Since 1977, the Atlantic Writing Competition for unpublished manuscripts has been featuring talent from across the Atlantic Provinces.
The winners of the 30th annual Atlantic Writing Competition are:
Young Adult Novel Prize
1st – Philip Roy (Antigonish, NS)
2nd – Marcia Pierce Harding (Liverpool, NS)
3rd – Lisa Harrington (Halifax, NS)
HM – Daphne Greer (Newport, NS)
The H.R. (Bill) Percy Prize for unpublished novel
1st – Scott Bartlett (Paradise, NL)
2nd – Kathy Chisholm (Halifax, NS)
The Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize
1st – Carolee Nichols (Dartmouth, NS)
2nd – Rachel Cooper (Delhaven, NS)
3rd – Dennis Praest (Halifax, NS)
HM – Alison Dixon Mullane (Halifax, NS)
Poetry Prize
1st – Nanci Lee (Halifax, NS)
2nd – Janet Barkhouse (Mahone Bay, NS)
3rd – Richard Toth (Bathurst, NB)
HM – Susie Bowers (Rothesay, NB)
HM – Mary Kathryn Arnold (Halifax, NS)
Short Story Prize
1st – Kathy Chisholm (Halifax, NS)
2nd – Nadia Bobak (Halifax, NS)
3rd – Amy Smith (Dartmouth, NS)
The Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize
1st – Carolee Nichols (Dartmouth, NS)
2nd – Rachel Cooper (Delhaven, NS)
3rd – Dennis Praest (Halifax, NS)
HM – Alison Dixon Mullane (Halifax, NS)
Magazine Article/Essay Prize
1st – Veronica Butler (Lunenburg, NS)
The winners of the 30th annual Atlantic Writing Competition are:
Young Adult Novel Prize
1st – Philip Roy (Antigonish, NS)
2nd – Marcia Pierce Harding (Liverpool, NS)
3rd – Lisa Harrington (Halifax, NS)
HM – Daphne Greer (Newport, NS)
The H.R. (Bill) Percy Prize for unpublished novel
1st – Scott Bartlett (Paradise, NL)
2nd – Kathy Chisholm (Halifax, NS)
The Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize
1st – Carolee Nichols (Dartmouth, NS)
2nd – Rachel Cooper (Delhaven, NS)
3rd – Dennis Praest (Halifax, NS)
HM – Alison Dixon Mullane (Halifax, NS)
Poetry Prize
1st – Nanci Lee (Halifax, NS)
2nd – Janet Barkhouse (Mahone Bay, NS)
3rd – Richard Toth (Bathurst, NB)
HM – Susie Bowers (Rothesay, NB)
HM – Mary Kathryn Arnold (Halifax, NS)
Short Story Prize
1st – Kathy Chisholm (Halifax, NS)
2nd – Nadia Bobak (Halifax, NS)
3rd – Amy Smith (Dartmouth, NS)
The Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize
1st – Carolee Nichols (Dartmouth, NS)
2nd – Rachel Cooper (Delhaven, NS)
3rd – Dennis Praest (Halifax, NS)
HM – Alison Dixon Mullane (Halifax, NS)
Magazine Article/Essay Prize
1st – Veronica Butler (Lunenburg, NS)
Jack Maurice Falkon Benbassat is an influential Peruvian businessman. He is the General Manager of Corporación de Industrias Plásticas S.A., and the President of the Board of Directors of Quality Products S.A. Within the Peruvian Jewish community, he is the Co-President of the Asociación Judía del Perú, and the President of the Sociedad de Beneficencia Sefardí of Lima.
Graham Andrew Knowles (born July 31, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario) is an acquisitions specialist for the 24-7 INtouch Sales & Marketing Division, based in Toronto, Ontario. His client base focuses primarily on the SMB market in the United States of America. He is also an active blogger, known for his contributions to torontoist.com among others.
