Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is delighted to announce our 36th annual Student Poetry Contest. 2022 Poet-In-Residence Natasha Trethewey will officiate the afternoon.
GRAND CHAMPIONS 2022
| Category | Name | Poem | School |
| Category A | Riya Golia | “The Joy Flower” | The Laurel Hill School |
| Category B | Alicia DiGiambattista | “Realization & Renewal” | Great Hollow Middle School |
| Category C | Charlotte Huang | “Amongst the Fire” | W.T. Clarke Middle School |
| Category D | Chloe Lin | “Lessons in Farming” | Herricks High School |
| Category E | Thisbe Wu | “Shrooms” | Saint Anne’s School |
| Category F | Ruby Standfast | “A New Leaf” | Dogwood Elementary School |
| Category G | Mrs. Miolan | “A New Chapter” | Centre Avenue Elementary School |
| Category H | Mrs. C. Loiacono | “New Season, New Beginnings, New Hope” | HB Mattlin Middle School |
| Category I | Mrs. Prymaczek | “Poems of Renewal” | Hillside Grade School |
| Category J | Mrs. Wallace | “A Time for Renewal Vol. 3 gr 8 pd 6” | Mt. Sinai Middle School |
| Category K | Mr. Graham Otton | “Once Again” | New Hyde Park High School |
| Category L | Dr. Deirdre Faughey | “Wonder Once Hiding Within” | Oyster Bay High School |
| Category M | Violet LeClaire, Emily Gorecki, Jordan Logue | “Phoenix” | Walt Whitman High School |
