We are pleased to announce the results of the 2013 Statewide Poetry Contest. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to everyone who entered in the contest!

An award ceremony and reading will be held to mark the occasion on March 30th at 7:00 P.M. in the Bear Gallery on the 3rd floor of the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks.

Middle School/Elementary School:
1st Place: Little Red Fox by Winter Peña, Fairbanks
2nd Place: Dogs & Cats by Gracie Rankin, Kenai
3rd Place: Candle by Miranda Jackson, Fairbanks

Honorable Mention: Medusa by Yuki Nagaoka, Fairbanks
Honorable Mention: Snowflake by Sarah Loveless, Fairbanks
Honorable Mention: Tank by Kendall Nicholson, Fairbanks
Honorable Mention: I Am by Caleb Cunningham, Fairbanks

High School:
1st Place: The Path in the Woods by Montana Troyer, Fairbanks
2nd Place: Beauty & the Beast by Montana Troyer, Fairbanks
3rd Place: Don’t Forget by Hope Hughes, Fairbanks

Honorable Mention: Remember Me by Hope Hughes, Fairbanks

Adult:
1st Place: Turning of the Wheel by Richard Stokes, Juneau
2nd Place: Moving On by Kim Kopp, Galena
3rd Place: Comforting the Remnants of My Soldier by Abigail Calkin, Gustavus

Honorable Mention: Dusk, My White Teacup in the Window by Jill Osier, Fairbanks
Honorable Mention: Winter Composition by Marilyn Borell, Anchorage
Honorable Mention: Snowed In by Linda Martin, Homer
Honorable Mention: Place by Richard Stokes, Juneau
Honorable Mention: Why He Is Who He Is by Abigail Calkin, Gustavus