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
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"