2013 Poets’ Corner Contest Winners Announced
Winners have been announced for the 32nd annual Poets’ Corner Contest sponsored by the City of Modesto Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department and the Modesto’s Poets’ Corner Committee, a sub-committee of the Culture Commission.
Judges selected 45 winning poems and 9 Honorable Mentions from 196 entries. Winners ranged in age from Preschool/K to senior citizens. The winning poems will be read at 1:30 p.m., on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the McHenry Museum, 14th and I Streets, Modesto with a reception to follow. Each winner will receive a copy of the Modesto Poets’ Corner Celebration Program of Contest Winning Poems. The public is invited.
This year’s special category was entitled “Pets,” in celebration of a favorite pet, a family pet, an unusual pet or the pet we wished we had. In addition to the special category, the contest was open to any other subject and form of poetry, such as rhymed, free verse, light verse, sonnet, haiku and ballad. Congratulations to this year’s Poets’ Corner poets.
The 2013 Winners are as follows:
Youth Winners: Annyher Reyes-Ayala Autumn Collins Bradley Scott Cinthia A. Hernandez Czarina Garcia Dekker White Eleni Keriotis Eliana Montalavo Gillian Gray Grace Benham Jesus Bernal Josephine Henderson Katie Krieger Kiley Pesco Kylie Tuitavuki Lars Paulsen Mia Bird Hargrave Paige Johnson Sarah Lim Sarah O’Leary Savannah Adeline Lucero Sofia Johnson Sophia Orlando Zoe Keriotis
Adult Winners: Angel Villagomez Arnold Acker Casey Giffin Chyril Turner Cleo Griffith Donna Snow Doug C. Souza Louise Kantro Lynn M. Hansen Nancee Kinkaid Maya Nancy Haskett Roberta Bearden Sarah Haskett Tom Myers Tom Portwood Virginia Calderon Virginia Dall
Honorable Mention Youth: Bryceen Warda Eleni Keriotis Joshua Romano Nick Trovao Tegan R. Jackson
Honorable Mention Adults: Donna Snow Elizabeth Provost Louise Kantro Virginia Dall
