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Bahareh Sobhani, with the following haiku:
This new year, I will
paint all the walls in my room
The shade of your eyes.
Bahareh won a $25 gift card to White Spot. Congratulations!
Choosing between so many beautiful haiku was very hard. Check the slideshow below to see the readers who got honorable mentions in our poetry contest.
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Photo: Peter Kratochvil (public domain)
This contest is now closed. The winner will be announced before May 5th, 2013.
Spring is coming, and, to celebrate it, The Westcoast Reader is having another contest. April is the month of poetry, so we are asking our readers to be creative and send us a haiku that they wrote. The winner gets a $25 gift card to White Spot!
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Our winners: Saha Mousavi, Bahareh Teimory and Sam Mousavi
Congratulations to the Mousavi family who sent us their Family Day photo and won a $25 gift card to White Spot!
We would like to thank everybody for their submissions and we invite you to take part in our future contests.
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Photo credit: Arlen Redekop /The Province
British Columbia has added a new public holiday to its calendar. February 11th is Family Day!
Send us a photo and tell us in 50 words or less about how you spent Family Day. You could win a $25 gift card to White Spot to treat your loved ones!
Email your photo and story at wcreader@capilanou.ca and put the words “Family Day” in the email subject.
We hope you have lots of fun on Family Day with your loved ones!
This contest is open until February 28th, 2013.
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Popcorn Dad, Mom and… guess what’s in the bag…
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Photo credit: Petr Kratochvil (public domain)
Our Halloween photo contest is now closed. The winner will be announced on December 3rd, 2012. We would like to thank everybody for their creative and spooky submissions.
NOTE: We have decided to extend the contest deadline until November 30th, because we want to get more of your awesome submissions.
Send us a photo of you wearing your 2012 Halloween costume and you can be our winner! A $25 Cineplex gift card is waiting for you!
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Our End of Summer contest winners in the Teachers’ section are Susan, Maple and Tanis. Thank you for sharing your summer stories!
Congratulations, Susan! You have won a copy of Rosemary Neering’s entertaining book: British Columbia Bizarre: Stories, Whimsies, Facts, and a Few Outright Lies from Canada’s Wacky West Coast. The book has been mailed to you!
I spent five weeks in Costa Rica this summer, but it was the first three weeks, in a fairly remote eco-lodge, that was the most challenging. I slept in a room with wood slats for walls, open to the jungle just beyond.
Every night, I encountered a variety of colourful insects that invited themselves in. One night this very large beetle, about six inches long, was lying on its back, legs frantically waving in the air, unable to flip over. I couldn’t manage my fear at 3 AM, but the next morning, I sadly watched its legs moving feebly, flipped it over, and saved its life.
I also got over my lifetime fear of insects!
Susan Declerck
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It seems like our learners were a bit shy to submit their stories, because, in this category, we only have one winner – Taeko. Thank you for your submission!
Congratulations, Taeko! You have won a gift card to Indigo Books. The gift card has been mailed to you.
We enjoyed reading your story and reading about your courage!
My Summer
I had a wonderful summer, like never before.
I tried many new things such as kayaking, dragon boating, bouldering, and stand up paddle boating.
I liked all of them, but my very favorite was bouldering. Continue reading
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This contest is now closed. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012. Thank you all for your submissions! Continue reading
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