Past Winners

First place ($3,500):

• Achhut by Navraj Patial, Assumption College School

Second place ($2,500 each; in alphabetical order):

• Incision by Blake Chapman, McKinnon Park Secondary School
• The Bear Kit by Rose Moore, Grand Erie Learning Alternatives

Third place ($1,500 each; in alphabetical order):

• Our Reunion by EsterRose Enos, John's College  
• Washed Away by Harper North, Paris District High School
• Eve by Sophie Vandenbrink, Pauline Johnson Collegiate

Runners up:

• Train Goers by Darwyn Dashawetz, Paris District High School
• The Art of Living by Keira Gayowsky, Brantford Collegiate Institute
• Mirror by Bianka Kruschat, Paris District High School
• My Mother's Blue Dress by Bianca Manolache, John's College

First place ($3,000):

• Eight, Ten, Twelve by Cavelle Sproule, Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School

Second place ($2,000 each; in alphabetical order):

• The Confectioner by Cailyn Mann, Brantford Collegiate Institute & Vocational School
• A Day at the Store by Tahiyah Syeda, Assumption College School

Third place ($1,000 each; in alphabetical order):

• Delirious In Love by Aria Taylor, North Park Collegiate Vocational School
• Katerina's Letters by Sophie Vandenbrink, Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School
• The Landline by Rylin Ward, Waterford District High School

Runners up:

• Trapped by Mya Baxter, Holy Trinity Catholic High School
• Missed Messages by Alescia Butler, Holy Trinity Catholic High School
• Breathe by Madeline Campbell, St. John's College
• Cat Food by Abby Thompson, North Park Collegiate Vocational School

First place ($3,000):

• The Year I Dreamt by Samiha Sanjida, Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School

Second place ($2,000 each; in alphabetical order):

• Just Like That, They Were Strangers by Sierra Miller, Holy Trinity Catholic High School
• Yellow by Grace Ratelband, St. John’s College

Third place ($1,000 each; in alphabetical order):

• Eddy’s Ballad by Brady Cochrane, St. John’s College
• Lianne by Sovai Di Veto, Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School
• Just Let Go by Vibha Koottala, Assumption College School

Runners up:

• The Frog Whisperer by Sam Earls, Waterford District High School
• A Foxtrot with Death by Cassidie Kent, Waterford District High School
• The Silver Spoon by Stephanie Pugh, Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School
• Little Did He Know by Chloe Schaefer, Paris District High School

First place ($3,000):

• The Lechton Wanderer by Abby Traina, Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School

Second place ($2,000 each; in alphabetical order):

• Prospect Hill by Leicia Kelly, Simcoe Composite School
• The Butterfly by Taylor Violet Ross, Waterford District High School

Third place ($1,000 each; in alphabetical order):

• It Is What It Is by Dakota Cipriano, Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School
• This Side of Forever by Zoe Oliveira, St. John's College
• Melancholy Medic by Morgan Walsh, Assumption College School

Runners up:

• Dreams by Taelor Doughty, Hagersville Secondary School
• Memories by Darienne Martin, McKinnon Park Secondary School
• Blumi Burton and the Glowing Hearts by Olivia McCulloch, Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School
• Gift Her With Flowers by Susan Cheung, North Park Collegiate-Vocational School