JEWISH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Coming in 2023
Writing contest WInners
This year's MTL YA FEST Writing Contest has been an unqualified success; one that will have a lasting impact on the way the contest is run in the years ahead.
We received literally dozens of submissions, from the Montreal area and far beyond. The creativity of the authors for outstripped the framework of the contest, and we received a breadth and depth of submissions beyond anything we might have imagined.
Consequently, we have been compelled to create and award in new categories and sub categories that will now feature in the contest permanently. Thank you, to all of our writers, for showing us how we can improve the contest.
WINNERS AGED 10 - 13
Best Fan Art: Solomon, Frank the Football
Best Poem: Kinneret, Happiness
Best Play: Evah, Muppets & Puppets
Best Novella: Benjamin, The Kingdom of Sorrows
Best Horror Story, Creature Feature: Ben, The Beaster Bunny
Best Horror Story, Slasher: Evah, The Closet
Best Fantasy Story: Olivia, Poseidon
Best SciFi/Dystopian Story: Lara, The Mad Scientist on the Loose
Best Story with a Jewish Theme: Daniela, The Paint Disaster
Best Poem with a Jewish Theme: Jonathan, Chained
Best Book Review with a Jewish Theme: Solomon, Review of Flying High
WINNERS AGED 14+
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Best Story with a Jewish Theme: Rena, Back in Time
Best Story, Contemporary Fiction: Emma, The Colour of Emptiness
Best Story, Historical Fiction: Eleftheria, Tantalus' Curse
Best SciFi Story, ages 14-15: Allison, Journal of Octavie
Best SciFi Story, ages 16+: Caitlin, It's a Mad World
Best Collaboration: Asha and Eva, The Pandemic Plot
Best Song: Chiara, Cracked Up to Be
Best Book Review: Maya, Review of One of Us is Lying​
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