No Wasted Words Awards
The Yukon Conservation Society and Zero Waste Yukon / Raven ReCentre were pleased to host the 1st annual awards night for the No Wasted Words Writing Contest on Saturday, April 13th in honour of Earth Month.
Taking place at Well-Read Books, the ultimate source of not wasting the written word in Whitehorse, awards were handed out to participants who had submitted a short work of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry with a zero waste or conservation theme.
We are thankful to all who took the time to submit, share and make the event a success!
CJUC recorded the full event,
which will be aired on 92.5 FM radio:
Wednesday, April 24th at 5:00 PM
Sunday April 28th at 1:00 PM
Tune into the live stream online!
Coming Soon!
Stay tuned for audio recordings added below after they air!
Special thanks to CJUC and Bill Polonsky, for making great radio and volunteering time, passion and skills to the community!
Further Recognition
Read | Listen | Dawne Mitchell - Waste Not Want Not
Read | Listen | Carl Maguire - OMG Recycling, poetry
Read | Listen | Dianne Holman - No Waste Words, poetry
Read | Listen | Monique Coderre - Handkerchief, short story
Read | Listen | Elias Stretford - Awaken Guardians of the Northern Wilds, poetry
Read | Listen | Ben Charland - Keep The Plastic On, poetry
Read | Listen | Louise Devlin - Louise’s Limerick, poetry
Both the Yukon Conservation Society and Raven ReCentre look forward to the 2nd Anniversary of the event next year. Looking forward to the submissions!
Special thanks to Lumel Studios, Yukon Wildlife Preserve and Well-Read Books (also wonderful hosts) for offering prizes!