https://somethinggrand.ca/2026/06/06/the-importance-of-second-place-times-i-was-that-close/somethinggranden2026-06-06T03:35:22+00:00The Importance of Second-Place: Times I Was THAT ClosePaul the Apostle, poetry, Leonard Cohen, Prophets of Love, McGill-Queen's University Press, books, writing, Pottersfield Press, Someone Else's Saint, fiction, Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, CV of Failures, Quebec Writers' Federation, QWF, WFNS, Nova Writes, Budge Wilson, Rita Joe, short stories, MQUP, Koffler Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards, Dalton Camp Award, Elise Moser, Claude Lalumiere, Prairie Fire, CBC Ideas, Bernie Lucht, McNally Robinson, Maisonneuve Magazine, poems