30 Below

This award recognizes new and developing talented individuals who have earned signficant recognition in their career and who show exceptional promise.

Sheri Benning

Sheri Benning grew up on a farm outside of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, and spends much of her time at her parents' fishing lodge on Nemeiben Lake near La Ronge in the North of the province. She recently complete a B.A. Hons. in English at the University of Saskatchewan, where she also studied creative writing with Tim Lilburn, Hilary Clark and John Livingstone Clark.

Sheri's first book of poetry, Earth After Rain, came out with Thistledown Press in 2001 and was the recipient of two Saskatchewan Book Awards. She has published poetry in literary journals across the country including Grain, Arc, Event, The New Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Pottersfield Portfolio, Qwerty, Other Voices, CV2 , and Spring . Her poetry was also included in the anthology, Listening with the Ear of the Heart , ed. Dave Margoshes and will be included in Breath Fire II eds. Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane. Her work has also been broadcast on CBC's Gallery .

She is currently completing an MA in creative writing at the University of New Brunswick.

 

Lieutenant Governor's Arts Award Recipients

Lifetime Achievement - Joe Fafard (2007)
30 Below - Thomas Yu (2007)
Leadership - Saskatchewan Music Educators Association (2007)
Innovation in the Arts - Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival (2007)
Lifetime Achievement - Bill Epp (2005)

30 Below - Holly Luhning (2005)
Leadership - Richard Spafford (2005)
Innovation in the Arts - Edward Poitras (2005)
Lifetime Achievement - John Arcand (2004)
30 Below - Sheri Benning (2004)
Leadership - Gary Hyland (2004)
Innovation in the Arts - Michael Hosaluk (2004)

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

Marjorie Dunlop (1999)
Caroline Heath (1999)
Ann Newdigate (1999)
Nik Semenoff (1999)
Elizabeth Brewster (1995)
Mary Ellen Burgess (1995)
McGregor Hone (1995)
Allen Sapp (1995)
Florence B. James (1993)
Wynona Croft Mulcaster (1993)
Ruth Pawson (1993)
James Sinclair Ross (1993)
Murray Adaskin (1991)
Mina Forsyth (1991)
Howard Leyton-Brown (1991)
Dwaine Nelson (1991)
Reta Cowley (1990)
John V. Hicks (1990)
Kenneth Kramer (1990)
Jean Oser (1990)
Anne Szumigalski (1990)
Lea Collins (1989)
Ernest Lindner (1989)
W.O. Mitchell (1989)
William A. Riddell (1989)
David Smith (1989)

Saskatchewan Order Of Merit Recipients

Don Kerr (2007)
Calvin D. Abrahamson (2006)
David L. Kaplan (2006)
William A. Waiser (2006)
Maria Campbell (2005)
Lusia Pavlychenko (2005)
Byrna Barclay (2004)
Lorne Carrier (2004)
Jack Sures (2003)
Guy Vanderhaeghe (2003)
Margaret Cugnet (2003)
Joe Fafard (2002)
Kenneth Mitchell (2001)
Jacqui Shumiatcher (2001)
Robert N. Hinitt (2000)
Carol Gay Bell (1997)
Victor Cicansky (1997)
H. Frances Morrison (1999)
Howard Leyton-Brown (1996)
Morris Shumiatcher (1996)
William Perehudoff (1994)
William H. Riddell (1994)
Ruth Pawson (1993)
Emmie Oddie (1991)
Reta Cowley (1990)
Anne Szumigalski (1989)
Marguerite Gallaway (1988)
Dorothy Knowles (1987)
Lyell A. Gustin (1986)
Hilda Allen (1985)
Allen Sapp (1985)

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