The Pacific Festival of the Book 2008

BC YOUTH TO BE PUBLISHED IN ANTHOLOGY

The Victoria Arts Connection, the host of the 2nd Annual Pacific Festival of the Book has finalized the youth writers who will be published by PFB Press in a new anthology of fifty six works entitled "Come Home Before Dark". The title of the anthology originates from work submitted by 17-year-old Jesse Gray, a student at Reynold's Secondary School in Victoria, BC.

The youth anthology publishing project was initiated by festival organizers in September and drew well over 100 submissions from students across the province including Cranbrook, Williams Lake, Vancouver and Victoria. Works were submitted in two age categories of under 15 years and 15 years and over in fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.

The project has been coordinated by Mavis Andrews of the Victoria School of Writing and Carol Sokoloff of Ekstasis Editions. An impressive panel of 6 professional writers, editors and educators juried the work including Kirsten Andersen a Teen Services Librarian for the Greater Victoria Public Library, Laurel Bernard an editor and writer with 20 years' experience in books and newspapers, author Bev Cooke, educator Colleen Jodoin, author-educator Judy LeBlanc and author and children's literature advocate Nikki Tate.

Festival Angel Sponsor Island Blue Printorium Bookworks has generously supplied printing services for the project. Come Home Before Dark will be launched at the Pacific Festival of the Book on Sunday March 16th from 1-4pm as part of a group book launch event with authors Naomi Wakan, Ulla Ryghe, Rex Weyler and JoAnn Dionne. The public is invited to this free event to celebrate the launch of new books and encourage these aspiring youth in their path as professional authors.
Cover design by Amanda Maslany

THE FOLLOWING AUTHORS APPEAR IN COME HOME BEFORE DARK:

	Name	School	Age	Title	Type	Geo
	ACT I - RUNNING ORDER
1	Hayley-Rose Tubman-Broeren	Self Design	14	The Madness of my Brother	Poetry	Victoria
2	Sheena Polman	Sidney Elementary	10	Diary of a Cat	Fiction	Victoria
3	Alex Dombroski	Sidney Elementary	10	ABC's of Limerics	Poetry	Victoria
4	Ivy Elling Quaintance	Sidney Elementary	10	The House that Will Never Die	Fiction	Victoria
5	Laura Brougham	Dunsmuir Middle School	13	My Grade Four Mishap	CNF	Victoria
6	Holly Elling Quaintance	Sidney Elementary	10	Hit me with a Kiss	Poetry	Victoria
7	Thomas Endicott	Burnaby Mountain	13	Soldiers	Poetry	Burnaby
8	Thomas Endicott	Burnaby Mountain	13	Submit to Death	Poetry	Burnaby
9	Madison Carnegie	Home School	8	Nico	Fiction	Victoria
10	Seana Marcellus	Dunsmuir Middle School	13	Felinus and Caninus	Fiction	Victoria
11	Paris Carnegie	Home School	10	Crista: A story of love and friendship	Fiction	Victoria
12	Danika Postle	Willows	10	Morning Star	Poetry	Victoria
13	Jasmin Brown	Mt. Doug	14	Star Bright	Fiction	Victoria
14	Holly Elling Quaintance	Sidney Elementary	10	Poetry	Poetry	Victoria
15	Thomas Endicott	Burnaby Mountain	13	Won	Fiction	Burnaby
16	Hayley-Rose Tubman-Broeren	Self Design	14	In the End	Fiction	Victoria
17	Karine Hack	Prospect Lake Elementary	10	The Art Studio	Poetry	Victoria
	Name	School	Age	Title	Type	Geo
	ACT II - RUNNING ORDER
18	Morgan Pudwell	St. Michaels University School	17	Preserves	Poetry	Victoria
19	Amy Morrisey	Reynolds	15	Away from Me	Fiction	Victoria
20	Morgan Pudwell	SMUS-Timmis House	17	Letters from her Wheelchair	Poetry	Victoria
21	Jesse Short-Gershman	Claremont Secondary	15	Hollow Bones	Poetry	Victoria
22	Kyle Dirkie	Claremont Secondary	15	Memories	Poetry	Victoria
23	Jesse Gray	Reynolds	17	Come Home Before Dark	Fiction	Victoria
24	Nick Karpan	Claremont Secondary	16	Warchestra	Poetry	Victoria
25	Kelsey Mech	Gulf Island Sec School	15	There is a Road	Fiction	Salt Spring Is.
26	Brianna Webb	Claremont Secondary	16	Hell as we know it	Poetry	Victoria
27	Trey Taylor	Mount Baker Secondary School	17	Esperanto: A Pathway to Utopia	CNF	Cranbrook
28	Cari Postnikoff	Mount Baker Secondary School	17	An Unlamented Legacy	Fiction	Cranbrook
29	Caroline Johnson	Williams Lake Secondary	17	The Tree		Williams Lk
30	Leanne Schrader	Claremont Secondary	16	Fabrication	Poetry	Victoria
31	Scott Billias	Vic High	18	Where I stand	Poetry	Victoria
32	Jessica Taillon	Mount Baker Secondary School	17	Dress Code	CNF	Cranbrook
33	Colton Maier	Claremont Secondary	16	When one goes missing	Poetry	Victoria
34	David Cutting	Mount Baker Secondary School	17	Dreaming	Fiction	Cranbrook
35	Samantha Wilson	Claremont Secondary	16	Like a cherry on top of a sundae	Poetry	Victoria
36	Amber Haggstrom	Claremont Secondary	16	Sick	Poetry	Victoria
37	Victoria Masich	Mount Baker Secondary School	16	Acceptance	CNF	Cranbrook
38	Darren Jones	Claremont Secondary	15	Cookies and Milk	Poetry	Victoria
39	Ryan Heron	Claremont Secondary	16	Carnivore	Poetry	Victoria
40	Dustin Batty	Williams Lake Secondary	17	Bruce the Chickennew file	Fiction	Williams Lk
41	Emily Lewis	St. Michaels University School	16	Gaurdian	Poetry	Victoria
42	Matthew Kordyback	Gulf Island Sec School	17	Legacy of an Angel: Prologue	Fiction	Salt Spring Is.
43	Will Tanner	Claremont Secondary	16	I love you	Poetry	Victoria
44	Emily Lewis	St. Michaels University School	16	Guardian	Poetry	Victoria
45	Laura Nelles	Claremont Secondary	16	His footsteps collect memories on the boardwalk	Poetry	Victoria
46	Tyler Bellagente	Claremont Secondary	17	The Break up	Fiction	Victoria
47	Rachel Orfani	Claremont Secondary	15	Mirror	Poetry	Victoria
48	Rhianne Kovich	Mount Baker Secondary School	16	A Single White Rose	Fiction	Cranbrook
49	Courtney Mahrt	St. Michaels University School	17	Drive	Fiction	Victoria
50	Silken Conradi	Gulf Island Sec School	15	Colours	Fiction	Salt Spring Is.
51	Sydney Ball	Mount Baker Secondary School	17	Surrounded	Poetry	Cranbrook
52	Shawna Dash	Claremont Secondary	16	Murmurs	Poetry	Victoria
53	Tristan Sealby	Claremont Secondary	16	Scavenging	Poetry	Victoria
54	Ottilie Short	St. Michaels University School	17	Waking Dead	Fiction	Victoria
55	Neetu Purewal	Claremont Secondary	16	When Terror Strikes	Poetry	Victoria
56	Catriona Christison	Claremont Secondary	16	The Spirit of Jazz	Poetry	Victoria