Hamden Public Library

WINNERS!
THORNTON WILDER WRITING COMPETITION

There were 111 entries from 18 Connecticut High Schools

• $400 First Prize in Prose: Anna Sussman, a tenth grader, who attends the Education Center for the Arts and Hamden High School, for her story: "Susan and Don and the Taxi and the Lights of the City behind Them"
• $200 Second Prize in Prose: Jared Gimbel, a twelfth grader from Woodbridge, who attends the Co-op High School in New Haven, for his article: "Academic Lunacy"
• $400 First Prize in Poetry: Carlene Barnes, an eleventh grader from New Haven, who attends James Hillhouse High School, for her poem: "It's No News to Me"
• $200 Second Prize in Poetry: Kara Gilpin Pellegrino, a twelfth grader from New Haven, who attends Hopkins School, for her poem: "Remember When"