"Accolades" 2014 National Student Poetry Contest
(Original Submission Deadline of April 30, 2014) - Winners Announced September 30, 2014.

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Click here to read the poems by the Division Winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place)

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Division I
(grades 3-5)

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Division Winner - Bridgette Rupp
2nd Place - Linnea Geenen
3rd Place - Mary Esposito

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Division II
(grades 6-7)

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Division Winner - Ann Zhang
2nd Place - Allison Regenwether
3rd Place - Eleanor Wikstrom

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Division III
(grades 8-9)

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Division Winner - Veronica Enierga
2nd Place - Olivia Loehr
3rd Place - Emily Kosker

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Division IV
(grades 10-12)

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Division Winner - Brittany Loveless
2nd Place - Shaloni Pinto
3rd Place - Evan Fishburn

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Editor's Choice Award and Grand Prize Winner
Brittany Loveless for poem entitled "Home Alone"

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"School's Out Shopping Spree" Winner
George Page (Entry entitled "Baseball")

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Laptop Computer, Tablet, or iPod Touch Winner
Paige Keller (Entry entitled "The Mask I Wear")

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VISA Gift Card Winners
Dewan Protiva (Entry entitled "Two Souls")
Gus Spiker (Entry entitled "Winter")
Landon Murphy (Entry entitled "The Boys of Fall")
Juliana Caputo (Entry entitled "I Remember When")
Marissa Cliff (Entry entitled "Miranda Cliff")
Natalia Usenia (Entry entitled "Dance")
Sydney Levine (Entry entitled "The Creation of Rain")
Anneke Klip (Entry entitled "Prisoner of Memories")
Ben Bodnar (Entry entitled "The Poem I Can't Remember")
Angel Eskilian (Entry entitled "Transcendence")

 

 Top Educator Award Winners
Amy Turner of Eagle Ridge Elementary School in Phoenix, AZ
Ian Schock of New Jersey United Christian Academy in Cream Ridge, NJ
Tonya Wright of Edwardsburg Middle School in Edwardsburg, MI
Courtney Gates of Sunnyland Elementary School in Bellingham, WA
Amber Pursley of King City Arts Magnet in King City, CA
Ashley Stricker of Rugby High School in Rugby, ND
Julia Bielamowicz of Resurrection Catholic School in Jacksonville, FL
William Morin of Sandhills School in Columbia, SC
Kali Briggs of Manila Elementary School in Manila, UT
Elizabeth Stewart of Norton Elementary School in Cheshire, CT

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2014 Spirit of Education Award Winner
Cooper Junior High School of Wylie, TX