Samuels Public Library hosts Holiday Writing Contest

Samuels Public Library has announced that its 42nd annual Holiday Writing Contest has begun. This contest is sponsored by Samuels Public Library and Royal Oak Bookshop.

All area children, in grades Kindergarten through 12, are invited to enter the Holiday Writing Contest. This co-sponsored contest encourages talented and aspiring young writers to share with us their written word about the winter holiday season. Students may submit either short stories or poems. Simple illustrations may accompany the work. A student may also submit a thematic holiday drawing which may be selected as artwork for the Holiday Writing Contest book of winning entries. Entry forms and guidelines are available at Samuels Library as well as in area schools. All winners will receive a professionally published keepsake booklet, and the first place winners in each grade will receive a gift certificate from Royal Oak Bookshop.

All entries must be submitted to Samuels Public Library by 8:00 p.m. on Monday, November 16th.

“It is our pleasure to host this contest each year, and to see how excited parents and children get when they have discovered they have been selected as winners,” said Michal Ashby, Youth Services Supervisor at Samuels Public Library. “Unfortunately, we will not be able to host the annual winners’ reception, due to COVID-19 restrictions, but it is important to give students this opportunity to be creative and express themselves through writing,” Ashby added.

Please contact Michal Ashby at Samuels Public Library at (540) 635-3153 if you have any questions.