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Poetry Society of Virginia Student Contest 2005 Grades 1-2: First Place: "Beautiful" Gina Nottingham, Waynewood School, Alexandria, VA Grades 3-4: First Place "Animals" Sadie Yates, Charlottesville Catholic School, Charlottesville, VA; Second Place: "Wind" Caroline Wharton, St. John Newman Academy, Blacksburg, VA; Third Place: "I am Thankful for..." Annika Brynn Jenkins, Norfolk Academy, Virginia Beach, VA; Honorable Mentions: (in alphabetical order) "Christmas" Carrie Bullard, Home School, Maidens, VA; "Setting Sun" Kelly Kadlec, St. John Newman Academy, Blacksburg, VA; "Music Notes" Djuna Knight, Rawls Byrd Elementary, Williamsburg, VA; "Cars" Samuel Kuruvilla, Staten Island Elementary School, Staten Island, NY; "Cats" Paige Majdic, Rawls Byrd Elementary School, Williamsburg, VA; "Falling Feathers" Alexis von Spakovsky, St. John Newman Academy, Blacksburg, VA; "Snow" Annelise Straw, St. John Newman Academy, Blacksburg, VA, "My Garden" Ellie Weinstock, Mariposa Elementary, Tempe, AZ. Grades 5-6: First Place: "My Dog, Ramey" Will Robinson, Daniel Morgan Middle School, Winchester, VA; Second Place: "What Shall I Be?" Kelsey Tripp, William Byrd Middle School, Roanoke, VA; Third Place: "Trains" Cameron Kennedy Turner, South Anna Elementary School, Montpelier, VA; Honorable Mentions:(in alphabetical order) "Poems" Luke Fox, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "Dragons" Collin Macharyas, Locust Grove Elementary School, Locust Grove, VA; "The Renaissance Queen" Ali Mislowsky, Daniel Morgan Middle School, Winchester, VA; "Inspiration" Kyle Phalen, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "Better Than Spiderman" Guy Ritchie, St. John Newman Academy, Blacksburg, VA; "By a Stream" Alise Saunders, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "Poetry" Ryan Trotman, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "The Beach" Alexis Viteri, St. John Newman Academy, Blacksburg, VA; "I’m Doing My Homework" Erica Wharton, St. John Newman Academy, Blacksburg, VA; "The Man for Me" Heidi Windham, Daniel Morgan Middle School, Winchester, VA. Grades 7-8: First Place: "Sharp Snowy Wind" Emily Marino, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; Second Place: "Cold is a World" Leigh Burnett, Moody Middle School, Richmond, VA; Third Place: "Hero" Brittany Saunders, Hayfield Secondary School, Springfield, VA; Honorable Mentions:(in alphabetical order) "Haiku" Kelsey Davis,Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "Lifeless Land" Jason Kerhlikar, Cedar Lee Middle School, Bealeton, VA; "Memory" Taylor Schultes, Southside Academy. Richmond, VA; "Icy White,Turning Liquid Blue" Craig Tripp, William Byrd Middle School, Roanoke, VA; "Light Squared" Cassidy White, Cedar Lee Middle School, Bealeton, VA. Grades 9-10: First Place: "Lookin’ Good, Good Lookin’!" Brittany Beringer, Monticello High School, Charlottesville, VA; Second Place: "Diamond" Tyler Iseley, Denbigh Baptist Christian School, Newport News, VA; Third Place: :"The Warbler’s Nest" Christine Stoddard, Yorktown High School, Arlington, VA; Honorable Mentions:(in alphabetical order) "Salute to Mother Nature" Christian Beasley, Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Vienna, VA; "Eggshell" Ellen Hart, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, VA; "ING" Chandler Hubbard, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, VA; "Beyond the Spectrum Everlasting" Janine Stockford, Greater Vancouver Distance Education School, Vancouver, British Columbia. Grades 11-12: First Place: "Drug Free" Pedro Corneil, Christchurch School, Virginia; Second Place: "Immoderate"Adam Schlesinger, Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ; Third Place: "Thank You Mr. Steinbeck" Conor Wakeman, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, VA; Honorable Mentions: (in alphabetical order) "Innocence" Merry Atkinson, Cypress Creek High School, Houston, TX; "Candles of the Sky" Olivia Clark, Christchurch School, White Stone, VA; "Illusions" Jordan Flemer, Christchurch School, Oak Grove, VA; "Poetry is" Jordan Gwiazdowski, Oak Creek High School, South Milwaukee, WI; "Incandescence"Colin McGuirk, Christchurch School, VA; "Nighttime Escape" Jeffrey Ni, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA; "The Hallway" Zach Schultes, Benedictine High School, Richmond, VA; "You" Joseph Tyler, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, VA; "Confederate Clouds" Morgan Warfield-Reich, Monticello High School, Charlottesville, VA; "To Caravaggio" Sara Warren, Maggie Walker Governor’s School. Richmond, VA. Undergraduate/College: First Place: "Her Name Was Daedalus" Katie Streicher, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana; Second Place: "Elegy" Amber Michelle Jenkins, John Hopkins University; Third Place: "Poetry 2004" Hannah M. Hethcox, Lord Fairfax Community College, Goldvein, VA; Honorable Mention: "free association" Meghan Williams, William and Mary. The Jenkins Prize: First Place: "Singing in Solitude" Indigo Williamson, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, VA; Second Place: "Lullaby" Whitney Sutman, Warwick High School, Newport News, VA; Third Place: "I’ll Fly Away" Jennifer Aliemeke, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, VA. The Poetry Society Prize: First Prize: "Revolving, Evolving" Kelsey Tripp, William Byrd Middle School, Roanoke, VA; Second Prize: "Whistle of the Wind" Samantha Murawski, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; Third Prize:"Land Called America" Craig Tripp, William Byrd Middle School, Roanoke, VA; Honorable Mentions: (in alphabetical order) "Poetry" Kyle Geisinger, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "Arrival of Fall" Khadijah Ameen, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "I Am" Sonia Murden, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA; "Horse’s Ease" Katie Manning, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach, VA. Emerging Poets Contest: sponsored by Shann Palmer, Michele Surat, and the Poetry Society of Virginia at Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, VA: First Place "Splinters" Rachel Leary; Second Place: "My Poem, Not Me" Lanie Kruszeski; Third Place: "the blink of an eye" Conor Wakeman; Honorable Mentions: (in alphabetical order) "Skiing" Katie Good, "Overworked" Matt Morrison, "Our Battle" Allison Taylor, "A Lesson in Futility" Sara Warren, "Like It Ought" Adam Winston. (Prizes to be awarded at a separate ceremony) |
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