2011 awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the fifth annual Ada Mingo Memorial Teen Writing Awards.
Ages 13-15- 1st Place: Marie-Ange Zoghaib
- 2nd Place: Elizabeth Schofield
- 3rd Place: Sam Lynn Smith
- Honourable Mention: Austin Miller
- 1st Place: Emily Davenport
- 2nd Place: Karl Fritze
- 3rd Place: Will McClafferty
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2011 Mingo Award Winners (from left to right): Will McClafferty, Karl Fritze, Marie-Ange Zoghaib, Emily Davenport, Elizabeth Schofield and Sam Lynn Smith. (Missing from the photo is Austin Miller, who received an honourable mention.)
Original unpublished poetry and prose on any theme were accepted for the 2011 awards
The contest was open to any teen with a Colchester-East Hants Public Library card and attracted 19 entries representing 8 local communities: Hilden (1), Lantz (1), Milford Station (1), Shubenacadie (2), Stewiacke (1), Tatamagouche (3), Truro (9), Upper Kennetcook (1).