Personal Life
Graham Knowles was born in Toronto, Ontario on July 31, 1982 and is an only child. At the age of three his family moved to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where he attended the U.S. Embassy Charter School before returning to Mississauga, Ontario to complete his education at Erindale Secondary School. In 2001 Knowles was accepted to the University of Western Ontario after graduating as on Ontario Scholar with Honours. In university, he served as a Committee Chair for the Residence Council Assembly and well as Program Co-chair for the Faculty Students' Council. In his final year he was the elected student representative to the Dean's Educational Policy Committee, where he coordinated future program initiatives with the department chairs of the Faculty of Social Science. Knowles graduated from the University of Western Ontario in Southwestern Ontario in late May 2005.
After a year abroad working in Japan and traveling through Europe, Knowles settled in Toronto, Ontario where he currently resides.
Personal Life
Graham Knowles was born in Toronto, Ontario on July 31, 1982 and is an only child. At the age of three his family moved to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where he attended the U.S. Embassy Charter School before returning to Mississauga, Ontario to complete his education at Erindale Secondary School. In 2001 Knowles was accepted to the University of Western Ontario after graduating as on Ontario Scholar with Honours. In university, he served as a Committee Chair for the Residence Council Assembly and well as Program Co-chair for the Faculty Students' Council. In his final year he was the elected student representative to the Dean's Educational Policy Committee, where he coordinated future program initiatives with the department chairs of the Faculty of Social Science. Knowles graduated from the University of Western Ontario in Southwestern Ontario in late May 2005.
After a year abroad working in Japan and traveling through Europe, Knowles settled in Toronto, Ontario where he currently resides.
The Agents: Jack Warrior is a action-adventure platform game from the The Agents series which is only devoloped by Insomniac Games and SCEA than Core Design and Eidos Interactive who both devoloped The Agents: The Legacy and its sequels.
Returning characters
Jack - The Handox (half human, half elf) or taglined "everbody's favourite handox" who is the bravest agent in the Hologree Galaxy and main protagonist of the game. In this game his cat companion, Benson and himself are on a vacation on Planet Omar until they meet the elder of the island, Kores who would let Jack and Benson stay on Omar until Jack proves to be a strong warrior. Jack is voiced by his main voice, Barry Bostwick.
Benson - Jack's self-centered, "chatty", anthropomorphic feline companion. In the intro Benson confesses to Jack that he hasn't got a girlfriend until later in the game falls in love with a fox assistant, Fusha. Benson is voiced again by Mark Moseley again replacing Eddie Murphy.
Smokey - The evil half-anthropomorphic alley-cat and main antagonist of the The Agents series and in this game. Smokey is voiced by Gregg Berger who does another villian, Ripto in ' which was also devoloped by Insomniac Games.
Horace - Smokey's annoying calico sidekick who refers him as a "cub-person" but only twice in this game. Horace is voiced by Andy Dick.
Zipher - Jack and Benson's long lost friend who is also a Handox. He was voiced by Michael Gough who did the third main character of the The Agents series, Flame the dragon whos main voice is Denis Leary.
Danjo Dog - The anthropomorphic gangster dog who does not appear numerous times during the game but is seen in some levels as a playable character. He is voiced once again by Jonathan Anderson.
New characters
Elder Kores - The elder of Planet Omar who disliked Jack and Benson because he did not think Jack is a real true warrior until he sends him and Benson to Warrior Stadium on a unknown planet. Kores was voiced by Jim Ward.
Cleiver - An anthropomorphic tiger who owns Warrior Stadium. He liked Jack as they were introduced whereas Benson falls in love with his assistant, Fusha. Cleiver was voiced by Dave Wittenberg who did Captain Guart in The Legacy.
Fusha - An anthropomorphic almost French fox who is Cleiver's assistant and whom Benson has a crush on but Fusha loves Titan, an old anthropomorphic turtle but Benson then gets Fusha to fall out with him which worked and Fusha became Benson's new girlfriend. Fusha is voiced by Sharon Horgan.
