No. 215 (Spring 2003)

Contents: 

Editorial
5           Ross Leckie

Fiction 
Winner: 
 7          Gina Ochsner: A Wish Before Dying 

 Honourable Mentions: 
 30        Dave McIntyre: Whiteout 
 51        Tony Antoniades: The Squared Circle 
 72        Patrick Francis: The Personal Musings of the Notorious Kevin Carrey

Poetry 
Winner of the Ralph Gustafson Prize for Poetry: 
26        Anita Lahey: Out to Dry in Cape Breton 

Poetry Honourable Mention: 
27        Nicholas Ruddock: Squid 

28        Chris Jennings: Cuchulain Still Fights with the Sea
40        Margaret Christakos: Four Poems 
44        b. borkent: Two Poems 
46        Kai Fierle-Hedrick: Long Point, Chiaroscuro 
47        Monika Lee: ice shards and blade marks 
48        Steve McOrmond: Two Poems 
50        Roger Nash: Weather Forecasts for Your Body 
61        Jen Currin: Three Poems 
64        John Donlan: Two Poems 
66        Eric Ormsby: Two Poems 
69        David Manicom: Three Poems 
89        Carol L. MacKay: A Lifetime of Lucky Peace 
90        Sheri Benning: Two Poems 
92        Roseanne S. Carrara: Two Poems 
97        Lynda Monahan: more stone than water 
98        Sara Cassidy: Two Poems 
100      Matthew Tierney: Three Poems

Reviews 
103      Lynn Davies: Heartline to Ledger 
            American Standard, Joseph Sherman 
106      Shane Neilson: A Furnace of Word 
            Early Poems, A.F. Moritz 
109      M. Travis Lane: The Promise of Scree and Talus 
            Instruments of Surrender, Christine Wiesenthal 
110      Marnie Parsons: "early and strange" 
            Days into Flatspin, Ken Babstock 
113      Margo Wheaton: A Passionate Intelligence 
            Burning Bush, Elizabeth Brewster 
116      gillian harding-russell: Two Windows on the World 
            Clara Callan, Richard Wright 
120      Lance Callahan: Two Unique Voices in the Choir of Caribbean Diasporic Poetry 
            Midland, Kwame Dawes
            Certifiable, Pamela Mordecai

123      Notes on Contributors