Click to enter the Ferguson Library web site

 

 

 

 


Download Membership Form

 


Friends Book Shops

 


Collectible Sale Schedule

 

 

 

Most Forms Require
Adobe Acrobat Reader

Home

 

 

 

25TH ANNUAL LITERARY COMPETITION WINNERS

 

 

Grade 3 Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

James Walsh

A Toad Tale

The Mead School

Second Place

Jaelin Williams

Writer’s Notebook

K.T. Murphy Elementary

Third Place

Michael Berlingo

Snowman Comes Alive

Stillmeadow Elementary

Honorable Mention

Addison Magrath

Snowman Comes Alive

Stillmeadow Elementary

Honorable Mention

Sophie Teitel

The Closet

Bi-Cultural Day School

 

 

 

 

Grade 3 Non Fiction 

 

 

 

First Place

Astrid Aguilar Rodriguez

Book Race

K. T. Murphy Elementary

Second Place

Emely Medina

My Cousins

K. T. Murphy Elementary

Third Place

Maya Patterson-Wade

Smugglers’ Notch

K. T. Murphy Elementary

 

 

 

 

Grade 3 Poetry

 

 

 

First Place

Matthew Hein

I Took the Moon for a Walk

The Mead School

Second Place

Alex McLaren

Imagine a World

The Mead School

Third Place

Mia Mendribil

What is God?

The Mead School

Honorable Mention

Sophia Casino

Rainy Days

The Mead School

 

 

 

 

Grade 4 Fiction         

 

 

 

First Place

Talia Shapiro

A Special Book

Bi-Cultural Day School

Second Place

Arianna Lian

The Weirdest Day Ever

Holy Spirit School

Third Place Spencer Sigtryggsson Honey, Our Children Are Balls Rogers International School

Honorable Mention

Danielle DeLeo

The Day I Grew my Fur

St. Cecelia School

Honorable Mention

Camryn Abbate

Socks Not Here, Socks Not There

St. Cecelia School

 

 

 

 

Grade 4 Non Fiction 

 

 

 

First Place

Victoria Isabela Iparraguirre

My Baby Bida

Westover Magnet School

Second Place

Philip Abdo

My Travels

Holy Spirit School

Third Place Nicholas Lombardi The Mets Game Holy Spirit School

 

 

 

 

Grade 4 Poetry

 

 

 

First Place

Celeste Hylton

Camping Trip

The Mead School

Second Place

Kimberly Martinez

Popcorn Hop

K. T. Murphy Elementary

Third Place Anna Weiss Turning Ten The Mead School

Honorable Mention

Roxanne Lai

Miyazaki

The Mead School

Honorable Mention

Himadri Gupta

Doodles

Newfield Elementary

 

 

 

 

Grade 5 Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Nina Bellusci

The Key of 2012

Stillmeadow Elementary

Second Place

Maura Byrne

Free

Springdale Elementary

Third Place Rachel Fein Be Gone Bi-Cultural Day School

Honorable Mention

Sammi Bradley

Salen

Holy Spirit School

Honorable Mention

Stephen Caponetti

My Life on the Transcontinental Railroad

St. Cecelia School

 

 

 

 

Grade 5 Non Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Siddarth Suresh

H2Orror

Stillmeadow Elementary

Second Place

Francesca McDonald

Keith, the Battle of a Lifetime

Hart Magnet School

Third Place

Valeria Torrealba

Rebeca

Stillmeadow Elementary

Honorable Mention

Aaron Jacob Osher

My Memoir

Bi-Cultural Day School

 

 

 

 

Grade 5 Poetry

 

 

 

First Place

Herbie Rimerman

Onstage

Northeast Elementary

Second Place

Nathan Salm

What is Blue?

Bi-Cultural Day School

Third Place Lily Weseley Ode to Apple Pie Bi-Cultural Day School

Honorable Mention

Emma Elizabeth Foley

The Wolf Inside of Me

The Long Ridge School

Honorable Mention

Ari Israel

What is Red?

Bi-Cultural Day School

 

 

 

 

Grade 6 Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Rhett Hoskinson

Father Figures

Cloonan Middle School

Second Place

Stephanie Hausman

Saving Noah

Scofield Magnet School

Third Place Klara Hoherchak Crayola and Rose Art Rogers International School

Honorable Mention

Jack O’Connor

The Copper Lotus

Rippowam Middle School

Honorable Mention

Lucia Thompson

Missing

Rippowam Middle School

 

 

 

 

Grade 6 Non Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Gissel Campos

Old School, New School

Rogers International School

Second Place

Nicky Bellusci

A Man to Remember

Scofield Magnet School

Third Place Amanda Broatz Essential Recess Dolan Middle School

Honorable Mention

Ian Handler

The Climb

Scofield Magnet School

Honorable Mention

Morgan Berman

My Grandma

Scofield Magnet School

 

