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Color Our World Contest Winner

By Jared Campbell
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Helen H.
Jun 6, 2025

Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Jared Campbell has won our poetry contest on the theme Color Our World with his piece "Favorite Painting."

Jared M. Campbell is a lawyer living in Overland Park. His writing has appeared in Rattle, The Lyric, The Oxford Magazine, Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, LandLocked, and other publications.

 

Staff Review
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Family Writing Contest Winner

By Simon Friedman
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Helen H.
Apr 28, 2025

Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Simon Friedman has won our essay contest on the theme Family with his piece "The Limits of Compassion."