From Lisa Rector:
The winner of the 2008
Lisa Rector
Young Writers’ Scholarship is Sophia
Ma. She won for her piece “Pushing
Back the Tide”, a powerful, moody poetic piece with an unusual POV and
sophisticated use of language that beat out more than 100 other submissions from
students worldwide. Sophia is a grade 10 student at Handsworth Secondary in North Vancouver. (Two of the top 5
finalists actually came from that school).
HUGE congratulations to Sophia.
Here's her winning entry....
Pushing Back the Tide
Death comes for her on an August night. He is disguised as two voices and one note. She doesn’t stand a chance.
Voice One is male, tenor, callous in a teenage way. She knows this voice better than her own. She dreams about it. She falls asleep to the memory of its whisper in her ear. Sorry, it says. Friends, okay?
Voice Two is male, bass, smeared in bad news. Apologetic. Unfamiliar. Sorry, it says. Hospital. Body. Identify. Mother.
