CollingWord Youth Short Story Contest 2025: Winning Entries

This chapbook brings together the winning stories from the CollingWord 2025 Youth Short Story Contest, showcasing the imagination, insight, and emerging talent of five teenage writers from Ontario's South Georgian Bay region.

Spanning genres from quiet introspection to fantasy and wonder, these original short stories explore questions of identity, curiosity, courage, and transformation—each through a distinct and compelling young voice.

Included stories:

The Girl Who Asks — Olivia Brown
Butterfly — Austyn Firman-Foster
Open Ocean — Katelyn Foster
The Question — Isaac Morris
The Wizard's Ring — Sylvia Parker

Celebrating creativity, storytelling, and the next generation of writers, this chapbook stands as a testament to the power of youth voices and the vibrant literary community of South Georgian Bay.

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