Here are the winners for Ottawa Public Library's 2019 youth writing contest
At the awards ceremony for Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors contest. (Photo/Ottawa Public Library)
The Ottawa Public Library unveiled the winners for their annual youth writing contest, Awesome Authors, over the weekend.
The contest was open earlier this year to all youth writers between the ages of 9 and 18, who are residents of Ottawa and have not yet completed high school. It was judged by several local authors: Catherine Austen, Apollo the Child, Sarah Raughley, Karine Perron and Éric Péladeau.
Winners of the contest not only recieved a cash prize, but will also be published in the annual pot-pourri anthology published by Friends of the Ottawa Public Library. You can pre-order a copy of the anthology here…
Photo: Some of the young writers who received a prize in the contest. Photo/Ottawa Public Library.
Ages 9 - 12
POEMS
1st Place
Emily Chaisson (Age 11), Emerald Fire
Trillium Elementary School
2nd Place
Amelia Khawam (Age 11), My Stages of grief from love
École élémentaire catholique L’Étoile-de-l’Est
3rd Place
Zofia Davidson (Age 11), The Man Who Called Himself Fear
Connaught Public School
Honourable Mention 1
Alima Haq (Age 11), The Fight
Al-Furqan School
Honourable Mention 2
Adnane Oqaidi (Age 10), The Outing at Night
Al-Furqan School
Honourable Mention 3
Amena Abusheikha (Age 12), Pity
Al-Furqan School
SHORT STORY
1st Place
Owen Fitzpatrick (Age 12), Ear to Ear
Broadview Public School
2nd Place
Arisu Babakhani (Age 11), Little Boy Falling
Broadview Public School
3rd Place
Alexandra Ada Wallace (Age 10), Rip Roar Riley
École élémentaire catholique Lamoureux
Honourable Mention 1
Claire Guillemette (Age 12), Internal Conflict
École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
Honourable Mention 2
Georgia-Rose Becklumb (Age 12), The Very Serious Case of Inappropriate Bathroom Crime
Glashan Public School
Honourable Mention 3
Aleina Luo Wang (Age 12), The Monster of Feyre
Earl Of March Intermediate School
COMIC
1st Place
Sienna James (Age 10), Fearless Friends
Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School
2nd Place
Maria Scarvelis (Age 12), Parenting Challenge #127: Broccoli
École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
3rd Place
Ivanka Hrycaj (Age 12), Halloween
École secondaire publique De La Salle
Honourable Mention 1
Breelyn Doherty (Age 11), Something … Different
École élémentaire publique Le Prélude
Honourable Mention 2
Maria Elizabeth Asiedu (Age 11), Goby and Horn
Ottawa Christian School
Honourable Mention 3
Wendi Xue (Age 11), The Thoughts of a Walrus
École élémentaire publique Le Prélude
Poésie
1er prix
Sophie Bhanji (âge 11), Mes craintes
École élémentaire publique Le Prélude
2e prix
Béatrice Matthews (âge 9), Les licornes
École élémentaire publique Michel-Dupuis
3e prix
Micheline Selfani (âge 12), La Francophonie
Collège catholique Samuel-Genest
Mention honorable 1
Edith René (âge 10), Les arbres
École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Geneviève
Mention honorable 2
Cadence MacQueen (âge 12), La nature pour moi
Collège catholique Samuel-Genest
Mention honorable 3
Léa Robinson (âge 11), Les Livres
École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Marie
NOUVELLE
1er prix
Claire Guillemette (âge 12), Amitié Interdite
École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
2e prix
MEHDI KHLASS (âge 11), Le Chateau Hante
École élémentaire publique Le Prélude
3e prix
Miriam Zdunich (âge 12), Le monstre
École secondaire publique De La Salle
Mention honorable 1
Laura Swanson (âge 10), Jasper
École maison
Mention honorable 2
