Congratulations to the recipients of the sixth annual Ada Mingo Memorial Teen Writing Awards.

Ages 13-15
  • 1st Place:   Emma Barfoot
  • 2nd Place:  Hannah Cullen
  • 3rd Place:   Kylee Graham
Ages 16-19
  • 1st Place:   Karl Fritze
  • 2nd Place:  Farina Rafiq
  • 3rd Place:   Marie-Ange Zoghaib

Click here to read the winning entries (in PDF format).

 

 

 

 

 

2012 Mingo Award Winners (from left to right): Marie-Ange Zoghaib, Truro (3rd place, 16-19 age group), Farina Rafiq, Truro (2nd place, 16-19 age group), Karl Fritze, Truro (1st place, 16-19 age group), Emma Barfoot, Centre Rawdon (1st place, 13-15 age group), Hannah Cullen, Truro (2nd place, 13-15 age group), Kylee Graham, Upper Stewiacke (3rd place, 13-15 age group)

2012 Ada Mingo Memorial Teen Writing Awards
Ceremony Video

Original unpublished poetry and prose on any theme were accepted for the 2012 awards

The contest was open to any teen with a Colchester-East Hants Public Library card and attracted 14 entries representing 8 local communities: Centre Rawdon, Elmsdale, Milford Station, Shubenacadie, Stewiacke, Truro, Upper Stewiacke, Valley.