Programs/Events
Write2Xpress
Our Write2Xpress contest is now in its 7th year and is open to Oakville students in grades 7-12! Graphic novel, poetry and short story submissions will be accepted based on the photograph on the right selected by the Teen Advisory Group.
The contest opens on September 12 and runs until October 24 at 11:59pm.
The Awards night will be held on November 17 and winners are only announced at the event, so save the date!
Please see the link below for our Contest Entry Form & Rules and Regulations.
Please read the form carefully to ensure your entry is eligible! If the form won't open, you may pick up a copy at our
branches.
Photo by Mazda Hewitt.
Contest generously sponsored by the Friends of the Oakville Public Library and Oakville Place Mall.
2010 Winners
Grade 7 & 8
- 1st: Coming Home by Caitlyn Giles Bonekamp
- 2nd: Oasis by Jane Jacobs
- 3rd: Sambetha Field by Erum Khalid
Grade 9 & 10
- 1st: Green Acres by Sam Doyle
- 2nd: A Ghost Hunter Named Grayson by Lisa Manes
- 3rd: Damaged Goods by Taneeta Doma
Grade 11 & 12
- 1st: Believe In Hope by Caroline Hunt
- 2nd: A Civil War by Sasha Stevenson
- 3rd: Mikey by Kati Tomkins
Graphic Novels
- Honourable Mention: The Awakening by Madison Kim
2009 Winners
Grade 7 & 8
- 1st: Finding Rose by Jane Jacobs
- 2nd: The Curious Incident of the Man In the Batman Suit by Samuel Doyle
- 3rd: Down by Lauryn Farrell
Grade 9 & 10
- 1st: Iron and Tears by Kati Tomkins
- 2nd: The Darkness Beyond The Doorway by Holly Koponen
- 3rd: Labyrinth by Katrina Bland
Grade 11 & 12
- 1st: Bottom Rung by Tommy Nicholls
- 2nd: Concrete Elephants by Lauren P. MacLellan
- 3rd: What is the Blood Content of my Liquor? by James Applewhaite
Did You Know
Narrated read-along eBooks for young adults, teens and ESL students are available in TumbleReadables?
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