23rd Annual Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony, recorded at the Central Library, June 4, 2022.

Congratulations to all the winners of the 23rd Annual Poetry Contest!
Also, thank you to everyone who submitted poems and to our judges.
We hope to see you again next year!

And here are our winners:
3rd – 5th Grade Winners
1st Place: Family, Friends, and Me Tree by Abi-Gail F.
2nd Place: Stop by Brielle L.
3rd Place: Pitty the Peach by Quave W.

6th – 8th Grade Winners
1st Place: Best Friend for Life by Nikhil B.
2nd Place: Tween by Savannah A.
3rd Place: The Wild Call by Alexis B.

9th-12th Grade Winners
1st Place: My Mother, My Venus by Emily V.
2nd Place: Transmission Tunnel by Charlotte B.
3rd Place: Stories in the Sand by Ananya V.

Adult Winners
1st Place: My Language is Not My Own by Emily S.
2nd Place: The Ordinary Sacred by Ashley H.
3rd Place: Chata by Henry G.

Thank you to everyone who participated this year and to our judges, for lending us their expertise and helping us choose our winners!

Read these winning poems as well as all the entries here: https://www.fresnolibrarypoetry.org/