55+ Amateur Short Story Contest

Get your creativity flowing! The Ajax Public Library Older Adults Advisory Committee and the Town of Ajax Recreation & Culture Older Adults Task Force are pleased to bring you the third annual 55+ Amateur Short Story Contest. This year’s theme is “Ageing in Style.”

For complete contest rules, pick up a brochure at any of our branches beginning on September 1, 2024 or download one now.

The contest deadline is October 31, 2024. Winners will be announced in November.


55+ Ajax Amateur Photography Contest Winners

The results are in! Congratulations to the 2024 contest winners!

Pictorial - Dianne Horvath
Portrait - Steven Kelly
Architectural - Helen Spencer
Nature - Mohamed Hashim

View the winning photographs.


55+ Amateur Short Story Contest Winners

The results are in! Congratulations to the 2024 contest winners!

1st place – Karen Ingold "Words in the Soil"

2nd place – Helen Spencer "Seasons of Change"

3rd place – Bibi Hashim "Seasons"


55+ Ajax Amateur Photography Contest

The results are in and the winners of the 2023 55+ Ajax Amateur Photography contest have been announced in the following categories:

Nature
Portraits
Pictorial
Architecture

View the winning photographs.


55+ Amateur Poetry Contest

Congratulations to our Winners!

1st place – Sands of Time by Cathy Cope

2nd place – Memory by Anne Mitchell

3rd place – Do You Remember by Carl G. Mabee