24th Annual Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony

24th Annual Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony, recorded at the Fig Garden Regional Library, June 10, 2023.

Congratulations to all the winners of the 24th Annual Poetry Contest! Thank you to everyone who participated this year and to our judges for lending us their expertise and helping us choose our winners!

The winning poems are:

3rd – 5th Grade Winners
1st Place: In the Library by Megan S.
2nd Place: The Dandelions by Laura W.
3rd Place: The Dinosaur in My Shoe by Liam B.

6th – 8th Grade Winners
1st Place: Be a Voice by Norah M.
2nd Place: Silent Hunter by Bellamy Z.
3rd Place: Thirteen Going on Fourteen by Azariyah W.

9th-12th Grade Winners
1st Place: Oro by Mia P.
2nd Place: As a Tourist, As an Alien by Xavier A.
3rd Place: When You Meet My Grandfather by Adam V.

Adult Winners
1st Place: Memorial Day by Stephen B.
2nd Place: What if All the Things They Said About Love are True by Trianne F.
3rd Place: Burrowed in the Bones of Our Bed by Miah J.