Above and Beyond

Tim Irvin in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, Nunavut

And the winner of the 2011 Great Northern Canada Writing Contest is…well, me.

Ah shucks.

My story, Nowhere but North: a Case for Cornbread and Wolverines, took first prize in this years’ contest, hosted by the Northwords Writing Festival. The story was inspired by a fierce appetite and some unexpected events during a seven-week solo canoe trip in Nunavut…