2023 Poetry Contest

decorative lines and splat shapes with text 2022 poetry contest for all ages

This Year's Winning Poems


Congratulations to this year's winning poems ~ 


Elementary Division (Grades 3-5)
Ismael Mendoza ADIOS JARDIN QUERIDO

Middle School Division (Grades 6-8) 
Elliott Roth-Bensusan Your Beauty

High School Division (Grades 9-12) 
Madeline Aliah Trans Maiden Manifesto

Adult Division
Claudia Ramirez Flores Below the Stars

2023 Poetry Contest Entries

Elementary Division (Grades 3-5)

ADIOS JARDIN QUERIDO by Ismael Mendoza
The Forest by Ember

Middle School Division (Grades 6-8)

Scary Friends by Ashley Johnson
Your Beauty by Elliott Roth-Bensusan

High School Division (Grades 9-12)

A Letter For Those Who Need It by Amani Shroff
Melancolía by Kelly Martinez
Trans Maiden Manifesto by Madeline Aliah

Adult Division

Below the Stars by Claudia Ramirez Flores
False  by Alejandra Castro-Alvarez
In Middle Age I Give Myself A Middle Name by Geneffa Jahan
Mother, I by Guille Medrano
Wind by Shirley Flores Munoz