These are the 2008-2009 winners!
GRADE 6 – POETRY
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Red | Mandy Wong | John Norquay Elementary, Vancouver | Kim Perry |
| Break Your Bindings | Russell Owen Copley | John Norquay Elementary, Vancouver | Kim Perry |
GRADE 6 – PROSE
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Tomoe Gozen & the Great Battle | Alice Huang | John Norquay Elementary, Vancouver | Mr. Wrinch |
GRADE 8 – POETRY
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Odd One Out | Grayeme Ritchie | Ecole Au coeur del’ile, Comox | Monica Ashwell |
| Alternate Worlds | RoderickGravoueille | Ecole Au coeur del’ile, Comox | Monica Ashwell |
| The Potter | Damian Spence | Alpha Secondary,Burnaby | Mara Brkich |
| Sunrise | David Ivanov | Ecole Au coeur del’ile, Comox | Monica Ashwell |
| Christmas Morning | David Ivanov | Ecole Au coeur del’ile, Comox | Monica Ashwell |
| I AM FROM… | Alison Legge | St. Thomas AquinasSecondary, NorthVancouver | Ms. Dawn GohBugarin |
GRADE 8 – PROSE
Title |
Student | School | Teacher |
| Bloody Mess | Danel Teagai | Ecole Au coeur de l’ile, Comox | Monica Ashwell |
GRADE 9 – POETRY
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Math Homework | Elise Sarty Peterson | Ecole Au coeur de l’ile, Comox | Monica Ashwell |
GRADE 9 – PROSE
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| A day in the life of Peyton Stanley |
Hilary Jahelka | Ladysmith Secondary, Ladysmith | Ms. Walker |
| Around the World in Two Months |
Alexandra Dibnah | Maple RidgeSecondary, MapleRidge | Cindy Thompson |
| Must Break Free | Tessa Leyland | Maple RidgeSecondary, MapleRidge | Cindy Thompson |
| Stones | Mallory Wyant | Maple RidgeSecondary, MapleRidge | Cindy Thompson |
GRADE 10 – POETRY
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Mining Sorrows | Maciej Siwocha | Saint ThomasAquinas Secondary,North Vancouver | Mr. Mendoza |
| Middle Ground | Claire Mackay | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| The Wooden Goat | Eric Xu | Burnaby North Secondary, Burnaby | Dan Roberts |
GRADE 10 – PROSE
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| What the Night Hides | Claire O’Brien | Shawnigan Lake Secondary, Shawnigan Lake | Stephanie Owen |
| Bent | Erin Murray | Shawnigan Lake Secondary, Shawnigan Lake | Stephanie Owen |
| Bittersweet | Maddie Burlin | Shawnigan Lake Secondary, Shawnigan Lake | Stephanie Owen |
GRADE 11 – POETRY
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Addiction | Amanda Cribdon | Parkland Secondary, Sidney | Joan Saunders |
| Scarecrow | Stephen Glossop | Parkland Secondary,Saanich | Joan Saunders |
| Letter to a Dead Grandfather | Ian Kopp | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Mommy | Sammy Leung | Langley Fine Arts School, Langley | Silvia Knittel |
| Fetish | Emma Kirkpatrick | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| The Veil of Kabul | Nicki Grewal | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| 244 GPJ | Kendra Stone | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Uninhibited | Becky Treieaven | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Window | Emily Lankhorst | Sardis Secondary,Chilliwack | Mrs. Wieler |
GRADE 11 – PROSE
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Unitard | Kristina Knappett | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Field |
| Dancing Lessons | Ian Kopp | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Hands | Gloria Loi | Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, Vancouver | Mr. Buium |
GRADE 12 – POETRY
| Title | Student | School | Teacher |
| Happily Ever After | Sara Shayan | Point Grey Secondary, Vancouver | B. Lloyd |
| Thanksgiving Trenches | Matthew Hering | Parkland Secondary, Sidney | Mrs. Saunders |
| Someone Else’s Grandmother | Cat Christison | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Merry Christmas from ICU Six | R.L. Saunders | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Iranian Football | Rachel Orfani | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Elephant Tree | Chelsea Leadbetter | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Word Choice | Kyle Lalonde | Sardis Secondary,Chilliwack | Mrs. Wieler |
| For Allen Whitman | Evelyn Gendron | Langley Fine Arts School, Langley | Silvia Knittel |
| Tall, decaf, extra hot | Ashleigh Toby | Claremont Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |
| Susan Stenson | Ashleigh Toby | Claremont, Secondary, Victoria | Susan Stenson |