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2003 Poetry Society of Virginia Student Contest Awards
S-1 1st & 2nd Grade Awards: 1st place- "The Champion" Annika Brynn Jenkins, Virginia Beach, VA; 2nd place- "Blackie" Katie Cormier, Virginia Beach, VA (Red Mill Elementary); 3rd place- "Mack" Jay Tyler Young, Virginia Beach, VA (Red Mill Elementary) Honorable Mentions: "Molson" Lauren Ritt, Virginia Beach, VA (Red Mill Elementary); "The Butterfly" Ashley-Anne Adnitt, Hamilton Ontario, Canada
S-2 3rd & 4th Grade Awards: 1st place- "Snow" Alexandra E. Smith, Bluefield, VA Graham Intermediate School); 2nd place- Waterdrop" Kelsey Tripp, Roanoke, VA; 3rd place- "Winter" Blake Basham, Bluefield, VA (Graham Intermediate School) Honorable Mentions:"Alarm Clock" Madison Miller, Virginia Beach, VA (Red Mill Elementary); "Cat" Morgan Fletcher, Virginia Beach, VA (Red Mill Elementary); "Earth" Tyler Scott, Virginia Beach, VA (Red Mill Elementary)
S-3 5th and 6th Grade Awards: 1st place- "My Future" Craig Tripp, Roanoke, VA; 2nd place- "What is Silence?" Jayne Flax, Wincester, VA (Daniel Morgan Middle School), 3rd place- "Only One Mother" Jon Eleccion, Virginia Beach, VA (Rosemont Forest Elementary School) Honorable Mentions: "Night" Morgan Wooten, Virginia Beach, VA (Rosemont Forest Elem School); "The Tale of a Rabbit" Shawnai Ward, Wincester, VA (Daniel Morgan Middle Sch.); "Love" Nicole Ramsey, Virginia Beach, VA (Rosemont Forest Elem. School); "Underneath the Willow Tree" Christopher Millsap, Potomac Falls, VA (Nysmith School); "Meteors Flash" Erin Thibeau, Bethesda, MD
S-4 7th and 8th Grade Awards: 1st place- "Wind Through the Seasons" Tyler Iseley, Newport News, VA, This poem also was awarded: Junior Division 2nd Place- 2003 Manningham Trust Student Poetry Awards from the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc. $50; 2nd place- "The Narrow Path to Life" Jaime Lull, Chantilly, VA; 3rd place-"Bittersweet Truth" Linda Zou, Fairfax, VA Honorable Mentions: "The Music of My Life" Caitlyn Cook, Virginia Beach, VA; "Waves" Abby Martin, Alexandria, VA; "Gold and Glory" Drew Radtke, Midlothian, VA; "But That's Outside" Caitlin McKelway, Richmond, VA; "Hoof Beats" Elizabeth Dellinger, Blacksburg, VA
S-5 9th and 10th Grade Awards: 1st place- "Dribbling Dreams" Alyssa Ann Jenkins, Virginia Beach, VA; 2nd place- "United Artists" Aarthy Thamodaran, Virginia Beach, VA; 3rd place-"Greece" Cora Rose Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY (Ithaca High School) Honorable Mentions:"True Beauty" Matthew Dellinger, Blacksburg, VA; "Dream On" Rebecca Oh, Williamsburg, VA; "Halloween" Bill Schmidt, Midlothian, VA
11th and 12th Grade Awards: 1st place- "Thoor Ballylee" H. Barrow Wheary, Richmond, VA (St. Christopher's); 2nd place- "Vision" Matt Maurer, Saratoga, CA; 3rd place- "Tumbling Gray" Christina Thames, Virginia Beach, VA Honorable Mentions: "A loss of words" Stephanie Kwak, Roanoke, A; "Bittersweet" Olivia Martin, East Syracuse, NY; "Ecstasy" Lauren Young, Saratoga, CA; "Like Magic" Teresa Lee, Saratoga, CA
Undergraduate College Awards: 1st place- "Daughter" Amber Jenkins, Virginia Beach, VA (Johns Hopkins); 2nd place- "Baby Steps" Elizabeth Logan, Alexandria, VA (Oberlin); 3rd place- "I Don't Like This Love Song Anymore" Shelly Horn, Virginia Beach, VA Honorable Mentions: "Where I Am" Rhiannon Antweiler, Williamsburg, VA (William & Mary); "Stand Against the Sky" Victoria Chiou, Chesterfield, VA (UVA); "Purple Lilacs" T.O. Davis, Pocatello, ID ; "Biography" Cynthia Fields, Abingdon, VA (Wheaton); "The Bottom Line" Shawn L. Callaway, Virginia Beach, VA
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