It is with great pleasure that we announce our New Beginnings writing contest winners!

Please join us on Sunday, April 28 from 2 – 4 PM, for our Celebratory Reading and Awards Ceremony at CareOne, 675 South Main Street, Sharon, as our winners read their award winning prose and poetry. 

All who submitted are cordially welcome to read their entries as well. 

Please park in the Shaw’s lot across the street as parking is limited at CareOne.

New Beginnings Writing Contest Winners 

Adult Poetry

1st Place: Barbara Offringa

2nd Place: Miriam Leah Epstein Preil

3rd Place: Lonnie Friedman

Adult Prose:

1st Place: Alan Rosenspan and Patti Kozol

2nd Place: June Lee and Sandra Levine

3rd Place: Ira Stein and Laurie Silver

Honorable mention:

Barbara Offringa

Linda Pearce Prestley

Linda Zoe Podbros

Shiara Naveen

Students

High School 

1st Place: Sonja Gray

2nd Place: Rohan Shukla and Sophie Liang

3rd Place: Srika Balabommala

Middle School

1st Place: June Hokanson-Cho

2nd Place Sushmita Kanaknala

3rd Place: Yuvan Sathish

Honorable Mention: Prium Jain

Upper Elementary

1st Place: Minna Brandell

2nd Place: Pia Phadke

3rd Place: Cooper Giammaria

Honorable Mention: Deanna Ge

Lower Elementary

Nisan Margolis