55+ Amateur Poetry Contest
Flex your creativity! The Ajax Public Library Older Adults Advisory Committee and the Town of Ajax Recreation and Culture Older Adults Task Force are pleased to bring you the third annual 55+ Amateur Poetry Contest. Your poem can be on any topic, using whatever style you prefer.
For complete contest rules, pick up a brochure at any of our branches beginning on January 1, 2025 or download one now.
The contest deadline is February 28, 2025. Winners will be announced in April during National Poetry Month.
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
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+ 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