The 2005 Creative Writing Contest Theme was "How Will I Survive" and the focus was on imagining what it would be like to be separated from your family/friends and taken far away to a strange and dangerous place, unlike anywhere you have ever been. The short fiction pieces would describe this place and its inhabitants and explore this new territory. What conflicts arise when you get there, and what resources do you need and use to survive?

Eligible contestants included Middle and High School students in the Southwestern PA area who have read Theodore Taylor’s The Cay or the collected poems in I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1945.

Awards were presented on on April 23, 2005 and all winners and their families received free tickets to Prime Stage’s production of The Cay.

Prior to the show, all three winning entries were read and displayed in the theatre lobby. Winners were awarded a variety of prizes including electronics, gift certificates, books, subscriptions to Prime Stage Theatre’s 2005-2006 season and more!

Be sure to check out the winning entries and check back for information on next year's Creative Writing Contest!