Featured Contests

The Hart House Literary Contest organized by the Literary and Library Committee, has existed since 1983, in which year Rohinton Mistry was awarded first place for his short story “One Sunday”. This year the judges’ panel consisted of Maggie MacDonald, Lee Maracle, and Ray Robertson.

First Fan Li
Second Laura Cok
Third (tied) Giles Hodge
Third (tied)        In Yeop Choi

The Hart House Poetry Prize, organized by the Literary and Library Committee, has been awarded annually since 2001. This year the judges’ panel consisted of Dani Couture, George Elliot Clarke, and Paul Vermeersch.

First Alexandra Grigorescu
Second Punam Singh
Third (tied) Helen Guri
Third (tied) Jacqueline Larson
Honourable Mention           Jim Johnstone

The Hart House One-Act Playwriting Contest, organized by the Drama Society, has existed since 1997. Due to the contest’s spring deadline, an excerpt from last year’s winning play, The Retirement Party by Rob Dipardo, has been included in this year’s Review. The judge of the 2007 competition was Graham Cozzubbo.

The photography in this year’s Review was chosen from the entries to the 86th Annual Exhibition of Photographs organized each spring by the Hart House Camera Club and general submissions. The Review is also honoured to be graced by the talents of feature photographer, John Beebe, and artists, Cher Li and Shana Rose.