THE WRITE-TO-WIN ISSUE
First Prize
When hobbies go wrong: how to barely escape with your life from four of the world's least-extreme pastimes
by Stephen Starr

Second Prize (tied)
Just loafing around
by Vincent Hanlon

The spin doctor
by David Maxwell

Third prize
Doing the write thing
by Andrew Kirk

Our new contest
Be a restaurant reviewer and win!

Honourable Mentions
Tied up in knots: using
needles to relax
by Lara Hazelton

Froggy fanatic: a collection that
will leave you "ribbitted"
by Dan Ezekiel

Nothing up his sleeve: the
Incredible Swami tells all
by Arshad Khan

Locum motive: the little hobby
that could
by Katherine Hellner

Carve 'em, cowboy! Trotting
out rocking horses
by Ted Erb

Runners Up
Back to her roots: a family album
in the forest
by Francine Codère

As the wood turns: making hunks
into something useful
by David Buckley

Fly boy: what to do when you
need some air
by Alexander M. Damus

Teller of tall tales: collecting
family stories
by Caroline Vu-Nguyen

One-rack mind: confessions of
a wine lover
by Brian Sevitt

Garden of Eden: the cycle of life
in your own backyard
by Bhooma Bhayana

Speaking in tongues: travels in Esperanto
by Meredith Simon

A rocky road to relaxation: the
mother (lode) of all pastimes
by Anthony Rockel

Swing addiction: illness model of
golf and pressure relief
by Shree Bhalerao

Football is for sissies: it's rugby
that keeps docs busy
by Michael Simon

Putting pensive to paper: meditations
on the page
by Eric Grief

Pandora's typewriter? The appliance
that started it all
by David Thow

Dinky joy: how eBay rekindled a
childhood passion
by Keith Graham

Behind the music: the making of a
rock star
by Michael Dillon

Hi ho Bronze! Just horsing around
by Dorli Herman

Dance of the seven veils: tales of
a belly dancing she-doctor
by Vivan Kilvert

History of Medicine
Breathing room
How polio left many of its sufferers
all wrapped up
by Jackie Rosenhek