Carl Sandburg College has announced the winners of its 31st annual Poetry Awards. Winners were selected in four categories: elementary (first through fifth grade), junior (sixth through eighth grade), intermediate (ninth through 12th grade) and adult.
All winning poems are published at www.sandburg.edu/poetryawards.
31st ANNUAL CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE POETRY AWARDS
Elementary Division
First place — Emerson Ponce (Oneida), “green”
Second place — Max Nichols (Oneida), “What Colors Are to Me”
Third place — Cooper B. (Avon), “The Different Soul”
Honorable mention — R. Darst (Avon), “My Papa”
Honorable mention — Bella Putman (Avon), “Inspired by Walter Dean Myers”
Honorable mention — Matthias Anderson (Galesburg), “Fear”
Honorable mention — Molly Tomeo (Dahinda), “Snowboarding”
Junior Division
First place — Clarissa Clark (Galesburg), “Life is a Book”
Second place — Toby Reynolds (Galesburg), “The Artisan’s Craft”
Third place — Tristan Boynton (Wataga), “Summer”
Honorable mention — Devan Carroll (Galesburg), “The wind roughly brushes my face”
Honorable mention — Kaitlyn Esters (Galesburg), “The Flashback”
Intermediate Division
First place — Maren Wilder (Knoxville), “Euphoria”
Second place — Joseph Sandoval (Knoxville), “Thunder Heavy Rain”
Third place — Aaliyah Lynch (Knoxville), “Patience of the Dead”
Honorable mention — Chloe Myers (Gilson), “I AM”
Honorable mention — Nicholas McDaneld (Gilson), “Tattered and Torn”
Honorable mention — Lily Stockton (Knoxville), “The House That Was”
Honorable mention — Evan Rossell (Knoxville), “The Beginning of it All”
Adult Division
First place — Randy Seals (Monmouth), “SUMMER BASEBALL”
Second place — Paul H. Maitland Jr. (Peoria), “The Closing Rose” after Emily Dickinson’s “Crisis is sweet and yet the Heart”
Third place — Gary M. Armstrong (Galesburg), “forever engraved on the present”
Honorable mention — Brooks Carver (Canton), “Our Lives Are Measured in Good-byes”
Honorable mention — Rebecca A. Logue (Chillicothe), “NOW”
Honorable mention — James J. Sandegren (Keokuk, Iowa), “Truth to Love”
Honorable mention — George Tanner (Yates City), “momma robin”
***Report Courtesy of Carl Sandburg College***
