55+ Amateur Short Story Contest
Get your creative juices flowing! The Ajax Public Library Older Adults Advisory Committee and the Town of Ajax Recreation & Culture Older Adults Task Force are pleased to bring you the fifth annual 55+ Amateur Short Story Contest.
This year’s theme is “A Recipe for Happiness.” Pick up a brochure at any of our branches beginning on September 1, 2026, or download a copy here.
The contest deadline is October 31, 2026. Winners will be announced in November.
2026 55+ Ajax Amateur Photography Contest
Congratulations to the four winners who were selected in four categories:
Nature: Norm Ullock
Architecture: Paul Mitchell
Pictorial: Tahir Shakeel
Portrait: Bill Zolis
View the winning photographs.
2025 55+ Amateur Poetry Contest
The results are in! Congratulations to the 2025 contest winners!
First Place – Piano Lounge by Carl G. Mabee
Second Place – A Heron on The Dock by Karen Ingold
Third Place – My Sister by Anne Mitchell
Read the winning poems.