | 2011 GOLD | You Can Run But You Can't Hide

Pete Estabrooks

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