Memorial Hall Library's First Annual

Many thanks to everyone who participated in our first annual Teen Poetry Contest!  We had close to 150 entries' worth of fabulous talent and creativity. 

Special thanks to our poet-judges: Annie Deppe, Theodore Deppe and Mark Schorr.  Also, a big thank-you goes to our local business sponsor Danversbank and the MHL Board of Trustees for providing the grand prize of a new computer.

Congratulations to our winners!

• 1st Place: "Zeus, Almighty!" by Veda Eswarappa
  
• 2nd Place Tie: "What you never saw in your book" by Whitney Domigan
• 2nd Place Tie: "By your park, in old lamp light..." by Whitney Domigan
  
• 3rd Place Tie: "One Night Aboard a Boat" by Lydia Dallett
• 3rd Place Tie: "Flight" by Andrew Sanders
  
• Honorable Mention: "The Dark Lake" by Leah Denison
• Honorable Mention: "The Gray Life Got Grayer" by Kira Gendlerman
• Honorable Mention: "Red Cannas" by Colette Harris
• Honorable Mention: "A Paradelle for Truth" by Kit Harris
• Honorable Mention: "The Choice is Yours" by Fiona Rice
• Honorable Mention: "What is Poetry?" by Christine Zhou

To hear recordings of some of these poems being recited, visit this page.  If you have a poem you'd like posted on our web site, let us know!