"Eloquence" 2015 National Student Poetry Contest
(Original Submission Deadline of April 30, 2015) - Winners Announced September 30, 2015.

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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)

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Division Winner - Joya Breinholt
2nd Place - Samantha Cake  
3rd Place - Kaleb Caraway 

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Division II
(grades 6-7)

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Division Winner - Fisher Boyd 
2nd Place - Elaine Yang 
3rd Place - Gillian Perrotta

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Division III
(grades 8-9)

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Division Winner - Kyle Macaluso
2nd Place - Morgan Dennis  
3rd Place -  Amanda McNamara 

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Division IV
(grades 10-12)

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Division Winner - Madison Seabrook 
2nd Place - Jodi Aleshire 
3rd Place - Paulina Camara

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Editor's Choice Award and Grand Prize Winner
Madison Seabrook for poem entitled "Industria and Acedia"

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"School's Out Shopping Spree" Winner
Rachel King (Entry entitled "Fun In the Sun")

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Laptop Computer, Tablet, or iPod Touch Winner
Emily Doss (Entry entitled "When the Crows Came")

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Amazon Gift Card Winners
Michaela Cowley (Entry entitled "His Torture")
Gordon Tenev (Entry entitled "Just a Normal Day")
Christina Swartz (Entry entitled "The Music In My Soul")
Chloe Tessmer (Entry entitled "The Dance")
Justice Dalton (Entry entitled "Rain")
Danielle Campbell (Entry entitled "My Four-Leaf Clover")
Bella Herman (Entry entitled "A Summer Day")
Cassidy Towery (Entry entitled "The Fire of She")
Donovan Petrecca (Entry entitled "Red, White, Blue")
Nicolas Zablotsky (Entry entitled "Life In General")

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 Top Educator Award Winners
Robert Nunn of Woodbury High School in Woodbury, MN
Margaret Georgia of Holy Family School in Green Bay, WI
Andrew Richmond of Carl G. Fisher Elementary School in Speedway, IN
LeeAnn VanVranken of Peasley Middle School in Gloucester, VA
Charann White of Francis Scott Key Middle School in Silver Spring, MD
Scott McIlquham of Ashley Academy in Johnson City, TN
Katlin Witschen of Rapelje School in Rapelje, MT
Sherina Walker-Cirone of The Waldorf School of San Diego in San Diego, CA
Dean Winther of Coral Academy of Science in Henderson, NV
Jacqueline Ryan of Orchard Park Middle School in Orchard Park, NY

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 2015 Spirit of Education Award Winner
Western Pines Middle School of West Palm Beach, FL