Table of Contents
Introduction Rada Kuznetsova
2016 Winners
Middle School Category
Suspenseful City (Mateo Strickland)
Downcast (Isabella Matthei)
Regrets (Alana Olivero)
Fake (Maia Tasker)
High School Category
The Number Game (Daniela Antelo)
Dear Abuela (Naomi Jeanpierre)
Cosmic Soul (Nyaila Newbold)
The Mask (Allyson Ifergan)
Adults Category
You Became My Father (Gina Marie Mammano)
Hairology (Amanda O'Mara)
That Brilliant Samba (David Morgan O'Connor)
Lighthouse (Melanie Lucht)
Seniors Category
Never at Rest (Nancy Louise Cook)
Barefoot in Montgomery (Lee Patton)
Jack's Commitments (Robert Ronnow)
International Poets Category
Mapendo (Mima Kabwe)
I Procrastinated (Graca N. Kibio)
Hope (Siya Ntsumpa)
The Wayfarer's Waterloo (Yvonne Wedgewood)
2017 Winners
Middle School Dave Drake Award
To the Willow (Elyse Thomas - 1st Place)
The Anatomy of Hope (Angelina Minittee - 2nd Place)
Trumpet of the Herald (Turner Tollusziz - 3rd Place)
Why Choose To Risk It (Lily Barmoha - 4th Place)
High School Category - Aiken
Supernatural (Cameron Barron)
Fragile (Jasmine Kitchings)
Colors (Lizzy Kleinkauf)
Building Block (Brandi De Haven)
High School Category - World
If Forgiveness Was Made of Stardust (Sophia Giudici-Juarez)
The Infinity of Possibility (Marina Ellis)
Her Voice (Jennifer Nguyen)
Death of the Poèt (Nadia Dimitrova)
Adults Mahogany Red Literary Prize
Racist Rice (Minncey Richani)
Diamonds on the Rocks (Ellen Ricks)
The Death of A Poet (Kendall Driscoll)
Paradise in Tears (Masoyo Has)
Impatience (Noel Pratt)
Seniors
Red Ink On Miracles (Wendy MacLean)
THE LAST WILDFLOWER (Don Shook)
FEAR OF FIRE. LOWER EAST SIDE, 1966 (Terence Cady)
Ode to the Ravioli I Left Behind (Dianalee Velie)
