RISING SPIRITS
​YOUTH WRITING CONTEST 2018

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Rising Spirits Youth Writing Contest

RISING SPIRITS CONTEST 2017

The NOTL Writing Circle held its annual Rising Spirits Writing competition Celebration and Awards Ceremony on October 29th at the Old Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake.  

AWARD WINNERS
NON FICTION 

John Sayers representing The Historical Society and Museum presented:

1st Place- Sharon Frayne – “Just a Cuppa Coffee”

2nd Place – Christopher Gosling – “The Escalator”

3rd Place –Bill Hamilton- “What If”

POETRY

Terry Belleville presented on behalf of The Shaw Festival:

1st Place- Sharon Frayne – “The Shadow  River - Muskoka"   

 2nd Place – Sally Basmaian – “Made in Canadian Heaven"

  3rd Place- Mike Keenan – “Canoe Lake”

FICTION

Janine Summers presented:

 1st Place – Catherine Skinner– “The Bone Garden

  2nd Place - Valmai Howe Elkins – “The Maple Club
          
 3rd Place – Sharon Frayne -  “Her Last Poem” 

Youth Category

Hermine Steinberg presented on behalf of the NOTL Writer's Circle :

  1st Place – Baylee Jensen- “Me, Myself, and Canada"

  2nd Place – Athena Liu - “Proud to be Canadian, eh?"
         
  3rd Place – Julia Spears- “Home”

MUSIC
The Willful Blues

M.C.
Holmes Hooke

Guest Speaker
Barbara Bach
           
           
  
 
     


        
         

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