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Grade 11 student's story is CBC Books' First Page student writing challenge finalist

Writer: Jamie MooreJamie Moore

Tarika Stitt's story, Ad Infinitum, is selected from more than 1,500 entries by students across Canada.




Ad Infinitum by Tarika Stitt is a finalist in the 2024 First Page student writing challenge in the Grades 10 to 12 category for 2024.


Students across Canada wrote the first page of a novel set 150 years in the future, imagining how a current-day trend or issue has played out. More than 1,500 students submitted their stories.

The shortlist was selected by a team of expert CBC readers. The winners will be selected by middle-grade writer Basil Sylvester and be announced on June 12. 


Stitt, 16, a student at Nanaimo Christian School in Nanaimo, B.C., writes about AI being used to preserve the voices of dead people.


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