The winners of the 2008 Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie Literary Award have been revealed

August 10, 2008

Caraquet, N.-B. - The Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie Literary Award has announced the 2008 winners for the Quinquennial Award, the Annual Award and the Richelieu Youth Award, and also celebrated its 10th anniversary.

The 2008 Quinquennial Award was awarded to Calixte Duguay for his work. The winner received a certificate, a bronze medal engraved with his name and a $5,000 grant.

The 2008 Annual Award was won by David Lonergan for his essay Tintamarre - Chroniques de littérature dans l'Acadie d'aujourd'hui, published by Les Éditions Prise de parole. The winner received a certificate, a bronze medal engraved with his name and a $4,000 grant.

Finally, the 2008 Richelieu Youth Award was given to Céline Pitre-Cool for her play, entitled J.A.M. The winner received a certificate as well as a $1,000 grant.

The winners of the three awards were revealed at the official award ceremony which took place Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at the Édifice Martin-J.-Légère of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes.

A few changes for the 11th edition

During the 2008 award ceremony, the President of the Board of Directors of the Literary Award, Mr. David Losier, announced that the 11th edition will take place during the Congrès mondial acadien, which will be held from August 7 to 23, 2009, in the Acadian Peninsula. "With the coming of this great event, 2009 will be a year of festivities for the Acadian community. The Congrès mondial acadien 2009 is a great opportunity to make the works of authors from our region known, and summertime is an ideal time to hold this type of event." commented Mr. Losier.

The exact date of the award ceremony will be announced at a later date. However, in order for this change to take place, adjustments will have to be made to the calendar of the literary contest, because the contest period will be shortened by five months. The 2009 literary contest will therefore take place between June 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Authors are therefore invited to submit their work for the next contest before December 31.

About the Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie Literary Award
Since 1999, the Literary Award has given $60,000 in grants to 22 Acadian authors, recognized for the quality of their literary work, to help them pursue their passion for creative writing.

Created in 1998 during the 50th anniversary of Acadia Life's foundation, the Antonine-Maillet-Acadie-Vie Literary Award aims to recognize Acadians who, through the quality of their literary work, contribute to the visibility and promotion of the Acadian community throughout the world.

About the Mouvement
The Mouvement des caisses populaires acadiennes was founded in 1946. It is the largest Acadian financial institution in New Brunswick. With its 200,000 members and global assets at more than $2.7 billion, this network consists of 31 Caisses and 86 service points in New Brunswick. More than 1,200 employees and 350 elected representatives constitute the strength of the organization. The Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes is located at Place de l'Acadie in Caraquet, New Brunswick. For further details, go to our Web site at www.acadie.com .

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