55+ Amateur Short Story Contest

Get your creative juices 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 “What I Wish I Had Known When I Was 20.” To enter, pick up a form at any branch or download an entry form

The contest deadline is October 31, 2025. Winners will be announced in November.


55+ Amateur Poetry Contest

The results are in! Congratulations to the 2025 contest winners!

1st Place – My Moon, My Son by Vidya Diwanji

2nd Place – Starry, Starry Nights by Carl Mabee

3rd Place – Everyone’s a Hero by John Raynard


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"