2023 Contest Winners
Congratulations to the honorees of our 2023 Design a Bookmark Contest and the Poetry & Short Story Writing Contest!
Thank you to those who entered!
Bookmark Contest
Marley Mitchell, age 6
Olivia Baugardner, age 8
Alivia Crouse, age 10
Sofia McHugh, age 12
We had over 200 submissions for this contest! Bookmarks with the winning designs will be available at libraries throughout the county!
Poetry & Short Story Contest
Poetry
Grades 2-3
Eden Scott, The Crazy Animal Adventure
Eden Scott, Flightless Birds
Mya Brooks, Fly in the Sky
Grades 4-5
Teresa Suiter, Marching Water
Ellie Rhoderick, Precious Problems
Molly Stottlemyer, Night
Grades 6-8
Piper Hemingway, My Return
Ella LaBrush, Silence
Jack Downey, Locked
Grades 9-12
Anna Louise Steig, We Lay and Decay
Hunter Liao, I Listen to the World Around Me
Calista Vaughan, In the End
Adult
Rebecca Melody, Linwood Nights in the ‘50s
Emily Wilson, Blowing My Cover
Julianna Vaughan, Roots
Short Stories
Grades 2-3
Evelyn McElwee, Harry Potter Meets Pokémon
Tvisha Jain, Sparkle and the Shimmer Worms
Madeline Ashley, The Two Smartest Dogs in the World
Grades 4-5
Lucy Noelle Matthews, Untitled Document
Joshua Elijah Turner, The Fellowship of the Toys
Elizabeth Boldyga, Jimmy and the Stove
Grades 6-8
Sofia McHugh, Summer Camp Vandal
Leah Martin, Survival of the Fittest
Safoorah Ali, Untitled
Grades 9-12
Michaella Muyderman, A Date with the Seven Deadly Sins
Katana Hackett, At Tabletop Mountain
Lily Rei Brown, Wish
Adult
Andy White, Miss Jenny’s
Desi Rogers, See Them
Toby Stickley, How Gardens Grow
