2022
Press Release 10/18/2022
2022 Winners
Seniors
Indigo Gift Certificate
1st place
Malabika Ray Choudhury
A Long Journey
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$100.00
2nd place
Parveen Kaur
I Clean my House
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$75.00
3rd place
Amy Thompson
Anger
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$50.00
Poetry
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1st place
Kownain Andrabi
There exists a place…
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$100.00
2nd place
David Burga
MAR Y TIERRA (SEA AND LAND)
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$75.00
3rd place
Alene Sen
In the tunnel
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$50.00
Youth
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1st place
Milena Durcheva (17)
The Everlasting Artifact
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$100.00
2nd place
Aaron Haas (16)
Mr. Linden’s Library
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$75.00
3rd place
Dhiya Sathish (17)
Guilt that runs skin deep
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$50.00
3rd place
Pangea (18)
Lost in thought
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$50.00
Elizabeth Banfalvi
President/Director
Mississauga Writers Group
2021
Press Release 10/16/2021
This our 3rd year, we had 3 Writing Contests – Young Voices 18 years and younger, Seniors 65 and older and Poetry. We received 17 Young Voices submissions; 21 Seniors submissions and 40 Poetry Submissions. Talk about what a wonderful response especially with all that we have been going through because of Covid. We had new judges from our members and they were thanking me for being part of this process of reading the submissions and learning about the different ways that people write. Here are our winners.
2021 Winners
Seniors
Indigo Gift Certificate
1st place
Ishrat Chowdhury
Freezing time in one moment of my life
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$100.00
2nd place
Frances Frommer
Glad for Gluttony
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$75.00
3rd place
Parveen Kaur
We Believe
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$50.00
Poetry
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1st place
Alene Sen
The garden
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$100.00
2nd place
David Burga
How To Work at 5000 Meters Above Sea Level
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$75.00
3rd place
Keith Garebian
Mumtaz
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$50.00
Youth
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1st place
Dhiya Sathish (15)
Bad days and the good moments within
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$100.00
2nd place
Keerat Kaur (17)
I am me
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$75.00
3rd place
Vanessa B. (15)
Uncertainty
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$50.00
Elizabeth Banfalvi
President/Director
Mississauga Writers Group
2020
Press Release 9/16/2020
#ApartTogether Contest was featured through the 2020 summer of COVID-19. It was offered as a way of having writers write about their experiences and what they have gone through with the pandemic of 2020. Mississauga Arts Council offered three prizes for the best submissions – 1st place $250, 2nd place $150, and 3rd place $100. Mississauga Writers Group handled the admin part of the contest but also will be featuring the submissions in their yearly anthology the upcoming Word Fest, Celebrating Family, Friends and Neighbours. Peel Weekly News published the different submissions and will be publishing the winners in their weekly newspaper. Heritage Mississauga will be posting all the writings to their city archives.
21 submissions came in as poetry and stories. School, pet, family, sad and happy stories all came in and they were judged by a panel of five judges. All of them were amazed at the submissions and were happy they were a part of it. So many submissions were from the members of the Mississauga Writers Group and as the director, I was very happy that they did step up. That is what it is about. We are a writers’ group and we were given an opportunity that was different than our usual but we wrote about our every day lives and how we were coping.
The requirement was that we all lived in Mississauga and that it was a maximum of 500 words. Some were over but happily reduced the amount of words. We insisted on having a bio and a photo for our promotions just like other contests and they obliged. One of the most difficult writings we have is our own bio – much like a resume but it is personal. Everyone stepped up and signed a permission slip to have their writings promoted within our four different venues.
Here are our three winners: Marisa – Together (poem); Angela – Falling of Father Tree, 1950 (poem); and Frances –I Celebrate My Cats: Constant Companions During the Coronavirus Pandemic (prose). Congratulations to all of our winners. Their stories will and have been published in the Peel Weekly News. The announcement will be coming soon.
This was our first collaborated effort with a contest and it proved very successful. Our city is full of artists and writers and this just proves it.
Elizabeth Banfalvi
President/Director
Mississauga Writers Group2020 & 2019 Winners
#Apart Together Contest
In association with Mississauga Arts Council.
#ApartTogether Contest 2020
1st place
Marisa Baratta
Together
2nd place
Angela Chao
Falling of Father Tree, 1950
3rd place
Frances Frommer
I Celebrate My Cats: Constant Companions During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Young Voices Writing Contest 2019
1st place
Omnea Fakhri, 13
A Glass of Chai
2nd place
Dhiya Sathish, 14
Anxiety
3rd place
Hannah Bautista, 17
Hide and Seek