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the Town of Edson for Darkness to
Light – Mental Health Awareness. Join
the community and place luminaries or
a simple candle outside your home to
u n i t e f o r a l i g h t a t d a w n
(approximately 5:10 am).
Includes process colour pages 1,4,5,7,10,11,14,15,18,20,21,24
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Author with local ties wins national prize for original short story
by Jordan Rae honors that.”
Johns herself is a Nehiyaw Aunty and member of
31-year-old Jessica Johns, an author with strong Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in
family ties to Edson, recently won the 2020 Writer's Northern Alberta and is currently living, working,
Trust Journey Prize for her short story entitled Bad and learning on the traditional territory of the
Cree. Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
Literary magazines across Canada publish fictional She prefers to write fiction consisting of eerie, scary,
stories throughout the year, and at the end of the or ominous stories.
year all of those magazines submit a couple of Johns' immediate family, including two brothers
stories to potentially be included in an annual and two sisters, as well as her parents, all live in
anthology. These stories subsequently become Edson and she is a graduate of Parkland Composite
submissions for the Writers' Trust Journey Prize, High School. She received her undergrad at Grant
which is organized by Canadian publishing MacEwan University, where she got her Bachelor of
company McClelland & Stewart. Arts. It was only in her last semester at Grant
Johns only found out her story had been included MacEwan that the school started offering creative
when Grain Magazine contacted her to tell her writing classes, and she jumped on the opportunity.
they'd chosen Bad Cree as one of their submissions. “It was always something I really wanted to do,”
Roughly 95 stories were submitted, and of those, said Johns. She then attended UBC for her Masters,
nine would be selected by a jury to be in the completing her three-year program last May. Johns
anthology and vie for the Journey Prize of $10,000. currently works as the Managing Editor for Room
Another jury set up by McClelland & Stewart then Magazine. Jessica Johns, a Parkland Composite High School
determined which stories made the short list. Johns Generally, the annual Journey Prize ceremony takes graduate, was recently awarded the 2020 Writer's
was later informed Bad Cree had made it into the place in Toronto, but this year things were different. Trust Journey Prize worth $10,000. photo
top three. “They normally have a big to-do event,” explained submitted
Johns shared a synopsis of her story. “It's Johns. “They fly all of the short-listed folks to
essentially a short story about a Cree woman, who Toronto and have sort of a red-carpet event.
finds out she has these really strange dream Obviously, they weren't going to do that this year for what she plans to do with the money. “Honestly, I
abilities,” Johns explained. “She's able to take things COVID reasons, so they did it all online.” really don't know yet,” said Johns. “I'm putting it in
back and forth from her dreams, so if she's holding Johns' parents Brent and Loretta made the trip from my savings account, and I need to have a good think
something in her dreams, she's holding it in real life. Edson to BC to be in the area for the prize on it. I did a little bit of shopping to celebrate that
So, the story is basically her trying to figure out why announcement, which Johns says made winning it way. I want to do something smart with it.”
that is.” all that much better. “It was really, really exciting,” For now, Johns has plans underway to take Bad
“It's a story that really honors knowledge that she said. “I've been short-listed for some awards Cree to the next level. “I am working on turning the
comes from family, particularly for Indigenous folk, before, never any as big as this one… but it's rare short story into a book, so I've expanded it and it's in
things that come from your gut instincts, that come that I get to experience that with them because they very, very initial draft stages,” she said.
from blood memory, and your family,” Johns are so far away, so it was really special to have them “It's a novel so it a big project, and I do have an
said.“Those are really important ways of accessing there for that.” agent, so her and I are working really hard on that.
knowledge and information. It's just a story that As the $10,000 prize winner, she has been asked So hopefully some good things will come of it.”
the Town of Edson for Darkness to
Light – Mental Health Awareness. Join
the community and place luminaries or
a simple candle outside your home to
u n i t e f o r a l i g h t a t d a w n
(approximately 5:10 am).
