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2022 Student Poetry Awards

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 โ€œThe Joy Flowerโ€ The Laurel Hill School
Category B Alicia DiGiambattista โ€œRealization & Renewalโ€ Great Hollow Middle School
Category C Charlotte Huang โ€œAmongst the Fireโ€ W.T. Clarke Middle School
Category D Chloe Lin โ€œLessons in Farmingโ€ Herricks High School
Category E Thisbe Wu โ€œShroomsโ€ Saint Anneโ€™s School
Category F Ruby Standfast โ€œA New Leafโ€ Dogwood Elementary School
Category G Mrs. Miolan โ€œA New Chapterโ€ Centre Avenue Elementary School
Category H Mrs. C. Loiacono โ€œNew Season, New Beginnings, New Hopeโ€ HB Mattlin Middle School
Category I Mrs. Prymaczek โ€œPoems of Renewalโ€ Hillside Grade School
Category J Mrs. Wallace โ€œA Time for Renewal Vol. 3 gr 8 pd 6โ€ Mt. Sinai Middle School
Category K Mr. Graham Otton โ€œOnce Againโ€ New Hyde Park High School
Category L Dr. Deirdre Faughey โ€œWonder Once Hiding Withinโ€ Oyster Bay High School
Category M Violet LeClaire, Emily Gorecki, Jordan Logue โ€œPhoenixโ€ Walt Whitman High School
May 15, 2022
12:00 pm
12:00 pm