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Reporting and writing

Editorial

Judge: Michele Beacom

  • First Place:  Facing the Pastoral Challenges of Euthanasia
    Author: David Guretzki in Faith Today
  • Second Place: The Problem with Powerful Men and companion editorial Saints in the Family
    Author: Angela Reitsma Bick in Christian Courier  Editor: Meghan Kort
  • Third Place: Timeline of Death
    Editor: Paul Schratz in The B.C. Catholic

From the Editor

Judge: Michele Beacom

  • First Place: Building Trust
    Editor: Jocelyn Bell in Broadview
  • Second Place: Working Christianly: How can our workplaces better show the fruit of the Spirit?
    Authors: Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus in Faith Today
  • Third Place: Meeting Them Where They Are
    Editor: Evaldo Vincente in Canadian Adventist Messenger

News Story

Judge: Richard Landau

  • First Place: Expansion of MAiD to Mental Illness Paused - For One Year
    Author: Patricia Paddey in Faith Today
  • Second Place: Inspired for Mission
    Authors: Geoff Moulton, Abbigail Oliver, Ken Ramstead, Giselle Randall and Pamela Richardson in Salvationist
  • Third Place: His Name was Luke
    Author: Gisele McKnight in The New Brunswick Anglican

Feature

Judge: Cynthia Shannon

  • First Place: What’s In A Name?
    Author: Mary Baxter in Broadview
  • Second Place: A Theology of Singleness That Isn’t Looking for Its Cure
    Author: Karissa Sovdi in Faith Today
  • Third Place: Walking through destruction
    Author: James Driedger in The Messenger (Evangelical Mennonite Conference)

Feature Series

Judge: Casey Korstanje

  • First Place: Comfort and Joy?
    Authors: Mathew Block, The Reverend Oleksiy Navrotskyy, Bishop Juhana Pohjola and Michelle Heumann and Scott Gamble in The Canadian Lutheran
  • Second Place: Parents Kids and Faith; Appreciating Small Churches
    Authors: Ilana Reimer and Bill Fledderus in Faith Today
  • Third Place: Archbishop Michael Peers dead at 89; Clergy recall the wisdom and friendship of Michael Peers
    Author: Joanne Shurvin-Martin in The Saskatchewan Anglican

Opinion Piece

Judge: Jeanette Levellie

  • First Place: On Pain of Death
    Authors: James Read and Roland Stettler in Salvationist
  • Second Place: A Theology of Singleness That Isn’t Looking for Its Cure
    Author: Karissa Sovdi in Faith Today
  • Third Place: Only Jesus can heal our hopelessness
    Author: The Reverend Brody Albers in The Saskatchewan Anglican

Column

Judge: Joyce Macias

  • First Place: Feeling The Holy Spirit: Roll away the Stones; Decently and in order; An Anglican Charismas Story
    Author: The Reverend Gene Packwood in The Saskatchewan Anglican
  • Second Place: Grace Notes: God’s Beloved, The Thief of Joy and Parting with Privilege
    Author: Captain Laura Van Schaick in Salvationist
  • Third Place: Further In And Higher Up: Robinson Crusoe Christians; When baptism becomes works righteousness; Intellectual Moms and Dads
    Author: Layton Friesen in The Messenger (Evangelical Mennonite Conference)

Service Journalism

Judge: Jayne Thurber-Smith

Media Review

Judge: Vic Thiessen

Biblical Theological Reflection

Judge: Dan Epp-Tiessen

  • First Place: Apocalypse Rises
    Author: Layton Friesen in The Messenger (Evangelical Mennonite Conference)
  • Second Place: In the Shadow of the Cross
    Author: Donald E. Burke in Salvationist
  • Third Place: Christmas Peace in a Land of War: Reflections from Ukraine
    Author: The Reverend Oleksiy Navrotskyy in The Canadian Lutheran

First Person Account

Judge: Timothy Jaques

  • First Place: The Last Letters
    Author: Carol Moskot in Broadview
  • Second Place: Shaped by Hardship: The Story of a Rwandan Genocide Survivor
    Author: Angelique Furaha in Canadian Adventist Messenger
  • Third Place: Sharing Jesus on the Streets of Canada’s Murder Capital
    Author: The Reverend Daniel W. Barr in The Canadian Lutheran

Biographical Profile

Judge: Sandra Coulson

  • First Place: Sun Dancer, Matriarch, Priest
    Author: Emilie Theresa Smith in Broadview
  • Second Place: Breaking Down Walls
    Author: Giselle Randall; Editor: Ken Ramstead in Faith & Friends
  • Third Place: Deacon Michael Jackson contributed much to the Church, military, society; Memories of Deacon Michael Jackson
    Author: Joanne Shurvin-Martin in The Saskatchewan Anglican

Interview

Judge: Kimberly Petrinchuk

  • First Place: Shining a New Light
    Author: Anne Thériault in Broadview
  • Second Place: Community Care for the Common Good
    Interviewer: Dr. Anna Robbins; Interviewee: Dr. Robert Strang; Editor: Carley Lee from Acadia Divinity College
  • Third Place: Interview with Stephen Sauer
    Editor: The Reverend Kenn Ward; Editorial Director: Trina Gallop Blank in Canada Lutheran

Headline

Judge: Mike Strathdee

  • First Place: The prosperity gospel hates disabled people, but God doesn’t
    Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick in Christian Courier
  • Second Place: On (not) getting things done: The pandemic taught me a new measure of time
    Author: Jen Pollock Michel in Faith Today
  • Third Place: Bouquets of Love: offering the lonely blooms instead of tombs
    Editor: Paul Schratz in The B.C. Catholic

Poetry

Judge: Carley Lee

  • First Place: One Day
    Author: Lesley-Anne Evans in Faith Today
  • Second Place: The Veil
    Author: Ruth Marie Paterson in Love Is Moving
  • Third Place: As a Red-Headed Finch Alights at the Feeder
    Author: D.S. Martin in Christian Courier

For a complete list of all of the winners (including the design and digital media categories) see the PDF below. Congratulations to all!


 

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