February 15, 2008
by Yvonne Dorst
The Friends of the Chappaqua Library are again sponsoring the Annual Young Writers Contest. [Editors’ Note: See the winners of last year’s contest inside.]
The contest is open to all students in grades 6 to 12 residing in the Chappaqua School District. Applications are available at the Chappaqua Library and the English Departments at Horace Greeley, Bell and Seven Bridges Schools. The deadline for submissions is March 3. First, second and third prizes are awarded in each category, at both the middle school and high school levels. High School winners are announced at the Annual Awards Assembly.
Each year three local professional writers volunteer to judge the contest, which consists of three categories: fiction (short story, drama), creative non-fiction (essay, journalism, humor, description) and poetry. Manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced and no more than ten pages in length. All three categories may be entered, but only one submission per category will be accepted. A separate application form is required for each submission and the student’s name may not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
The Friends of the Chappaqua Library looks forward to seeing the creative talents of students in the district who submit their best work and will have the opportunity to be recognized for their artistic efforts.
Winners of the Young Writers Contest for 2007
Bell and Seven Bridges Middle Schools
Poetry
First Place (Tie )
Alison Goldberg, “When I Was Young In My Old House.”
Samantha Savitch, “Storm.”
Second Place
Andrew Pott, “When I Was Young In the Tree Cave.”
Third Place
Neil Sherman, “Just A Few Words.”
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First Place
Sasha Zemsky, “How The Leopard Got Its Spots.”
Second Place
Molly Pickel, “Art Fraud.”
Third Place
Jonathan Renzulli, “The Defective Baseball.”
Creative Non-Fiction
First Place
Hannah Cohen, “Two Suns.”
Second Place
Emma Pile, “Memories Carried On Flower Petals.”
Third Place
Erica Mezias, “Animals Gone Berserk.”
Horace Greeley High School
Poetry
First Place
Gili Kliger, “Icarus Learns to Drive.”
Second Place
Morgan McGrath, “Haiku!”
Third Place
Cara Gomberg, “Passing Through to Colgate.”
Fiction
First Place (Tie)
Cara Gomberg, “On The Other Side Of The Window.”
Sara Zuckerman, “Bloom.”
Second Place
Adam Levine, “The Four O’clock Clean-up Crew.”
Third Place
Michelle Flagg, “Cheeseburger Politics.”
Creative Non-fiction
First Place
Sara Zuckerman, “Swing.”
Second Place
Arthur Wang, “Art of the Spirit.”
Third Place
Rachel Turkel, “A Response To The Common Application.”
Yvonne Dorst is a member of the Friends of the Chappaqua Library and supervises the Young Writers Contest.
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