Expose Your Prose Contest Winners
Congratulations to our contest winners for the inaugural “Expose Your Prose” contest-
Darci Gautreau for the Youth Category &
Emily Ridlington for the Adult Category.
Thanks to all who submitted stories and poems- what a wealth of talent we have in this community!
Winner of the Sackville Exposed Weekend
“Expose Your Prose” Contest Youth Category
Submitted by Darci Gautreau, Age 12
Sackville
Sackville
Sunny, rainy, snowy
But I love it
anytime
Fall, spring, summer, winter
I can pick which I
love being in Sackville
The schools, the bookstore, movies,
waterfowl park, silver lake and
home.
Sackville is my home
no matter where I go.
When you come you will not
want to leave.
Winner of the Sackville Exposed Weekend
“Expose Your Prose” Contest Adult Category
Submitted by Emily Ridlington
The Imperial Theatre
Encased behind concealed doors,
Laden in dust,
Sunlight peeks through the panes of glass.
A hidden jewel haunted by
Ghosts of the past,
Stands tall and silently as a loft in the sky.
Sitting on the balcony one can bask
In the theatre’s immense size
And envision patrons waiting
Patiently for the next serial.
Magic fills your body at this
Mutual ground for friends and foes alike.
Carefully sculpted tin ceilings
Are highlighted with their embossed features.
Ceiling medallions remain
Where ornate fixtures of gleaming
Crystal once hung.
Rosy cheek coloured walls
Surround you and the stage buffered
With rounded moldings enhances
Its genuine authenticity.
An aged relic it will remain.