Mount Hope Branch - Filming in the Area
From February 6 - 10, filming will take place near the area of the branch. Please advise that loud sound effects may be heard throughout this time. A large volume of film equipment and vehicles will be present, however, Member parking will still be available.
2021 Power of the Pen Winners
Congratulations to the Awardees
Poetry
Age 12
1st - Tahreem Butt, The Thing About Time
Age 13
1st - Jonathan Middleton, The Campfire
2nd - Ella Meyer, Perception
Honourable Mention:
- Shuaib Hadi, Default skin Clerihew poem
Age 14
1st - Leyna Burke, Who am I?
2nd - Hridya Rajesh, Never Equal
Honourable Mentions:
- Cynthia Schaefer, Colours
- Alethea Hindra, Whispers
Age 15
1st - Len Lu, My contributions to the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
2nd - Joshua Middleton, Technophobia
Honourable Mentions:
- Isabella Gomez, In These Halls
- Olivia Gringhuis, afterimage
- Abigail Van Raalte, My Grandpa’s Beauty
- Gladys Kozyra, Self-worth
Age 16
1st - Casey Kisielewski, night(time)
*Young Poet Award co-winner (awarded by the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature Science and Art)
2nd - Yasmin Amin, Brown Eyes and Tea
Honourable Mentions:
- Sarah Reid, Lingering Sometime
- Maryam Jamil, brown ink
Age 17
1st - Madison Barlow, told to keep the name they never asked for – dedicated to the Residential school victims
2nd - Erin Lou, You and Crake and the Dancing Children
Honourable Mention:
- Anna Hurnanen, The Dreamer & The Mountain
Age 18
1st Kristen Van Kampen, Giraffes for Tea
*Young Poet Award co-winner (awarded by the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature Science and Art)
2nd Daisy Li, November Before November
Poetry (French)
1st - Natalie Begley, Saga du Sang Blanc et Autrement
2nd - Abby Ciona, La fin de l’été
Short Story
Age 12
1st Coen Dignan, Man’s Last Stand
2nd Clay Schulz, Judgement Day
Age 13
1st - Hannah Zatingh, Our First Winter
2nd - Evelyn Davenport, Nayla
Honourable Mention:
- Hana Hvezda, The Bus Stop
Age 14
1st - Ana Kovacevic, Guilty as Charged
2nd - Olivia Belrose, The Wanderer
Honourable Mentions:
- Althea Hindra, The Puzzling Disappearance
- Maia Whitman, In the Dark
Age 15
1st - Zoe Smith, Never Safe
*Maitland Banting Silver Quill honourable mention (awarded by the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature Science and Art)
2nd - Len Lu, Dear Aaron
*Maitland Banting Silver Quill honourable mention (awarded by the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature Science and Art)
Age 16
1st - Sarah Reid, Dusty Memories
2nd - Kezia Hart, The Heist
Honourable Mention:
- Casey Kisielewski, Thing/Story/Criminal
Age 17
1st - Anna Hurnanen, Nameless
2nd - Madison Barlow, the first time i experienced therapy was when i was twelve years old
Honourable Mention:
- Vanessa Koens, The Opposites
Age 18
1st - Daisy Li, The Lights We See
2nd - Natalie Begley, I Am Afraid of Virginia Woolf
*Maitland Banting Silver Quill Award winner (awarded by the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature Science and Art)
Honourable Mention:
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Sarah Walker, Weight
Short Story (French)
1st - Casey Kisielewski, La Lune
2nd - Abby Ciona, Le tamia et la boulangère-pâtissière
HAALSA Young Poet's Award:
Kristen Van Kampen, Giraffes for Tea
Casey Kisielewski, night(time)
Maitland Banting Silver Quill Award:
Natalie Begley, I Am Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Honourable Mentions:
- Zoe Smith, Never Safe
- Len Lu, Dear Aaron
For previous years, please visit the Local History & Archives Department at the 3rd floor of the Central Library.