Young Adult Writing Contest
2012 Winners of the Young Adult Writing Contest
Information for the 2013 Contest will be up late in May, 2013.
Read the winning entries in the 2012 Young Adult Writing Contest booklet (pdf)
Short Story (Ages 15-18)
First place - Justine Crawford for
"Sixty-Five Roses"
Second place - Alanah Lam for
“Parental Guidance”
Third place - Celina Wang for “The Writer”
Honourable Mention - Martina Dansereau for “Her Blindness of Our Ways”
Short Story (Ages 12-14)
First place - Katelyn Colwell for “Some 'Jokes' Aren’t Funny”
Second place - Jamie Verschoor for “A Blue Bowtie”
Third place - Ana Ivkov for “Death”
Honourable Mention - Linda Wu for “Leaves”
Poetry (Ages 15-18)
First place - Joy Gyamfi for "Amitte Diem”
Second place - Rachael Giesbrecht for “Ode to Bacon”
Third place - Shelby Kwok for “How to Write a Poem”
Honourable Mention - Peishan Huang for “Camping”
Poetry (Ages 12-14)
First place - Fey Cofresi for “Soul”
Second place - Zoe Clarinval for “Abstract”
Third place - Sarah Bednash for “Devour”
Honourable Mention - Ting- Shiuan Chen for “Pretty”
Comics
First place - Cindy Kim for “Us”
Second place - Jessie Tran for “How Much is the Gai Lan?”
Third place - Lu Jia Lin for “Flotsam in the Sea”
Honourable Mention - Nancy Lin for “The Trouble with Vegetables”
The Contest
Each year Surrey Libraries host the Young Adult Writing contest for teens 12-18 years old. Entrants can submit orignial short stories, poems, and comics to win cash prizes!
The contest typically launches early in the summer, closing in early August. Stayed tuned for more details in 2013!
>> More writing contests for youth.
Thanks to our 2012 Sponsors
- The Leader Newspaper
- Surrey International Writer's Conference
- Black Bond Books
- Dave Hayer, MLA
- Rotary Club of Surrey
- Lois Peterson, author
- Fastsigns
- Imperial Hobbies
- Chapters, Strawberry Hill
- Surrey Central Safeway
- Bread Garden Catering