Teen Poetry Contest
Congratulations to all of our winners!
Honorable Mentions: Grades 6-8
- Katya vanAnderlecht for “The Last Battle”
- Brooks Richon for “Emptiness of a Grave”
- Hannah White for “Separate Worlds”
- Aidan Blake for “True Blue Lies”
- Isabel Fitzpatrick for “Superheroes Found in the City”
- Sarah Ryan for “The World in a Nutshell”
- Astrid Swensen for “My Happy Place”
- Sara Pisanelli for “The Falcon”
- Gillie Carlson for “Beasts of Orange and Fluff, As Seen from the Bedroom Rug”
- Jesse MacLaughlin for “Sky Scraper”
- Isadora Decker-Lucke for “Haiku (Storm)”
- Zak Schlichtmann for “Cake”
- Isaac Ogle for “Shutter Speed”
- Tristan Dunn for “Love Rap”
Third Place: Grades 6-8
- Amy Torchiana for “Stones into Schools”
Second Place: Grades 6-8
- Alex Growblewski for “First Snow”
First Place (Alec J. Nelson Award): Grades 6-8
- Benjamin Stromback for “I sit under this winter tree”
Honorable Mentions: Grades 9-12
- Marc Babcock for “Bugs Beyond Belief”
- Colleen O’Brien for “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall”
- Hannah Underwood for “Lady Sings the Blues”
- Cameron Walker for “The Annual Lobster Festival”
- Charlotte Greenbaum for “Andromeda”
- Tess Matthews for “Winter Bird”
- Andrew Ganem for “America, the Beautiful”
- Lea Macheras for “Mind Block”
- Robert Bedetti for “Homesick”
- Sarah Munsen for “Spring awakening”
Third Place: Grades 9-12
- Maggie Chandler for “Citrus Season”
Second Place: Grades 9-12
- Lauren Jappe for “Division”
First Place (Alec J. Nelson Award): Grades 9-12
- Hannah Brown for “Owl Twilight”
With very special thanks to…
Our judges: Dawn Paul and Betsy Retallack for all their time and hard work.
Janice Shaw for her beautiful calligraphy on the winners’ certificates.
Joan Nelson for financial support in memory of her son, Alec J. Nelson
The Friends of the Library for funding.
Our business donators:
Barter Brothers Florist
Casa de Moda
Panera Bread, North Beverly
