We have our winners!
The winners in the 2006 Telling Our Stories contest were announced at the Annual Super Conference of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) on Wednesday, January 31, 2007.

From over 750 submissions and 15,000 public votes from across Ontario, three English stories were selected:

First Prize: Possibility by Geoffrey Snow of Waterford (Hamilton Public Library)
Second Prize: It Should Have Been Skates by Jack Nahrgang of Kitchener (Perth East Public Library)
Third Prize: Ronnie's Story by Jennifer Milne of Bracebridge (Bracebridge Public Library)

Exploring the theme of the magic of libraries, the winners delighted readers and judges with inspiring, and poignant tales of the library’s impact on their lives. In Ronnie’s Story, Milne describes how the library became a beacon of freedom and opportunity for her father as a young boy escaping a harsh past in Ireland. Nahrgang deals with the themes of sacrifice and family loyalty in It Should Have Been Skates, a funny and touching story about how the library nurtured a lifelong love of books. In the bittersweet Possibility, Snow’s winning tale recalls how library books became a window on a world of rich experience beyond his hospital bed.

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Paula Todd, host of TVO's "Paula Todd Person 2 Person" has her own story to tell about her library experience, and some important information about the contest.

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