Includes process colour pages 1,4,5,7,10,11,14,15,18,20,21,24
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
PAGE 10 MONDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2020 MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 2020 PAGE 19 May 9: For mental health week, join
SHOP LOCAL
SHOP LOCAL
CHRISTMAS GIF
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAST IDEAS
NITE OWL
NITE OWL Canadian Tire in Edson
DEC. 3 Hot Tubs available for
DEC. 3
Open to 9pm! those cold winter nights!
Open to 9pm!
DrawDraw
your
your
Discount
Discount
10%
10%
to
to Fresh poinsettias are here!
40%
40%
OFF!
OFF!
regular priced items
*excludes dog and cat food
and already discounted items
5919 2 Ave (780) 723-6335
413 50 St., 780-723-6220 Mon-Sat: 8AM - 8PM Sunday 9AM - 6PM.
Author with local ties wins national prize for original short story
by Jordan Rae honors that.”
Johns herself is a Nehiyaw Aunty and member of
31-year-old Jessica Johns, an author with strong Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in
family ties to Edson, recently won the 2020 Writer's Northern Alberta and is currently living, working,
Trust Journey Prize for her short story entitled Bad and learning on the traditional territory of the
Cree. Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
Literary magazines across Canada publish fictional She prefers to write fiction consisting of eerie, scary,
stories throughout the year, and at the end of the or ominous stories.
year all of those magazines submit a couple of Johns' immediate family, including two brothers
stories to potentially be included in an annual and two sisters, as well as her parents, all live in
anthology. These stories subsequently become Edson and she is a graduate of Parkland Composite
submissions for the Writers' Trust Journey Prize, High School. She received her undergrad at Grant
which is organized by Canadian publishing MacEwan University, where she got her Bachelor of
company McClelland & Stewart. Arts. It was only in her last semester at Grant
Johns only found out her story had been included MacEwan that the school started offering creative
when Grain Magazine contacted her to tell her writing classes, and she jumped on the opportunity.
they'd chosen Bad Cree as one of their submissions. “It was always something I really wanted to do,”
Roughly 95 stories were submitted, and of those, said Johns. She then attended UBC for her Masters,
nine would be selected by a jury to be in the completing her three-year program last May. Johns
anthology and vie for the Journey Prize of $10,000. currently works as the Managing Editor for Room
Another jury set up by McClelland & Stewart then Magazine. Jessica Johns, a Parkland Composite High School
determined which stories made the short list. Johns Generally, the annual Journey Prize ceremony takes graduate, was recently awarded the 2020 Writer's
was later informed Bad Cree had made it into the place in Toronto, but this year things were different. Trust Journey Prize worth $10,000. photo
top three. “They normally have a big to-do event,” explained submitted
Johns shared a synopsis of her story. “It's Johns. “They fly all of the short-listed folks to
essentially a short story about a Cree woman, who Toronto and have sort of a red-carpet event.
finds out she has these really strange dream Obviously, they weren't going to do that this year for what she plans to do with the money. “Honestly, I
abilities,” Johns explained. “She's able to take things COVID reasons, so they did it all online.” really don't know yet,” said Johns. “I'm putting it in
back and forth from her dreams, so if she's holding Johns' parents Brent and Loretta made the trip from my savings account, and I need to have a good think
something in her dreams, she's holding it in real life. Edson to BC to be in the area for the prize on it. I did a little bit of shopping to celebrate that
So, the story is basically her trying to figure out why announcement, which Johns says made winning it way. I want to do something smart with it.”
that is.” all that much better. “It was really, really exciting,” For now, Johns has plans underway to take Bad
“It's a story that really honors knowledge that she said. “I've been short-listed for some awards Cree to the next level. “I am working on turning the
comes from family, particularly for Indigenous folk, before, never any as big as this one… but it's rare short story into a book, so I've expanded it and it's in
things that come from your gut instincts, that come that I get to experience that with them because they very, very initial draft stages,” she said.
from blood memory, and your family,” Johns are so far away, so it was really special to have them “It's a novel so it a big project, and I do have an
said.“Those are really important ways of accessing there for that.” agent, so her and I are working really hard on that.
knowledge and information. It's just a story that As the $10,000 prize winner, she has been asked So hopefully some good things will come of it.”
