"Gifted" 2024 National Student Poetry Contest
(Original Submission Deadline of April 30, 2024) - Winners Announced September 30, 2024.

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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)​

 

Division Winner – Bernadette Donovan

2nd Place – Iris Galicia

3rd Place – Ian Garrido

 

Division II

(grades 6-7)​

 

Division Winner – Natalie Parchment

2nd Place – Keyanna Crissman

3rd Place –​ Rachel Burgess

 

Division III

(grades 8-9)​

 

Division Winner – Khadija Bellarhrib

2nd Place – Cole Ingram

3rd Place – Kimberly Gilliland

 

Division IV

(grades 10-12)

 

Division Winner – Kendall Thacker

2nd Place – Lillie McAdams

3rd Place – Carolina Bivol

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Editor's Choice Award and Grand Prize Winner

Kendall Thacker for poem entitled "Did I Do This To You?"

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"School's Out Shopping Spree" Winner

Bailey Dickens for poem entitled "The Life of a Rose”

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Laptop Computer, Tablet, or Wireless Headphones Winner

Henrik Sommer for poem entitled "The Boy Who Walks"

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Amazon Gift Card Winners

Axley Wolff (Entry entitled "Get Up!")

Sadie Greenberger (Entry entitled “Smile”)

Daniel Jaramillo (Entry entitled “The Sky”)

Jaeden Yeager (Entry entitled “The Burning Troubadour”)

Landon Carlisle (Entry entitled “My Wings”)

Troy Vahle (Entry entitled “Star Wars”)

Adrianna Heras (Entry entitled “Being Myself”)

Abigail Simpson (Entry entitled “Tuesday Night”)

Chloe Watts (Entry entitled “Procrastination”)

Annabelle Mitchell (Entry entitled “Ode To My Feelings”)

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Top Educator Award Winners

Crystal Smith of Vassalboro Community School in Vassalboro, ME

Richie Sales of Leggett Elementary School in Leggett, TX

Brooklynne Weekley of Fredericktown Intermediate School in Fredericktown, MO

Amberley Culbertson of Enoch Elementary School in Cedar City, UT

Laura Tyler of CIS Academy in Pembroke, NC

Nerlin Angel of Crossroads Christian School in Madera, CA

Timothy Barsuhn of Jackson Christian School in Jackson, MI

Michael Wollman of Hitchcock-Tulare Junior Senior High School in Tulare, SD

Jenna Haensgen of Horicon Elementary School in Horicon, WI

Angela Rakowski of Just For Girls Elementary School in Bradenton, FL

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"Early Bird" Prize Winners

Megan Koster of Corpus Christi Catholic School in Holland, MI

Amanda Beikmann of Clifton Clyde Middle School in Clifton, KS

Sarah Greinke of Mount Dora High School in Mount Dora, FL

Terri Timothy of Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts & Sciences in Hardeeville, SC

Francesca Merendino of Roselle Catholic High School in Roselle, NJ

Lisa Toub of Memorial Day School in Savannah, GA

Peter Cooke of Memorial Middle School in Albany, OR

Leah Frank of Prospect Park Yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY

Hayley Johnson of Tuscaloosa Christian School in Cottondale, AL

Tara Williamson of East Columbus Junior Senior High School in Lake Waccamaw, NC

Patricia Helquist of Monticello Elementary School in Monticello, UT

Daniel Hahm of Shoreland Lutheran High School in Kenosha, WI

Wendy Zeller of Riverside Academy in Reserve, LA

Norma Crisostomo of Serrano Middle School in Montclair, CA

Jennifer Nealen of Harmony Area School in Westover, PA

Elizabeth Bogle of George Washington High School in Indianapolis, IN

Kai Gaitley of Pahoa High and Intermediate School in Pahoa, HI

Kathleen Gentry of Pojoaque Valley High School in Santa Fe, NM

Jennifer D'Epagnier of Frontier Elementary School in Edmond, OK

Allan Peterson of Orleans Elementary School in Orleans, MA

Jessica Juarez of Robstown Early College High School in Robstown, TX

Jared Frazier of Morgan Elementary School in Paduah, KY

Tonya Dennis of Liberty Christian School in Owings Mills, MD

Chyanne Retcher of Liberty-Benton Elementary School in Findaly, OH

Devyn McSheridan of St. Hilary School in Chicago, IL

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2024 Spirit of Education Award Winners

Saranac Middle School of Saranac, NY

Welsh Hills School of Granville, OH