Throughout the school year the Oak Bay English Department hosts a number of writing contests. This space will honour each month’s 3 finalists and highlight the criteria for each contest. Thank you to all writer’s for your submissions!
Creative Writing Winners February 2020
Shona Sinclair
Morgan Scaia-Wilson
Sophia Abad
Creative Writing Contest for May
The challenge = to write the best short story
The topic = space
(interpret ‘space’ as you like)
Criteria:
- 500 word maximum (must include word count)
- Double-space, please
- Multi-paragraph stories only
- Must have title
- Focus on a dynamic character
- Remember to ‘show’, not ‘tell’
- Must have clear resolution; no “it was all a dream” or “to be continued”… kind of endings
- Include writer’s first and last name, and teacher’s name
Caution! Caution!
Stories that do not meet the above criteria will not be considered.
Prizes! Prizes!
Top 3 story writers will each receive a $10 Starbucks card.
DUE = Wednesday, May 29, by 3pm
Submit to envelope in the library.
April 2019 Creative Writing Contest
April Creative Writing Contest Winner : Allegra Paradiso
April Creative Writing Contest Winner :Makayla Dickinson
April Creative Writing Contest Winner : Marleigh MacLaren
February 2019 CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
February Creative Writing Winner Catherine Palfy
February Creative Writing Winner Sarah Bryan
JANUARY 2019 CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
Write a 300 word short story in response to this image. Include word count.
[Must be original work, cannot have been previously marked.]
DUE: Friday, January 25, 2pm, in the creative writing envelope in the library
Remember to include your first and last name, and your English teacher’s name.
TOP 3 ENTRIES will each get a $10.00 Starbucks card, and a prize certificate
December Creative Writing – Annika Weir
December Creative Writing – Rohan Gupta
December Creative Writing – Shannon McMillan
The below writers were recognized for their original poetry inspired by the prompt “The image I project”. Over 130 writers submitted to the contest. Well done all!
Georgia Taylor
Sofia Tunkl-Korinek
Evelyn Griffin
Emily Jackson
Liam McColl
Francesca Biello
Gavin Termuende
Madi Novac
Our latest English Department Writing Contest challenged participants to compose a “Twitter-sized” narrative. Twitter, a powerful social media platform, limits tweets to 140 characters. Writers needed to pen a compelling piece under this limitation. Here are our finalists and congrats to all who participated!
The below finalists were recognized in the 300 word short story contest. Students used a visual prompt to guide them into their story and were challenged to create an engaging and meaningful narrative in no more than 300 words. Congratulations to Chloe, Sarah, and Kyla!
See These Hands by Peter MacBeth