 

 

 

Grade 6 Poetry

 

 

 

First Place

Hannah Katz

It’s Easy to Watch

Scofield Magnet School

Second Place

Ian Handler

Song of the Six-String

Scofield Magnet School

Third Place

Emily Yamron

22 Years

Turn of River Middle School

Honorable Mention

Richard Greenbaum

Dust

Bi-Cultural Day School

 

 

 

 

Grades 7 – 8 Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Claire Howlett

Unwound

Cloonan Middle School

Second Place

Matthew Katz

More Than a Game

Rippowam Middle School

Third Place

Valerie Bodurtha

Remorse

Bi-Cultural Day School

Honorable Mention

Mary Raymond

The Key to Imagination

Trinity Catholic Middle School

Honorable Mention

Chelsea Campana

Of the Sea

Trinity Catholic Middle School

 

 

 

 

Grades 7 - 8 Non Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Maigh S. Attre

The First Day of Summer Vacation

Scofield Magnet School

Second Place

Greg Robinov

My Catastrophic Cats

Bi-Cultural Day School

Third Place

Spencer Aronstein

Learning What Is

The Mead School

Honorable Mention

Isabella Esposito

The Impossible Dog

Bi-Cultural Day School

Honorable Mention

Ariel Semel

The Life of Charlie Gordon

Bi-Cultural Day School

 

 

 

 

Grades 7 – 8  Poetry

 

 

 

First Place

Jessica Nieberg

Broken Smoke

Dolan Middle School

Second Place

Hannah Tisser

I Am Rich

Bi-Cultural Day School

Third Place

Zachary Baines

Clara Hickerson

Trinity Catholic Middle School

Honorable. Mention

Matt S. Fogel

The Horrible Tragedy at Port-Au-Prince

Bi-Cultural Day School

Honorable Mention

Karen Vaccarezza

Our Tortured Earth

Dolan Middle School

 

 

 

 

Grades 9 – 10 Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Emma Berman

The Revealing Ceremony

Westhill High School

Second Place

Eric Altamura

A Time for Change

Stamford High School

Third Place

Sam Sterman

Memories

Stamford High School

Honorable Mention

Christian Sye

Caught in the Flames

Stamford High School

Honorable Mention

Molly Bodurtha

Dreaming of Argo Navis

THopkins School

 

 

 

 

Grades 9 – 10 Non Fiction    

 

 

 

First Place 

Joanna Koczuk

Silence in the Time of Garcia-Marquez’s Columbia

Westhill High School

Second Place

Molly Bodurtha

At the Core

Hopkins School

Third Place

Joshua Friedman

Chronicle of a Death Compelled

Westhill High School

Honorable Mention

Samantha Sye

The Life and Lie of The Princess Bride

Stamford High School

Honorable Mention

Sean Nulty

Christmas Day Traditions

Trinity Catholic High School

 

 

 

 

Grades 9 – 10 Poetry

 

 

 

First Place

Cameron Yick

The Price

A.I.T.E.

Second Place

Michael Murphy

Nature Walk

Trinity Catholic High School

Third Place

Mikayla Mason

Up from the Ghetto

A.I.T.E.

Honorable Mention

Emilia Tanu

Fishing

Lauralton Hall

Honorable Mention

Jessica Ankle

This Is for All the Children

Trinity Catholic High School

 

 

 

 

Grades 11 – 12 Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Elizabeth Li;

The Stocking

Stamford High School

Second Place

Esther Nof

His Tracks

Stamford High School

Third Place

Siyi Fu

A Taste of Heaven

Stamford High School

Honorable. Mention

Hagar Odoom

Mama Come Home

Stamford High School

Honorable Mention

Marc Guirard

The Merging Vision

Stamford High School

 

 

 

 

Grades 11 – 12 Non Fiction

 

 

 

First Place

Elizabeth Quartararo

Worshipping Walls

Westhill High School

Second Place

Aaron Gregory

What They Don’t Know Goes on Behind My Smile

Westhill High School

Third Place

Fabiola Garcia

The Unexpected Dream

Westhill High School

Honorable Mention

Zeena Advani

Universal Rhythms

Westhill High School

Honorable Mention

Delilah Foster

Father

Westhill High School

 

 

 

 

Grades 11 – 12 Poetry

 

 

 

First Place

Brittany Morganti

Three’s a Charm

Stamford High School

Second Place

Shilpa Kolli

New York City Skyline

Trinity Catholic High School

Third Place

Lauren Janik

Grandma’s Wicker Rocker

Trinity Catholic High School

Honorable Mention

Squadra Dumay

Past Nights

Trinity Catholic High School

Honorable Mention

Tyler Zaro

The Play

Trinity Catholic High School