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Winners of the 2007 Write @ Your Library Contest

June 27, 2007

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Editor’s note: We received this press release concerning the winners of the student writing contest, “Write @ Your Library” from Nadia Danyluk, the Children & Youth Services Librarian at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Library. We are happy to be able to pass the information on to you, with a congratulations out to all who participated.

The Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library would like to thank all of the students across Grey and Bruce Counties that submitted their creative works to this year’s Write @ Your Library contest.

We would also like to give a big thank you to all of the public libraries across the twin counties, Hanover, Meaford, West Grey, Grey Highlands, Bruce County and Leonard E. Shore, who once again partnered with us to make this initiative a success; to the judges, who spent their time reading all of the submissions; and of course to The Sun Times, whose generous support helps keep this contest going.

This year we had over 40 individuals enter their creative work to Write @ Your Library. The first place winners in all categories were published in a special edition of The Sun Times on June 19th. If you would like to read more stories and poems from our local youth talent check out the Write for 2007 anthology, available at all participating libraries across Grey and Bruce! Copies are available for purchase from the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library for $5.

The winners of the 2007 Write @ Your Library Creative Writing Contest for Teens are as follows:

Junior Short Story

  • First – “No Regrets” by: Margaret Robson Gordon
  • Second – “Ghost at War” by: Victoria Chordis
  • Third – “Hang Still, Look Pretty” by: T’Laine Mills

    • Junior Poetry

  • First – “The Life of a Pencil Case” by: T’Laine Mills
  • Second – “Simple Yet Complex” by: Clare A. Flood
  • Third – “I’m a Big Kid Now” by: Margaret Robson Gordon

    • Honorable mentions:

  • “Horses” by: Jennifer Toews
  • “What Will it Take to Help the Earth?” by: Rachel de Jong
  • “Horse Dance” by: Emily Rose Armstrong

    • Senior Short Story

  • First – “My Impenetrable Security Blanket” by: Brock Schnurr
  • Second – “Thoughts, Truth and Interpretations of a Warped Teenage Mind” by: Amberley Morris
  • Third – “The Chronicles of Scotland” by: Philip Vanderwood

    • Senior Poetry

  • First – “Tragedy” by: Veronica Allan
  • Second – “Last Chance” by: Whitney Fleming
  • Third - “The Five O’Clock News” by: Montanna Mills

    • Honorable mentions:

  • “Ambition” by: Rachel Vaughan
  • “Delayed Emotions” by: Miranda Parkin
  • “Castaway Cliché” by: Anna James

    • Again, we thank everyone for making the 2007 edition of Write @ Your Library a success, and we look forward to another year of creative talent in 2008!

    For more information, contact:
    Nadia Danyluk
    Children & Youth Services Librarian
    Tel: 519 376-6623 ext 202
    Fax: 519 376-7170
    Email: ndanyluk@owensound.library.on.ca

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