Canton Writes announces 2018 winners

By Canton Citizen

Canton Writes, the town-wide writing contest, celebrated the 2018 winners at an awards night at the Canton Public Library on Thursday, April 26. All of the nearly 100 entries are published, with the authors’ permission, in the Canton Writes book, which is now available at the front desk of the library for $10. Winners also received framed awards and a jute bag to fill with free books at the next library book sale.

Kathy Fox Alfano, founder and chairperson of Canton Writes, with this year’s youngest winner, first grader Avika Shukla, and eldest winner, Betsy Sterman

Many thanks to all who entered and to the judges: Bernie Mendillo, Mike Sundin, Sylvia Cormier, Rebecca Ashley, Rebecca Hayes Hahn, Kathy Fox Alfano, Pam Cattel, Jay Turner, Lori Fanara, Joanne Wheeler, Andrew Capraro and Rosie Moore. Canton Writes would also like to thank its sponsors, the Friends of the Canton Public Library and the Canton Citizen. The Canton Writes Committee includes founder Kathy Fox Alfano, Peg Mead, Mary Jane Mangan, Mike Sundin, and Mark Lague.

Below are the winners in each category. Winning entries will be published in the Canton Citizen this summer.

Elementary

Short Stories: 1st – Expect Unexpected by Ishita Jaiswal; 2nd – Annie’s Eggs by Avika Shukla; 3rd – Hot Head by Pranav Adanki; Honorable mention – Champion Horseback Rider by Leah Mieczkowski

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st – A Birthday Surprise by Pranav Addanki; 2nd – My First Day of Ballet by Avika Shukla; 3rd (tie) – Jordan Baby by Caroline Efstathiou and What Money Can’t Buy by Ishita Jaiswal

Poetry: 1st – Sunset by Nishka Baduamanda; 2nd – Balance in Life by Ishita Jaiswal; 3rd – Explorers and Natives by Meaghan Horrigan

Middle School

Short Stories: 1st – Life Goes On by Carly LaFrance; 2nd – Creatus by Elise Kleinbauer; 3rd – The Summer of Secrets by Kelsey DeLello; Honorable Mention – Dreams Will Never Be the Same by Jordana Hersh

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st – Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect by Jordana Hersh; 2nd – Betrayed, Abandoned, Forsaken by Carly LaFrance

Poetry: 1st – 3/17/18 by Carly LaFrance; 2nd – A Summer’s Day by Abigail Martin; 3rd – Disney World by Jordana Hersh

High School

Short Stories: 1st – Sunday News by Abby Nelson; 2nd – The Model by Emma Hartman; 3rd – The Race Against Time by Anvitha Addanki

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st – Days Like These by Kate Devine; 2nd – A Stranger in the Home Land by Ryan Horrigan; 3rd – Story Telling by Abby Nelson

Poetry: 1st – Harmony by Emma Hartman; 2nd – The Right to Live by Arielle Galinsky; 3rd – Funerals by Lauren DiTullio

Adult

Short Stories: 1st – No Motel Tonight by Andrew Capraro; 2nd – The Best Homework Ever by Betsy Sterman; 3rd – Wayward by Karen Neri

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st (tie) – Three Quarters of a Man by Andrew Capraro and 254 by Tricia Kendall; 2nd – Honeysuckle by Lucien Brodeur; 3rd – Fireflies by Danielle St. Louis

Poetry: 1st – Memorial Day by Charles Messinger; 2nd – Portraits by Phil Reilly; 3rd – The Rose Garden by Helena Ryan

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