For the last eleven years the Conway Public Library has held a poetry contest. This year there were a total of 157 entries in five age categories. Hearty thanks to the judges who donated their time and thought to read all entries and select the following winners:
First Place in age category 6 to 9 is Marcella Melansen for The Leaf; Runner Up is Peg Diegoli for The Docks. Age 10 to 12 First Place is Ross MacFayden for A Snowy Spring; Runner Up is David Fulton for In the Beginning. The 13 to 19 age category had the stiffest competition this year with 69 entries. First Place is Abigail Leonard with White; Runner Up is Daniel Rollnick for Cards. First Place in the 20 to 40 category is Lenny Jewell for Yard Work; Runner Up is Dina Muir for Metaphorically Speaking. In the over 40 age category First Place is Robert Demaree for The Orange Rowboat; Runner Up is awarded to Janet Kucera for Daniel.
In addition. the following poems were chosen to receive honorable mention and be included in the collection of this year’s winners, which will be catalogued and added to the library’s circulating collection. For age 6-9 with a total of 53 entries honorable mention is awarded to Monkey by Sam Sires & Cody Collins, Out of This World by Robyn Coffield, Sunset by Alec Thurston, Vampire Bat by Devon Russell, Bears by Lexey Eastman, My Dog Smokie by Devon Cole, Spring by Henry Shaw, Four Llamas by Shawn Pike, and What I See in Nature by Spencer Duchesne. The 10 to 12 category received 10 entries. Honorable mention is awarded to Predator by Cody Weber, Fruit by Jessica Barefoot and The Tapping Cat by Madison Doucette. In the age 13 to 19 category (69 entries!) the honor goes to Jennifer Watts for Ode to Fire, Jenny Lyman for Feed the Meter, and Keith Ferry for Being a Kid. In the 20 to 40 group, with 7 entries, My Dear Love by Laurie Crouse, What a Waste by Brian Wilkins, and The Battle by Kim Livingston received honorable mention. !8 entries were submitted to the over 40 category. Honorable mentions are awarded to Pat Fry for Ulysses the Cat, Kathy Trimble for Dear Grandsons, Love Gramma, Dina De Nitto for The Shape of Her World, Elizabeth Lewonis for Summer Solstice, and Donna Richardson for I’ll Not Get Up.
Prizes have been generously donated by the Toy Chest, White Birch Books, the Local Bookie, McSherry’s Nursery and the Conway Public Library.
First Place in age category 6 to 9 is Marcella Melansen for The Leaf; Runner Up is Peg Diegoli for The Docks. Age 10 to 12 First Place is Ross MacFayden for A Snowy Spring; Runner Up is David Fulton for In the Beginning. The 13 to 19 age category had the stiffest competition this year with 69 entries. First Place is Abigail Leonard with White; Runner Up is Daniel Rollnick for Cards. First Place in the 20 to 40 category is Lenny Jewell for Yard Work; Runner Up is Dina Muir for Metaphorically Speaking. In the over 40 age category First Place is Robert Demaree for The Orange Rowboat; Runner Up is awarded to Janet Kucera for Daniel.
In addition. the following poems were chosen to receive honorable mention and be included in the collection of this year’s winners, which will be catalogued and added to the library’s circulating collection. For age 6-9 with a total of 53 entries honorable mention is awarded to Monkey by Sam Sires & Cody Collins, Out of This World by Robyn Coffield, Sunset by Alec Thurston, Vampire Bat by Devon Russell, Bears by Lexey Eastman, My Dog Smokie by Devon Cole, Spring by Henry Shaw, Four Llamas by Shawn Pike, and What I See in Nature by Spencer Duchesne. The 10 to 12 category received 10 entries. Honorable mention is awarded to Predator by Cody Weber, Fruit by Jessica Barefoot and The Tapping Cat by Madison Doucette. In the age 13 to 19 category (69 entries!) the honor goes to Jennifer Watts for Ode to Fire, Jenny Lyman for Feed the Meter, and Keith Ferry for Being a Kid. In the 20 to 40 group, with 7 entries, My Dear Love by Laurie Crouse, What a Waste by Brian Wilkins, and The Battle by Kim Livingston received honorable mention. !8 entries were submitted to the over 40 category. Honorable mentions are awarded to Pat Fry for Ulysses the Cat, Kathy Trimble for Dear Grandsons, Love Gramma, Dina De Nitto for The Shape of Her World, Elizabeth Lewonis for Summer Solstice, and Donna Richardson for I’ll Not Get Up.
Prizes have been generously donated by the Toy Chest, White Birch Books, the Local Bookie, McSherry’s Nursery and the Conway Public Library.
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