Young Writers

Penticton Writers and Publishers invite young British Columbia writers age 8 – 18 to submit their writing for the 2012 BRITISH COLUMBIA YOUTH WRITERS CAMP held in Penticton each summer. Entries are compiled and published in an Anthology.

Submission details will be posted shortly for 2012 entries.

The following creative young writers attended the 2011 Youth Write Camp:

PAST WINNERS: 2009 | 2008 | 2007

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2009 WINNERS 10-13yrs
(registered and accepted to attend BC Youth Write Camp)

Delia Anderson (11) Sechelt
Isaiah Berra (11) Prince George
Taylor Ann Marie Carlyle (10) Okanagan Falls
Celeste A. Catena (9) Kelowna
Katie Celli (13) Penticton
Dania Codling (10) Garibaldi Highlands
Sierra Collins (12) Peachland
Jenaya Copithorne (10) Penticton
Lorissa Corrie (11) North Vancouver
Tori Craig (12) Summerland
Tyquira Dixon-Traer (12) Quesnel
Chloe Draymon (10) Oliver
Lucy Everett (10) Delta
Ashia Fredeen (12) Summerland
Lucas Garrett (11) Summerland
Marina Griffin (13) Victoria
Hannah Guse (12) Abbotsford
Kenzie Haberstock (11) Penticton
Esther Heidner (10) Surrey
Erin Huitema (10) Lumby
Calvin Jay (13) Maple Ridge
Nicole Jonsson-Good (10) Summerland
Tonielle King-Rose (10) Sechelt
Sarah Kirchman (11) Naramata
Rebecca MacDonald (12) Port Moody
Connor McMillen (13) Penticton
Daniel Morissette (11) North Vancouver
Shauna Morrow (11) Penticton
Sylvia Mott (10) Summerland
Madison O’Neill (12) Abbotsford
Laura Podmore (11) Surrey
Sayre Potter (13) Okanagan Falls
Danielle June Rogers (12) Surrey
Arianne Rooyakkes (10) White Rock
Jaclyn Salter (12) Grand Forks
Danielle Shinbine (13) Nanaimo
Liam St. Louis (13) Coquitlam
Melissa Tao (12) Westbank
Noah Thon (11) Maple Ridge
Jozsef Varga (12) Penticton
Wendy Vincer (13) Victoria
Kailash Westby (10) Summerland
Emily Whelen (10) Penticton
Cindy Zhou (10) West Vancouver

2009 WINNERS 14-18yrs
(registered and accepted to attend BC Youth Write Camp)

Taylor Attrill (16) Penticton
Amber Axenty (17) Kelowna
Chelsey Baron (16) Summerland
Amaya Black (15) Penticton
Hannah Bradish (14) Fernie
Gabriela Carvalho (16) Kamloops
Liam Cobbe (17) Kamloops
Heather Cochrane (15) Penticton
Agatha Czekajlo (14) New Westminster
Caroline Czekajlo (16) New Westminster
Brittny Alexandrea (Ali) Duursma (14) Oliver
Christina Ellan (15) Oliver
Naomi Fredeen (17) Summerland
Caitlin Furby (16) Port Clements
Kaylee Hall (14) Abbotsford
Kyla Humeniuk (14) Westbank
Ashley Hunt (17) Keremeos
Aakash Johari (14) Burnaby
Carissa Kocsis (14) Penticton
Gemma Lazarich (14) Surrey
Tanya Ludwig (16) Westbank
James McMillan (17) Aldergrove
Caitlin Meicklejohn (16) Penticton
Serena Nickel (14) Abbotsford
Maya Onukwulu (14) Vancouver
Leslie-Ann Paige (16) Duncan
Jenna Pearce (18) Summerland
Ashley Pearson (17) Penticton
Emily-Grace Percival-Patterson (15) Sooke
Myriah Purss (17) New Westminster
Jennifer Riddell-Meyer (16) Kelowna
Samantha Ridley (14) Oliver
Emily Ryznar (14) New Westminster
Hayley Speers (14) Summerland
Raquel Thayer (14) Okanagan Falls
Sean Thompson (17) Creston
Taylor Adrienne Thompson (15) Burnaby
Hannah van Dijk (15) Surrey
Mikaela Villar (15) Surrey
(aka) Cady Walker (15) Kamloops
Thomas Ziebarth (16) Summerland back to top

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2008 Poetry 10-13yrs
First Place: Clara Salter: 13, Summerland Middle School
Second Place: Carissa Kocsis: 13, McNicoll Park Middle School, Penticton
Third Place: Clara Salter: 13, Summerland Middle School

Honourable mention:
Haley Speers: 12, Summerland Middle School
Jenaya Copithorne: 10, Penticton Christian School
Anastasia K. Holler: 12, Summerland Middle School
Jolene Hayter: 13, KVR Middle School, Penticton
Clara Salter: 13, Summerland Middle School

2008 Fiction 10-13yrs
First Place: Jasper Meiklejohn: 12, Home Learner’s Program, Penticton
Second Place: Jenaya Copithorne: 10, Penticton Christian School
Third Place: Rachael Lesosky: 13, Const. Neil Bruce Middle School, Kelowna