Ferny - A leprechaun who lives in Omar and owns a warrior shop there that sells armour, weapons and project tiles. Ferny is voiced by Neil Ross.
Titan - An old anthrpomorphic turtle who lives in the jungles of Makay and whom Fusha loves and jealousy of Benson. Benson manages to get Titan out of Fusha's love by tricking Smokey, getting him embarrassed by his alley-cat army and Benson gives the details and Smokey comes down with a zap laser gun, Titan begs to him not to get killed and Smokey goes back to his cruiser. Fusha dumps Titan who he then walks off sobbing and Fusha becomes Benson's girlfriend. Titan is also voiced by Jim Ward.
Trivia
* The show "I'm a Robot... Get Me Out of Here!" in Planet Makay is a spoof of the UK show as Jack and Benson would enter the spoof's challenges to win prizes.
Returning characters
Jack - The Handox (half human, half elf) or taglined "everbody's favourite handox" who is the bravest agent in the Hologree Galaxy and main protagonist of the game. In this game his cat companion, Benson and himself are on a vacation on Planet Omar until they meet the elder of the island, Kores who would let Jack and Benson stay on Omar until Jack proves to be a strong warrior. Jack is voiced by his main voice, Barry Bostwick.
Benson - Jack's self-centered, "chatty", anthropomorphic feline companion. In the intro Benson confesses to Jack that he hasn't got a girlfriend until later in the game falls in love with a fox assistant, Fusha. Benson is voiced again by Mark Moseley again replacing Eddie Murphy.
Smokey - The evil half-anthropomorphic alley-cat and main antagonist of the The Agents series and in this game. Smokey is voiced by Gregg Berger who does another villian, Ripto in ' which was also devoloped by Insomniac Games.
Horace - Smokey's annoying calico sidekick who refers him as a "cub-person" but only twice in this game. Horace is voiced by Andy Dick.
Zipher - Jack and Benson's long lost friend who is also a Handox. He was voiced by Michael Gough who did the third main character of the The Agents series, Flame the dragon whos main voice is Denis Leary.
Danjo Dog - The anthropomorphic gangster dog who does not appear numerous times during the game but is seen in some levels as a playable character. He is voiced once again by Jonathan Anderson.
New characters
Elder Kores - The elder of Planet Omar who disliked Jack and Benson because he did not think Jack is a real true warrior until he sends him and Benson to Warrior Stadium on a unknown planet. Kores was voiced by Jim Ward.
Cleiver - An anthropomorphic tiger who owns Warrior Stadium. He liked Jack as they were introduced whereas Benson falls in love with his assistant, Fusha. Cleiver was voiced by Dave Wittenberg who did Captain Guart in The Legacy.
Fusha - An anthropomorphic almost French fox who is Cleiver's assistant and whom Benson has a crush on but Fusha loves Titan, an old anthropomorphic turtle but Benson then gets Fusha to fall out with him which worked and Fusha became Benson's new girlfriend. Fusha is voiced by Sharon Horgan.
Ferny - A leprechaun who lives in Omar and owns a warrior shop there that sells armour, weapons and project tiles. Ferny is voiced by Neil Ross.
Titan - An old anthrpomorphic turtle who lives in the jungles of Makay and whom Fusha loves and jealousy of Benson. Benson manages to get Titan out of Fusha's love by tricking Smokey, getting him embarrassed by his alley-cat army and Benson gives the details and Smokey comes down with a zap laser gun, Titan begs to him not to get killed and Smokey goes back to his cruiser. Fusha dumps Titan who he then walks off sobbing and Fusha becomes Benson's girlfriend. Titan is also voiced by Jim Ward.
Trivia
* The show "I'm a Robot... Get Me Out of Here!" in Planet Makay is a spoof of the UK show as Jack and Benson would enter the spoof's challenges to win prizes.