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Hamilton Association Awards
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Hamilton Association Awards
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The Association currently offers annual awards of up to $200 each to teenaged entrants (age 12 to 18) in the Hamilton Public Library's "Power of the Pen" literary competition for fiction in the short-story format.
The focus of this award is excellence in the use of the English language, with emphasis on the clarity and effectiveness of the writing. The judges are qualified members of the Association.
This Award was first presented in 1982 as part of the Association's 125th anniversary celebrations, due in large measure to the inspiration and efforts of the late Maitland Banting (1901-2003). Mr. Banting oversaw the Silver Quill Award until 1997, when the Association joined forces with HPL's Power of the Pen competition. The Association renamed the award in 2000 to honour the many years of devoted attention given to it by Mr. Banting.
Award winners and their families are invited to attend the HPL's awards presentation ceremony, usually held in October at the Central Branch of the Hamilton Public Library.
For more information about the Power of the Pen conpetition, when and where to find application forms, and links to award-winning stories and poems from past years, browse to the Hamilton Public Library's website (http://www.myhamilton.ca/public-library) and search for "Power of the Pen".
Recent recipients of this award.
In 2001 the Association inaugurated an annual poetry award as a companion prize to its prose award. Prizes of up to $200 each are awarded by Association judges to teenaged entrants in the Hamilton Public Library's "Power of the Pen" competition for poetry.
Award winners and their families are invited to attend the HPL's awards presentation ceremony, usually held in October at the Central Branch of the Hamilton Public Library.
For more information about the Power of the Pen conpetition, when and where to find application forms, and links to award-winning stories and poems from past years, browse to the Hamilton Public Library's website (http://www.myhamilton.ca/public-library) and search for "Power of the Pen".
Recent recipients of this award.
One or two annual prizes of up to $200 each may be awarded to students entered in the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair.
The focus of this award is creativity combined with sound understanding of the scientific method. The judges are qualified members of the Association.
The Fair is usually held in late March or early April. Winners are announced during the Fair's closing ceremonies. For more information about the BASEF, including when and where to find application forms, visit the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair website (http://basef.ca).
Recent recipients of this award.