Sligo Library Writing Competition

Prizegiving Ceremony for Writing Competition. 28th April 2009

A Prizegiving Ceremony took place in Sligo Central Library, Stephen Street, Sligo on 28th April 2009 at 11am. This was to award the winners of the Schools Writing Competition which was run by Sligo Libraries; supported by The Sligo Champion. Author Niall Williams, Sligo Libraries "Writer-in-Residence" started this competition last year and as it was so well recieved decided to expand the categories to include Poetry aswell as Fiction this year.
The amount of entries were once again substantial which was testament to the work put in by all the Secondary Schools involved. Reports from the three Judges stated that the pieces were of an extremely high standard and so all writers who submitted their work, not just the winners should be very proud of themselves. Niall Williams remarked that "the day an Author gets first published is a very important one and will stay with them for the rest of their career and lives". Mayor Cllr Veronica Cawley and Cathaoirleach Cllr Jude Devins were on hand to distribute the various prizes and this ended the prizegiving ceremony.
All Category winners will have their work published in The Sligo Champion over the coming weeks. If you would like to know more information about this event and others run by Sligo Libraries please contact us on 071 9111850

CATEGORY WINNERS

JUNIOR POETRY
1. I DIDNT UNDERSTAND. LISA COGGINS, MERCY COLLEGE, SLIGO
2. LIFE PATH. NIAMH O DONNELL, MERCY COLLEGE
3. CLIMATE CHANGE. ELLEN PRENDERGAST, SLIGO GRAMMAR SCHOOL

JUNIOR FICTION
1. SERVANT OF GOD, AMY KELLY, MERCY COLLEGE, SLIGO
2. HEROES SINEAD REILLY, MERCY COLLEGE, SLIGO
3. THE NIGHT OUT, HELENA O DEA, MERCY COLLEGE, SLIGO

SENIOR POETRY
1. gRUAige HILARY BOWEN-WALSH, SLIGO GRAMMAR SCHOOL
2. REMINISCENT. HILARY BOWEN-WALSH, SLIGO GRAMMAR SCHOOL
3. EMOTIONAL VACUUM. JULIE PATTERSON, SLIGO GRAMMAR SCHOOL

SENIOR FICTION
1. THE DELETED SCENES. ADRIENNE MCMANUS, SLIGO GRAMMAR SCHOOL
2 CASE CLOSED. LIAM O FLAHERTY, SLIGO GRAMMAR SCHOOL
3. THE CAVE. EAMONN BELL, SLIGO GRAMMAR SCHOOL