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22 students from across Canada shortlisted for The First Page student writing challenge

Thousands of students wrote about topics ranging from the ethics of technology to climate change in our annual writing contest for Grades 7-12.

Thousands of students wrote about topics ranging from the ethics of technology to climate change

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Students from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2024 First Page student writing challenge. (See individual pages for credit)

Twenty-two young writers from across Canada have been chosen as finalists for The First Page student writing challenge, which asked Grades 7 to 12 students to write the first page of a novel set 150 years in the future.

Students imagined how current events and trends from the ethics of artificial intelligence to climate change haveplayed out in the year 2174.

The 22 finalists were chosen from over 1,500entries submittedin2024.The winners will be selected by middle-grade writer Basil Sylvester and be announced on June 12.

You can read the shortlisted entries below.

Grades 7 to 9 category finalists

Grades 10 to 12 category finalists


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The 2024 The First Page student writing challenge was open for submissions in Feb. 2024. (Ben Shannon/CBC)

Basil Sylvesterwill select two winners, one from each category, from the shortlists.Alongside their father, Kevin Sylvester, they are the co-author of the middle-grade novelThe Fabulous Zed Watsonand the recently published second book in the series,Night of the Living Zed.

Both winners will receive a one-year subscription toOwlCrate, which sends fresh boxes of books to young readers across Canada on a monthly basis.

In addition, each winners' school libraries will receive 50 free YA books.

You can read the complete rules and regulations here.

Last year's winners were Christian A. Yiouroukis for his storyWhere the Maple Leaf Growsand Bee Lang for their storyOne Question.

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