President Venera Fazio Sarnia, ON vfazio@hotmail.com Vice-President Jim Zucchero London, ON jzuccher@uwo.ca Memberships/Treasurer Michael Mirolla 7 McMullen Drive Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4 mmirolla@rogers.com Secretary Connie Guzzo McParland Montreal, QC sec@aicw.ca Website Contact Sonia Di Placido sonia.diplacido@yahoo.com

AICW Contests Winners of the 2008 AICW Literary Contest (poetry) 1st prize (500.00): Giovanni Costa, "Lacrime" 2nd prize (300.00: Sylvia F. Smith, "Snow Angels" 3rd prize (100.00): Gilda Morina Syverson, "On an Ordinary Day" Readers: Norma West Linder, Patrick Sheridan, Peggy Fletcher, Carmen Ziolkowski, Maria Fama , and Ingrid Kyser Goldberg. Final Judge: Maria Ierfino