2008 STUDENT CONTEST AWARDS
POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA
April 19, 2008

S-1 FIRST AND SECOND GRADES (judge, Shirley Sellers):
FIRST PLACE, Max Burtis, �The Stream�, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
SECOND PLACE, Teddy Matel, �Nut Fall�, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
THIRD PLACE, Noah Jordan, �The Apple,� Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Carissa Fawber, �Bears�, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
SECOND HM, Kyle Thiele, �On Christmas Night,� Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach VA

S-2 THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES (judge, Evelyn R. Tower):
FIRST PLACE, Andrew Nelin, �New York City�, Red Mill Elementary School, Virginia Beach VA;
SECOND PLACE, Willow Pedersen, �Owls of Ga�Hoole�, Williamsburg Montessori School, Williamsburg VA;
THIRD PLACE, Thomas Reinhold, �Freestyle�, Virginia Beach Friends School, Virginia Beach VA;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Wallace Jackson, �Crested Gecko,� Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
SECOND HM, Josie Cotton, �Remembering Summer�, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
THIRD HM, Ciara Mulcahy, �Guilt Is That Darkening�, Raleigh Court Elementary, Roanoke City VA

S-3 FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES (judge, Serena Fusek):
FIRST PLACE, Brian Tran, �Beginning to End�, Kenmore Middle School, Arlington VA;
SECOND PLACE, Shane Tierney, �He�s Off!�, Sidwell Friends School, Washington DC;
THIRD PLACE, Sam Tucker, �The Big Drop�, Amherst Middle School, Amherst VA;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Kate Sollee, �Smokey�, Sidwell Friends School, Washington DC;
SECOND HM, Gabrielle Amie, �Daddy�, Great Neck Middle School, Virginia Beach VA;
THIRD HM, Paul Culbertson, �Dogs�, Great Neck Middle School, Virginia Beach VA

S-4 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES (judge, Virginia O�Keefe):
FIRST PLACE, Gabby Kozub, �Muy Caliente�, St. Gregory the Great School, Virginia Beach VA;
SECOND PLACE, Sarah Jordan, �A Gift from My Father, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
THIRD PLACE, Brandon Blake, �Everything�s Here�, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb, ME;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Claire Kimberly, �Startled Lives,� St. Gregory the Great School, Virginia Beach VA;
SECOND HM, Amelia Neilson, �Summer Color�, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb, ME:
THIRD HM, Jeff Bourbonnais, �The Heron�, Montcalm School, Winnipeg, MB Canada

S-5 NINTH & TENTH GRADES (judge, Ann Shalaski):
FIRST PLACE, Tina Miller, �Grandmother, I watched you color�, Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove FL;
SECOND PLACE, Shelby Cook, �Broken For You�, Red Bank Regional HS, Little Silver NJ;
THIRD PLACE, Mikal Cardine, �There Is a Ship�, Home-school, Warrenton VA;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Nyrie Hardy, �Reminisce�, Red Bank Regional HS, Little Silver NJ

S-6 ELEVENTH & TWELFTH GRADES (judge, Jill Winkowski):
FIRST PLACE, Linda Zou, �An Obituary,� Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax VA;
SECOND PLACE, Devin Merget, �Sunday Afternoon�, Slinger HS, Slinger WI;
THIRD PLACE, DJ LoBraico, �Margie Was a Malapert�, Red Bank Regional HS, Little Silver NJ;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Jeff Anderson, �Battleground Backyard,� St. Christopher�s School, Richmond VA:
SECOND HM, Anthony Gouw, �It Would Rule, Ward Melville HS, South Setauket NY;
THIRD HM, Danielle Nonhof, �Perhaps�, Slinger HS, Slinger WI

S-7 COMMUNITY COLLEGE (judge, Norma Richardson):
FIRST PLACE, Heather Matthews, �Sunday�, Rappahannock Community College, Glenns VA;
SECOND PLACE, Russell Wrightson, �We Carried Logs�, Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg VA;
THIRD PLACE, Melissa Beebe, �Gravity�, Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake VA:
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Sharon Roberts, �Lingering Love�, SW VA Community College, Cedar Bluff, VA;
SECOND HM, Christy Doyle, �High Voltage�, John Tyler Community College, Chester VA;
THIRD HM, Gary Garbett, A Road Song for Josh, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond VA

S-8 UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE (judge, Mary Haines):
SECOND PLACE, Caitlin Steever, �Aunt Dotty�, New York University, New York, NY;
THIRD PLACE, Christine Stoddard, �Winter Wanderlust�, Grinnell College, Grinnell IA;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Rebecca Landau, �Perhaps We All Just Follow the Leaves,� Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA

THE POETRY SOCIETY PRIZE, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES (judge, John Hansen):
FIRST PLACE, Annika Jenkins, �A Newborn Season�, Home/Independent Study, Virginia Beach VA;
SECOND PLACE, Kira Tomlin, �Yet a Girl�, Homeschool, Front Royal VA;
THIRD PLACE, Morgan Scully, �River Seasons�, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb ME;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Ariel Small, �The Journey Through a Book�, Great Neck Middle School, Virginia Beach VA;
SECOND HM, Danielle LaBar, �The Dive�, Amherst Middle School, Amherst VA

THE JENKINS PRIZE, NINTH AND TENTH GRADES, (judge, Louise Clara):
FIRST PLACE, Shelby Cook, �Dilemma�, Red Bank Regional HS, Little Silver NJ;
SECOND PLACE, Nyrie Hardy, �This Christmas�, Red Bank Regional HS, Little Silver NJ;
THIRD PLACE, Jacqueline Benshaya, �Turbulence�, Red Bank Regional HS, Little Silver, NJ;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Tina Miller, ��You think too much,�she said suddenly�, Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove, FL;
SECOND HM; Feridina Bisha, �Autumn Bona Fide�, Red Bank Regional HS, Little Silver NJ

THE VIRGINIA STUDENT PRIZE, VIRGINIA STUDENTS NINTH TO TWELFTH GRADES (judge, Nancy Powell):
FIRST PLACE, Joseph Makhal, �Poem�, St. Christopher�s, Richmond VA;
SECOND PLACE, Andrew Cha, �Brown Love,� Roanoke Catholic, Roanoke VA;
THIRD PLACE, Meghan Moore, �No Name�, Grafton HS, Grafton VA;
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION, Christina Beasley, �On Breaking,� Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology, Vienna VA;
SECOND HM, John Wilkinson, �Counter Right�, St. Christopher�s, Richmond VA;
THIRD HM, Samantha Butrym, �Days Like These�, Kempsville HS, Kempsville VA

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