Announcing Our OWLsome 2019 Contest Winners


Night at the Library

During Friends of Libraries Week 2019, we held a special contest at the Palmdale City Library. Our theme this year was, ‘Night at the Library’ which included a drawing contest for the youngest library patrons and writing contests for the older patrons.

Our panel of judges truly enjoyed the process of reviewing all the BOO-tiful entries we received, and found it a little difficult to choose our winners.

We are pleased to announce our winners:
 

Kids Drawing ContestAges 10 and under

1st Place Winner 
“Reading is a Hoot” 
by Nathan V.
2nd Place Winner 
“Night With My Favorite Books” 
by Ethan H.
3rd Place Winner 
“Animals Like Books Too” 
by Jasmine R.
Honorable Mention goes to: “When Books Come to Life” by Belen S.

Kids Writing ContestAges 11 to 17

1st Place Winner 
“When the Lights Shut Off”
by Hugo C
2nd Place Winner 
“Reading Gives Your Imagination Wings”
by Jordan E.
3rd Place Winner 
“The Abandoned Library”
by Caige C.
Honorable Mention goes to:  “Fright at the Library” by Anthony R.

Adult Writing Contest

1st Place Winner 
“Dust in the Moonlight” 
by Cassie Charles
2nd Place Winner 
“The Conductor and Little Women” 
by Gwendolyn Mukes
3rd Place Winner 
Night at the Library” 
by Maria Geraldine Ignacio
Honorable Mention goes to:  “Lost” by Nancy Heming

Earlier this month, we were able to honor our winners with their prize baskets. What a fun experience! We hope all winners enjoy their prizes and plan to participate again next year!

Here are the winners! Please be patient as the images load.

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For your browsing enjoyment, here’s a look at all the ghoulish and friendly entries we received! Please be patient as the images load.

We would like to say, ‘Thank You!‘ to all participants in the contest, our esteemed panel of judges, and our generous partners who donated prizes. You’re all OWLsome and made this contest a success.