Child, Grades 2 to 4 - Read the Winning Poems

• 1^st place: Wren Hilker for “I Ran a Marathon”
• 2^nd place: Meera Shah for “Blooming Flower”
• 3^rd place: Paisley Simmons for “I Believe”

Child, Grades 5 to 8 - Read the Winning Poems

• 1^st place: Piper Parson for “Untitled”
• 2^nd place: Annelise Madren for “Consequences of Your Actions”
• 3^rd place: Sylvia Downey for “Untitled”

Teens, Grades 9 to 12 - Read the Winning Poems

• 1^st place: Chinwendu Chima “Untitled”
• 2^nd place: Trinity Sayger for “My Home”
• 3^rd place: Elana Derrow for “The Great Pondhawk”

Adult, 18 and up - Read the Winning Poems

• 1^st place: John Aghishian for “of all places”
• 2^nd place: Onita Morgan-Edwards for “Intranational”
• 3^rd place: T.J. McGuire for “Give Quiche a Chance At the Coexist Buffet”