The Kootenay Literary Competition announced its winners at a gala event Friday night in Nelson.
Two winners were selected in each of the five categories as follows:
Fiction
Eli Geddis, Nelson
Roz Nay, Nelson
Creative Non-Fiction
Leslie Davidson, Grand Forks
Graham Kenyon, Rossland
Poetry
Jordan Mounteer, Winlaw
Cheryl Thornton, Salmo
Youth Grades 7-9
Hannah Klemmensen, Rossland
Zoey Lowe, Golden
Youth Grades 10-12
James Havelock Tucker, Nelson
Emily Hoff, Ymir
All of the prize winning stories are printed in the Kootenay Literary Competition 2013 Anthology, called Refuge, available at Otter Books in Nelson.