2008 Real Story Winners

2008 Senior Category Winners

First Place

She Inspires Me by Stacie Low from South Surrey
Little Flower Academy

"On the first day of grade one, I met her. It may have been over a decade ago, but even then, she was an inspiration. She was outgoing and friendly, beaming wildly as her perky blonde pigtails bounced. It was only later that I learned that her happy demeanor belied a difficult past."
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Second Place

She Inspires Me by Chantal Coschizza from Tsawwassen
Little Flower Academy

"Sitting in her wheelchair wearing a pink shirt, she is the woman I aspire to be ... I still remember the first time I saw Carol McCarron. I remember the sparkle in her eyes. The fire that refused to die even though she was sitting in a wheelchair, diagnosed with cancer. "
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Third Place

Veronica by Natasha Donovan from West Vancouver
Sentinel Secondary School

"Her silhouette against the calm Pacific as she smoothly scoops up her youngest son and takes the hand of the other forms a perfect visual summary of Veronica: these are quiet but firm maternal gestures, a demonstration of her intrinsic fluency in the language of her children."
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2008 Junior Category Winners

First Place

She Inspires Me and I Absolutely Hate It! by Jonathan Longcroft from West Vancouver
Collingwood School

"She is probably the last person that I would ever admit to inspiring me; well, at least I wouldn’t admit it directly to her face. She is annoying, irritating and knows exactly how and when to push my buttons. Her annoying tendencies are only surpassed by her irritating playfulness. "
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Second Place

She Inspires Me by Austyn Frostad from West Vancouver
Collingwood School

"I was going out to see my friends, and I knew that my grade twelve sister would be stuck at home lying on her bed all night watching reruns of old black and white movies ... Since birth I knew my sister both loved me, and resented me. Born with a disability ... "
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Third Place

She Inspires Me by Jing Xu from Coquitlam
Port Moody Secondary

"My generation is a rat infested nightmarish web of lies, frauds, and destructively low self-esteems ... I was surprised that I was actually able to come up with a woman in my memory who didn’t demean herself or was only striking because she was beautiful."
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