Eric Jamieson's story of the collapse of the Ironworker's Memorial bridge in Vancouver, Tragedy At Second Narrows (Harbour, $32.95), has won first place, while Victoria author Stephen Hume's account of Simon Fraser's journeys, Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia (Harbour, $36.95), has won third place in the British Columbia Historical Federation's annual Historical Writing Competition. Eric Jamieson's first place prize comes with a Lieutenant-Governor's Medal For Historical Writing and $600 in cash. The awards are given yearly to those BC authors who have made a significant contribution to the recorded history of British Columbia.