Update: The awards night was attended by 80 people:
“Mayor Wauchope gave a heartfelt welcome, Innisfilm enticed everyone to join and screened a great short – filmed at the Library! And Board member Monica Goodfellow made an excellent MC. The winners and their families were thrilled with the recognition and stayed afterwards to thank the Library for holding the contest, and discussed how much it meant to their children to have been recognized. One winner shared that after winning last year she chose to take her school’s “Writer’s Craft” English course which she hand’t considered before. One mom shared that she thinks her daughter will most likely turn out to be an author. Another shared that her daughter, who has autism, used assistive technology to write her story which meant a great deal of extra work. The pride is this mother’s eyes was so clear.” – Chair, Friends of the Library
I was told that the Seepe Walters Story Writing Contest is probably the best kept secret in Innisfil. This literary contest for local students has been running for more than a decade. It was named in memory of Seepe Walters in 2004. She was a journalist, teacher, and a founder of Friends of the Library who was well known in several community organizations including 4H, and Innisfil Historical Society.
Students in Innisfil continue to enter a record number of short stories for the contest. An Awards Ceremony will take place this Friday, January 26 at 6:00 pm at the Lakeshore branch of Innisfil Public Library to publicly recognize the current year’s winners. Everyone is welcome to come and applaud our budding literary talents.
The contest is supported by Friends of the Library, a writer-in-residence, community authors, volunteers, schools, and corporate sponsors. Anthologies of previous year’s winning stories are available on the Library’s website:
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