Nunavut

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…