Canton Writes honors ’17 winners at awards night

By Canton Citizen

Canton Writes, the town-wide writing contest, announced the 2017 winners at an awards night at the Canton Public Library on Thursday, May 4. All of the nearly 100 entries are published, with the authors’ permission, in the Canton Writes book, which is now available at the front desk of the library for $10. Winners also received framed awards and a jute bag to fill with free books at the next library book sale.

Canton Writes founder Kathy Fox Alfano presents the Best in Show award to Andrew Capraro.

Many thanks to all who entered and to the judges: Bernie Mendillo, Mike Sundin, Sylvia Cormier, Mary Anne Trupe, Rebecca Hayes Hahn, Kathy Fox Alfano, Pam Cattel, Beth Erickson, Lori Fanara, Joanne Wheeler, Andrew Capraro and Rosie Moore. Canton Writes would also like to thank its sponsors, the Friends of the Canton Public Library and the Canton Citizen. The Canton Writes Committee includes founder Kathy Fox Alfano, Peg Mead, Joyce Wiseman, Mary Jane Mangan, Mike Sundin, and Mark Lague.

Below are the winners in each category. Winning entries will be published in the Canton Citizen this summer.

Elementary

Fiction: 1st – A Haunting Memory by Pranav Addanki; 2nd – The Weirdo Shoes by Anna Persson; 3rd – Ella and Grace Try Something by Lily Quersher; Honorable mention – Champion Horseback Rider by Leah Mieczkowski

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st – Travels by Caroline Efstathiou; 2nd – Animals in the Wild by Caden Bihldorff; 3rd – Teamwork by Ishita Jaiswal

Poetry: 1st – Big Sister by Ishita Jaiswal; 2nd – School Pets by Riley Sullivan; 3rd – Dragonfly’s Wings by Nishka Baduamanda; Honorable mention – The Pajama Monster by Kendall Robinson

Middle School

Fiction: 1st – The Movement of Crows by Elise Kleinbauer; 2nd – If Only You Knew by Carly LaFrance; 3rd – Nighthorse by Ellen Efstathiou

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st – Brotherly Love by Noah Naddaff-Slocum; 2nd – Better Than I was Yesterday by Ryan Horrigan; 3rd – In Memory of Olive by Carly LaFrance

Poetry: 1st – Taken by Abigail Martin; 2nd – Best Friends by Piper Robinson; 3rd – Paradise by Carly LaFrance; Honorable mention – Music! by Emily Kelley

High School

Fiction: 1st – Jackie by Kate Devine; 2nd – Gene Wars by Anvitha Addanki; 3rd – The Broken Friend by Adam Naddaff-Slocum

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st – True Meaning by Aycadieya Shelton Daddy; 2nd – Who’s Driving by Emily Bornstein; 3rd – IDK News by Kate Devine

Poetry: 1st – Handle with Care by Lauren DiTullio; 2nd – Colder Coast by Claire Marie Belisle; 3rd – I Am Not Water by Abby Nelson; Honorable mention – Chalk Full of Loneliness by Jenna Hersh

Adult

Fiction: 1st – Rooster Child by Betsy Sternman; 2nd – Momma’s Boy by James Day; 3rd – Swerve to Wrong by Lucien Brodeur

Nonfiction/Memoir: 1st – The Slippery Slope of Cynicism by Andrew Capraro; 2nd – Muthah Tongue Memoir by Suzanne O’Toole; 3rd – Why We Serve by James Day

Poetry: 1st – Bleacher Girl by Cameron Boyce; 2nd – The Divergent Star by Joanne Wheeler; 3rd – The Rallying Cry of the Lorax by Suzanne O’Toole; Honorable mention – Oh My Humanity by John Mahoney

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