The winners of the 2009 Writers Competition at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library include, front row, left to right, Hannah Daniels, Toriana Wilson, Erin Chaves, Payton Barber, Mallory Henkle, and Erin Olson. Second row, Elisha Coad, Jael Claybaugh, Andrew Akins, Anika Suurkask, Smantha Heck, Kayla Thompson, and Tessa Lauer. Third row, Emma Daugherty, Katrina Belling, Casey Hastings, Megan Sausser and Ian Van Ostrand. Fourth row, Sean Douglas McLeod, Sarah Munds, James George, Liz Patterson, Josiah Coad and Meaghan Bare. Back row, Christiana Hale, Brenda Gorschel, Constance Jensen, Randi Vaughn, Tina Rodeen, Dorothy Clark and Eleanor Engelbrecht. Not pictured, Meaghan Bare, Marge Huntington and Debbie Cross.The winners in the 21st annual Writers Competition at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library received recognition in a ceremony at the library Sunday, May 17.
One of the oldest competitions of its kind in the region, this year’s program attracted more than 175 entries from participants ranging in age from 6 to more than 80 years old. Entries are fiction and nonfiction prose of 2,000 words or less.
Entries are judged by professional writers, editors and educators and winners receive cash prizes funded by a grant from the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d’Alene and from the Friends of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library.
Prizes are $100 for first, $50 for second and $25 for third. In case of ties, duplicate prizes are awarded. First-place prizes are not necessarily awarded in every age group and category, depending on the scores awarded by the judges.
One of the oldest competitions of its kind in the region, this year’s program attracted more than 175 entries from participants ranging in age from 6 to more than 80 years old. Entries are fiction and nonfiction prose of 2,000 words or less.
Entries are judged by professional writers, editors and educators and winners receive cash prizes funded by a grant from the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d’Alene and from the Friends of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library.
Prizes are $100 for first, $50 for second and $25 for third. In case of ties, duplicate prizes are awarded. First-place prizes are not necessarily awarded in every age group and category, depending on the scores awarded by the judges.
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