Pickering Public Library One The Esplanade Pickering, ON  L1V 6K7
DATE :    RELEASE:	Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Immediate
For more information contact:   Sarah MacLean, 905-831-6265 ext. 6252

We have your winners!
Pickering’s youngest authors compete to write the best short story.

Young authors in Pickering were given a chance to showcase their writing skills in the Pickering Public Library’s Mystery Short Story Contest for March Break. Participants were given the first line of their story: "I took a book from the library shelf and noticed that there was something stuck on the shelf behind it,” but it was left to the imagination of these young writers to determine how the story ended.

All of the participants were extremely talented and the panel of judges had a tough decision but in the end, agreed on the following winners:

Rainbow Flower
by Erin, JK
Category: JK – SK

The Fairy and the Witch
by Nura, Grade 1
Category: Grade 1 – 3

The Alien on the Bookshelf
by Laura, Grade 4
Category: Grade 4 – 6

The Fairy and the Witch
by Nura, Grade 1
Category: Best of Contest

The Treasure Hunt Mystery
by Olivia, Grade 4
Award for Distinction

A presentation to the winners was held on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at the Pickering Central Library.