Maissa Zemni (âge 12), La magie des mots
École secondaire publique Gisèle-Lalonde
Mention honorable 3
Emma Moser (âge 9), La petite fille écrivaine
École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Geneviève
BANDE DESSINéE
1er prix
Breelyn Doherty (âge 11), Toujours un frein
École élémentaire publique Le Prelude
2e prix
Sèna Rose Greig (âge 10), Lune-ivers de spec
École élémentaire catholique Terre-des-Jeunes
3e prix
Léa LaBossière Voloornik (âge 10), La Course
École élémentaire catholique Saint-Joseph d’Orléans
Mention honorable 1
Ivanka Hrycaj (âge 12), Une Situation Collante
École secondaire publique De La Salle
Mention honorable 2
Claire Guillemette (âge 12), Modernisation
École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
Ages 13-18
POEMS
1st Place
Dina Mukhamed Mekhdi (Age 16), Al-A’amiriya العامرية
John McCrae Secondary School
2nd Place
Lamiya Rahman (Age 17), Crises of Nationality
Canterbury Secondary School
3rd Place
Fatim Diagne (Age 15), Feels
École secondaire publique Louis-Riel
Honourable Mention 1
Rica Qiu (Age 16), I am a shapeshifter (long version)
Colonel By Secondary School
Honourable Mention 2
AudreyAnn Albin (Age 17), She Loves Him
Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
Honourable Mention 3
Ella Pegan (Age 15), One Hot Afternoon
Canterbury High School
SHORT STORIES
1st Place
Teagan Summers (Age 15), A Precious Life
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
2nd Place
Catherine Ma (Age 15), Thoughts for a Forgotten Sleeper
Colonel By Secondary School
3rd Place
Arihan Babakhani (Age 13), 4019
Broadview Public School
Honourable Mention 1
Elena Hurley (Age 13), The Final Grave
Holy Trinity Catholic High School
Honourable Mention 2
Richard Wang (Age 13), The Truth is Right in Front of our Eyes
Broadview Public School
Honourable Mention 3
Mya Sluban (Age 13), Beaver Tails
Saint Matthew High School
COMIC
1st Place
Élise Boukhtouchen (Age 17), The Wisest Knight
Colonel By Secondary School
2nd Place
Clara Demke (Age 16), Alternative Bus Use
Canterbury High School
3rd Place
Anna Rachel Berglas (Age 16), Deeper Than Looks
Nepean High School
Honourable Mention 1
Poojithya Adikari (Age 13), New Year’s Resolution
Earl of March Secondary School
Honourable Mention 2
Zoé Roy-Stang (Age 17), The White House
École secondaire catholique Garneau
Honourable Mention 3
Tatiana M. Bartlett (Age 15), Homecoming Cat-astrophe
Chesterton Academy of Ottawa
POÉSIE
1er prix
I.M. Stripinis (âge 16), Envie printanière
Colonel By Secondary School
2e prix
Marie-Ève Caron (âge 13), Pourquoi?
Collège catholique Samuel-Genest
3e prix
Charis Nobossi (âge 13), Décisions Regrettés
Cedarview Middle School
Mention honorable 1
Jean Leewinchell (âge 17), Jour d’obscurité ou Jour de clarté
École secondaire publique Gisèle-Lalonde
Mention honorable 2
Rebecca Kempe (âge 16), Une histoire de couple
Canterbury High School
Mention honorable 3
Nahima Jacilien (âge 13), Février
Collège catholique Samuel-Genest
NOUVELLE
1er prix
Vanie Tran (âge 15), La visite à la gare de Séoul
Collège catholique Franco-Ouest
2e prix
Charis Nobossi (âge 13), Mon Petit Frère
Cedarview Middle School
3e prix
I.M. Stripinis (âge 16), Les anciens
Colonel By Secondary School
Mention honorable 1
Zoé Roy-Stang (âge 17), Questionnement
École secondaire catholique Garneau
Mention honorable 2
Sophie Weider (âge 16), Violet
Ashbury College
Mention honorable 3
Audrey Grâce Yamwemba (âge 16), Une enfance volée
Collège catholique Samuel-Genest
BANDE DESSINÉE
1er prix
Alice Liu (âge 14), Il m’aime
École secondaire publique Maurice- Lapointe
2e prix
Raneem Abouseta (âge 16), Parents Interdit!
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