The Campolindo Poetry And Creative Writing (PAC) Club's creative writing contest received 39 entries and the judges had a wonderful time reading them and picking three winners and three runners-up in the categories. The PAC also hosted an open mic April 12 where the contest winners and club members excitedly shared their work.
And the winners are: Campolindo senior Regan Stambaugh (Long Prose Runner-up); Miramonte senior Abby Wallach (Poetry Winner); Campolindo senior Lilly Thies (Poetry runner-up); Lela Tolajian (Long Prose winner); Campolindo sophomore Kylie Wang (Short prose winner); and Miramonte freshman Jessy Wallach (Short prose Runner-up).
In her poetry winning entry, "Canyonlands," Abby Wallach writes:
"... to fix a horizon in your understanding
is to halt the uneven footsteps of progress.
to say | i have reached where i want to go
is to say | i do not want to go any farther
which is to say | i will go no farther."
Wallach has loved stories for as long as she can remember. "Everyone should have an outlet for their thoughts, feelings, and imagination," she says, "and that's what poetry has become for me." |
Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA