2024 EARTH DAY STAUNTON
POETRY CONTEST WINNERS:
Adult Category:
1st Place – From Concrete by Dylan Thomas Mabe
2nd Place – Gurahivi by Brian Miller
3rd Place – Responsible Resident by Velma Kathryn Harner
Honorable Mention – Weeping Earth by Sheila Thadani
Middle School / High School Category:
1st Place – Silent Beauty by Amiya R. White
2nd Place – I Watched a Guy Stroll by Sarah Crittenden
3rd Place – Home by Kennedy Bryant
Honorable Mention – The Green Room by Isaac Wisler
Elementary Category:
1st Place – Saving Our Planet by William J. Reever
2nd Place – Pollution by Olivia Helvill
3rd Place – Untitled by Abigail Koska
Honorable Mention – Climate Change by Ananya Ram
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2024 POETRY CONTEST RULES:
Write an original poem using this year's 2024 Poetry Contest theme:
Caring for the earth
* Poem needs to be written based on the theme:
Caring for the earth
* Poems should be no more than 250 words and fit on one page
* Create one-page poem in Word document with no illustrations.
. Include a title with your poem and your name under the title
. Include a cover page with the title of poem, your full name,
category you are entering (Adult, MS/HS, Elementary, ASL),
email address, physical address, and phone number
. Total number of pages will be two: cover page and poem
* Send attached entries to: [email protected]
or mail to Shenandoah Green, 202 S. Lewis St., Staunton, VA 24401
. If you email poem, in the subject line write Earth Day Poetry Contest (followed by your last name and category you are entering)
EXAMPLE: Earth Day Poetry Contest Hess Adult
* Poems should be postmarked or emailed by midnight, April 30, 2024
* Educators, if your whole class writes poems, please do not
send every poem. Send only the top four poems of your class.
* Winners will be chosen from four categories:
Elementary, Middle/High School, Adult, American Sign Language
. Winners of the Elementary, and Middle/High School level
will receive gift certificates.
. Winners of the adult category will receive:
First Place . . . . . . $50
Second Place . . . . $40
Third Place . . . . . . $30
. The prize for ASL winner is to be determined
. Prizes will only be awarded to contestants living in the United States
with U.S. addresses
. Gift certificates will be from local Staunton, VA businesses
* Please send only one submission per person
. Judging is done by a panel of writers, poets, and environmentalists through the summer months. Winners are determined in time for Earthtober (Earth Day in October!) celebrations.
POETRY CONTEST WINNERS:
Adult Category:
1st Place – From Concrete by Dylan Thomas Mabe
2nd Place – Gurahivi by Brian Miller
3rd Place – Responsible Resident by Velma Kathryn Harner
Honorable Mention – Weeping Earth by Sheila Thadani
Middle School / High School Category:
1st Place – Silent Beauty by Amiya R. White
2nd Place – I Watched a Guy Stroll by Sarah Crittenden
3rd Place – Home by Kennedy Bryant
Honorable Mention – The Green Room by Isaac Wisler
Elementary Category:
1st Place – Saving Our Planet by William J. Reever
2nd Place – Pollution by Olivia Helvill
3rd Place – Untitled by Abigail Koska
Honorable Mention – Climate Change by Ananya Ram
___________________________________
2024 POETRY CONTEST RULES:
Write an original poem using this year's 2024 Poetry Contest theme:
Caring for the earth
* Poem needs to be written based on the theme:
Caring for the earth
* Poems should be no more than 250 words and fit on one page
* Create one-page poem in Word document with no illustrations.
. Include a title with your poem and your name under the title
. Include a cover page with the title of poem, your full name,
category you are entering (Adult, MS/HS, Elementary, ASL),
email address, physical address, and phone number
. Total number of pages will be two: cover page and poem
* Send attached entries to: [email protected]
or mail to Shenandoah Green, 202 S. Lewis St., Staunton, VA 24401
. If you email poem, in the subject line write Earth Day Poetry Contest (followed by your last name and category you are entering)
EXAMPLE: Earth Day Poetry Contest Hess Adult
* Poems should be postmarked or emailed by midnight, April 30, 2024
* Educators, if your whole class writes poems, please do not
send every poem. Send only the top four poems of your class.
* Winners will be chosen from four categories:
Elementary, Middle/High School, Adult, American Sign Language
. Winners of the Elementary, and Middle/High School level
will receive gift certificates.
. Winners of the adult category will receive:
First Place . . . . . . $50
Second Place . . . . $40
Third Place . . . . . . $30
. The prize for ASL winner is to be determined
. Prizes will only be awarded to contestants living in the United States
with U.S. addresses
. Gift certificates will be from local Staunton, VA businesses
* Please send only one submission per person
. Judging is done by a panel of writers, poets, and environmentalists through the summer months. Winners are determined in time for Earthtober (Earth Day in October!) celebrations.
