IRVINE : 16 Win Awards for Writings About City
A library support group has awarded prizes to 16 winners in its “What Irvine Means to Me” contest of essays and poetry.
Friends of the Heritage Park Regional Library organized the contest in honor of the city’s 20th anniversary, which was Dec. 28 last year.
Entrants were asked to pen prose reflecting their feelings toward the city. The 35 winning entries reflect life in the city past and present, said Marjorie Glass, president of the library group.
Top prizes of $100 in the adult category were awarded to Paul Moon, who wrote an essay on “Irvinism”; Robert L. McGrath for his essay reflecting on his first trip to Irvine in 1941 and his decision to retire there, and Jana Rodgers for a poem titled “The Presence of Irvine.”
In the youth category, Rick Hiller won first for his poem, “What Irvine Means to Me,” and Melissa Schendel won first for her personal-experience essay, “No Trouble in Paradise.”
A 98-page book of the winning entries, “Irvine, I Call It Home,” is for sale at the Friends Bookstore at the library.
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