55+ Contests

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.

The contest deadline is October 31, 2026. Winners will be announced in November.

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 on the Town of Ajax website.

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