{"id":939804,"date":"2026-10-20T08:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939804\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:04:13","slug":"surrey-libraries-announces-winners-of-2026-youth-writing-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939804\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey Libraries announces winners of 2026 Youth Writing Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ZA-Surrey-Libraries-YWC-Winners-Photos-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Some of the winners at the October 14 Gala held at the Surrey Civic Theatre at City Hall.&#010;Photo: Surrey Libraries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ZA-Surrey-Libraries-YWC-Winners-Photos-1-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"ZA Surrey Libraries YWC Winners Photos-1\"\/><\/a>Some of the winners at the October 14 Gala held at the Surrey Civic Theatre at City Hall.<br \/>\nPhoto: Surrey Libraries<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SURREY Libraries has announced and congratulated the winners of the 2026 Surrey Libraries Youth Writing Contest, an annual writing competition for youth aged 12-18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contest, which is free to enter, gives young writers an opportunity to submit entries in one of four categories: short stories, poems, comics, and a random category for other types of writing such as essays, screenplays, or song lyrics. Since launching the contest in 1987, Surrey Libraries has received over 9,000 entries from aspiring young writers across Surrey. The winners were celebrated at an Awards Gala on October 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWrite the piece that makes you feel something, not the piece you think a judge wants to read.\u201d said Angela Xiao, awarded First Place in Senior Short Story. \u201cYour real, honest voice is always going to be the most interesting thing on the page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYear after year, this contest showcases the remarkable creativity, imagination, and talent of Surrey\u2019s young people,\u201d said Lisa Werring, Chair of the Board of Trustees at Surrey Libraries. \u201cThese young writers are telling powerful stories, exploring important ideas, and sharing perspectives that deserve to be heard. Surrey Libraries is proud to provide a welcoming space where their voices can flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cParticipating in this contest reminded me to always make room in my life for the things I love,\u201d said Mei Ming, awarded Second Place in Senior Short Story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This popular program is organized by Surrey Libraries staff and is made possible through the generous support of sponsors, including champion sponsors CUPE 402 and 402-02 Surrey City Workers and Surrey Library Workers, and Khalsa Credit Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An anthology of the winners\u2019 work will be available to borrow from library branches and on sale for $8 in early November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE WINNERS <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Junior Short Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Prize: Coco Zhang<br \/>Second Prize: Manreet Dhillon<br \/>Third Prize: Hanisha Yelleti<br \/>Honourable Mention: Ashleen Saini<br \/>Honourable Mention: Zoha Awan<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Senior Short Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Prize: Angela Xiao<br \/>Second Prize: Mei Ming<br \/>Third Prize: Clary Chow<br \/>Honourable Mention: Jahmauri Inimgba<br \/>Honourable Mention: Sam Fehr<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Junior Poetry<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Prize: Myreen Randhawa<br \/>Second Prize: Ashleen Saini<br \/>Third Prize: Anna Goode<br \/>Honourable Mention: Shannon Zhu<br \/>Honourable Mention: Asmin Chawla<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Senior Poetry<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Prize: Poonam Dhillon<br \/>Second Prize: Khrystine Calaramo<br \/>Third Prize: Rosaline Lo<br \/>Honourable Mention: Lucy Prior<br \/>Honourable Mention: Aarush Bharadwaj Kari<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Comics<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Prize: Remi Nguyen<br \/>Second Prize: Portia Hampton<br \/>Third Prize: Brendan Chung<br \/>Honourable Mention: Robert Linton<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Random<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Prize: Emily Wang<br \/>Second Prize: Lap Phan<br \/>Third Prize: Myreen Randhawa<br \/>Honourable Mention: Reemas Al Shhadat<br \/>Honourable Mention: Poonam Dhillon<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of the winners at the October 14 Gala held at the Surrey Civic Theatre at City Hall.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-939804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}