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MP3 files by teens, for teens

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Poems from the 2006 Teen Poetry Contest

• "Hypotheses" Molly King (1st place tie)
• "Bond Girl" Aubrey Scarborough (1st place tie)
• "In the Library" Kelsey Shaw (2nd place)
• "Just the Ebb and Flow of Your Voice" Fiona Rice (3rd place)
• "Goodbye" Rachel Aldrich (Librarian's Choice: Promising Young Poets Award winner)
• "The Void" Lara Bhaiwala (Librarian's Choice: Promising Young Poets Award winner)
• "Ocean" Maggie Mullins (Librarian's Choice: Promising Young Poets Award winner)
• "Skiing" Michaela Voorhees (Librarian's Choice: Promising Young Poets Award winner)
• recording of the 2006 Teen Poetry Reception (31MB)

(For a list of other winners from this year's contest, see this page.)

Poems from the 2005 Teen Poetry Contest

Our first annual Teen Poetry Contest was a re-sounding (get it?) success.  Poetry is meant to be spoken aloud and listened to, so have a listen to some of this year's entries.

• "Zeus, Almighty!" Veda Eswarappa (1st place)
• "What you never saw in your book"  Whitney Domigan (2nd place tie)
• "By your park, in old lamp light..."  Whitney Domigan (2nd place tie)
• "Flight" Andrew Sanders (3rd place tie)
• "One Night Aboard a Boat"  Lydia Dallett (3rd place tie)
• "The Dark Lake" Leah Denison (honorable mention)
• "Red Cannas"  Colette Harris (honorable mention)
• "What is Poetry?"  Christine Zhou (honorable mention)
• recording of the 2005 Teen Poetry Reception (big -- 35MB!)

(For a list of other winners from the 2005 poetry contest, see this page.)

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