Honourable mention:
Samantha Macpherson: 13, Kelowna Waldorf School
Conner McMillen: 12, Skaha Lake Middle School, Penticton
Theo Christensen: 10, Bearisto Elementary School, Vernon
Brooke Cederholm: 12, Okanagan Falls Elementary School
Jenaya Copithorne: 10, Penticton Christian School

2008 Poetry 14-17yrs
First Place: Ashley Pearson: 16, Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton
Second Place: Avery Beardmore: 17, Kelowna Secondary School
Third Place: Roman Blomme: 17, Summerland Secondary School
Third Place: Jenna Pearce: 17, Heritage Christian Online School, Summerland

Honourable mention:
Kayla Switzer: 14, Okanagan Mission Secondary School, Kelowna
Hannah Alfred: 14, Okanagan Mission Secondary School, Kelowna
Taylor Attrill: 16, Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton
Heather Cochrane: 14, Skaha Lake Middle School, Penticton
Ashley Pearson: 16, Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton
Colten Pighin: 15, Osoyoos Secondary School
Taylor Fabbi: 15, Summerland Secondary School

2008 Fiction 14-17yrs
First Place: Tanya Ludwig: 15, Mt Boucherie Senior Secondary School, West Bank
First Place: Thomas Ziebarth: 15, Summerland Secondary School
First Place: Daniel Atkinson: 17, Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton
Second Place: Roman Blomme: 17, Summerland Secondary School
Second Place: Daniel Atkinson: 17, Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton
Third Place: Heather Cochrane: 14, Skaha Lake Middle School, Penticton
Third Place: Tessa Peterson: 14, Penticton Secondary School

Honourable mention:
Shayden Pinch: 14, Springvalley Middle School, Kelowna
Heather Cochrane: 14, Skaha Lake Middle School. Penticton
Caitlin Meiklejohn: 15, SelfDesign Teen Praxis Program, Penticton
Christine Dewitt: 14, Eagle River Secondary School, Sicamous
Chelsey Baron: 15, Summerland Secondary School back to top

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2007 Poetry 10-13yrs
First place: Carissa Kocsis, 12, McNicoll Park Middle School, Penticton.
Second place: Samantha L. Innes, 13 – KVR Middle School, Penticton
Third place: Clara Salter, 12 – Summerland Middle School, Summerland

Honourable mention:
Jaicee Payette, 13, Glenrosa Middle School, Westbank.
Heather Cochrane, 13 – Skaha Lake Middle School, Penticton
Samantha L. Innes, 13 – KVR Middle School, Penticton
Amaya Black, 11 – KVR Middle School, Penticton
Clara Salter, 12 – Summerland Middle School, Summerland

2007 Fiction 10-13yrs
First place: Taylor Wilkinson, 13 – KVR Middle School, Penticton
Second place: Miriam Bambey, 12 – Glenfir School, Summerland
Third place: Heather Cochrane, 13 – Skaha Lake Middle School, Penticton

Honourable mention:
Rachael Lesosky, 12 – Constable Neil Bruce Middle School, Kelowna
Heather Cochrane, 13 – Skaha Lake Middle School, Penticton
Connie Bambey, 12 – Glenfir School, Summerland
Clara Salter, 12 – Summerland Middle School, Summerland
Lauren Hatchard, 13 – Skaha Lake Middle School, Penticton
Tessa Peterson, 13 – KVR Middle School, Penticton
Adam Sorensen, 11 – Dorothea Walker Elementary School, Kelowna

2007 Poetry 14-17yrs
First place: First place: Ani Ziebarth, 17 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland
Second place: Kayla Blanchard, 14 – KVR Middle School, Penticton
Third place: Morgan Parker-Carney, 14 – KVR Middle School, Penticton

Honourable mention:
David Carlton, 17 – Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton
Rebekah Grace, 17 – Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton
Kayla Blanchard, 14, KVR Middle School, Penticton
Claire Garneau, 17 – Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna
Madeline Rigg, 14 – Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna
Ellen Koski, 17 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland
Avery Beardmore, 16 – Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna
Gavin Yastremski, 15 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland

2007 Fiction 14–17yrs
First place: Ani Ziebarth, 17 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland
Second place: Jesse Emmond, 17 – Mount Boucherie Secondary School, Westbank
Third place: Thomas Ziebarth, 15 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland

Honourable mention:
Nicole Krenn, 16 - Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna
Jenna Pearce, 16 – Summerland Heritage Christian School, Summerland
Rachel Bryce, 16 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland
Caitlin Meiklejohn, 14 – Home Learner’s Program, Penticton
Nicola Parker, 14 – Okanagan Mission School, Kelowna
Cassandra Everitt, 16 – Penticton Secondary School, Penticton
Marisa Ruhland, 17 – South Okanagan Secondary School, Oliver
Roman Blomme, 16 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland
Ani Ziebarth, 17 – Summerland Secondary School, Summerland back to top