Winning Entries
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"Inspired" 2009 National Student Poetry Contest
(Original Submission Deadline of April 30, 2009) - Winners Announced September 30, 2009.
Click here to read the poems by the Division Winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place)
Division I
(grades 3-5)
Division Winner - Fiona Cohen
2nd Place - Anusha Bishop
3rd Place - Abraham Fakhreddine
Division II
(grades 6-7)
Division Winner - Jennifer Coleman
2nd Place - Ashley Huston
3rd Place - Lyndsay Head
Division III
(grades 8-9)
Division Winner - Jarred Worley
2nd Place - Sarah Stratton
3rd Place - Haleigh Swansen
Division IV
(grades 10-12)
Division Winner - Danielle Shpaner
2nd Place - Ashley Frey
3rd Place - Ellie Riedel
Editor's Choice Award and Grand Prize Winner
Danielle Shpaner for poem entitled, "Void and Cracked"
"School's Out Shopping Spree" Winner
Hanna Stice
VISA Gift Card Winners
Jerome Jackson
JonPaul Moran
Carlos Santiago
Jeremy Collins
Benjamin Denzler
Brandon Schmierer
Kara Coffman
Jessica Gonzalez
Marissa Scott
Nancy Waite
Nathan Harden
Jacob Bundt
2009 Spirit of Education Award Winner
Farmingville Elementary School of Ridgefield, CT