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Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest
Winners for 2016
The Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest winners have been announced. Meet the winners.
Category: Grades K-2
1st Place: My New Home by Yanna Serenko
2nd Place: Survival Party by Caleb Dardinger
3rd Place: Teleportation and My Life by Macartney Corbut
Honorable Mention: Into the Woods by Katie Ann Bush
Category: Grades 3-5
1st Place: The Candy Land by Jeslyn Bui
2nd Place: Beyond the Portal by Izzy Williams
3rd Place: My Dad My Hero by Alexander Melo
Honorable Mention: Be Brave by Daria Lesmerises
Category: Grades 6-8
1st Place: Hidden Answers by MaryBeth Edmundson
2nd Place: The Queen of the Blackberry Isles by Diana Skestos
3rd Place: Holden (Moment when my brother was born) by Madeleine Miller
Honorable Mention: Blown Away by Kendall Gonya
Category: Grades 9-12
1st Place: Tangled Up in Ed by Megan Javitch
2nd Place: I Need Somebody by Stephanie Faith Francis
3rd Place: Breaking News by Isabella Genovesi
Honorable Mention (1st): Home is Where My Heart Is by Emily Dewolf
Honorable Mention (2nd): My Life in Ghanaian Boarding House by Obed Buabeng
Category: Adults, Ages 18+
1st Place: Instructions Found After the Flood by J. Patrick Lewis
2nd Place: The Longest Night by Sarah Roush
3rd Place: 60 by E.B. Hale
Honorable Mention: Old Love by David Keith
Awards Reception & Published Works
- Winners received their prizes and were invited to read from their work at a reception for family and friends on April 10, 2016.
- 1st place finishers for each level were published in the local community newspaper, the ThisWeek Westerville News & Public Opinion (print version) in April.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and honorable mention entries were published in this online article. Note: Entries are subject to being excerpted due to content length.
- All contest entries will be published in a professionally bound book available for purchase through Lulu.com. 1st place winners will receive a complimentary copy. The Arts Council reserves the right to exclude an entry from the Lulu book.
About the Contest
The Arts Council of Westerville, Westerville Public Library and ThisWeek Westerville News invited writers of all ages to submit original works in any genre. Submissions were accepted from January 5 through March 2, 2016 at 9pm.
This 10th annual writing contest is one of many events organized by the Arts Council to mark April as "Celebrate the Arts" month in Westerville.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, please contact Linda W.
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