2009 OSPA Student Poetry Contest Winning Poem List
All Honorable Mentions are listed in alphabetical order, with no ranking.
All poems were judged blind in each step of the process.
Saturday, May 9th (please note that letters have the incorrect date of May 12th)
10:00am--12:00
Salem Public Library
Please email M. Christine Delea at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more details.
DIVISION I
101 Poems
1st Prize: Lice by Ella Bogdanski, Tualatin
2nd Prize: Wind Blows by Emma Baughman, Beaverton
3rd Prize: Spring Butterflies by Kaitlyn Gingell, Beaverton
Honorable Mentions:
A Forest by Noah Baskin, Portland
BRRR It’s Cold by Shelby Conway, Salem
Wind by Sophia Grube, Tualatin
The World by Maia Bella McNamara, West Linn
Snowflakes by Katie Palka, Tualatin
Winter by Amelia Pressman, Tualatin
The Moon by Liam Snyder, Portland
DIVISION II
267 Poems
1st Prize: The Tallest Brother by Zoe Duncan-Doroff, Portland
2nd Prize: Mountain Hiking Story by Jonathan Fredericks, Salem
3rd Prize: Trees by Ben Norman, Albany
Honorable Mentions:
I’m From the Memories by Kristin Bewersdorff, North Plains
Calmness by B. Tucker Chisholm, Portland
Everything I Am by Grant Sutton, West Linn
Black by Garren Tiffee, Portland
Depression by Bailey Volchok, Portland
The Western Tanager by Cole Vose, Gresham
The Mountain by Claire Williams, Tualatin
DIVISION III
303 Poems
1st Prize: Ramona by Rylee Lewis, Tigard
2nd Prize: Anticipation by Anisha Datta, Portland
3rd Prize: Falling Light by Amanda Valdovinos, Damascus
Honorable Mentions:
Peace by Kyra Adair, Mt. Vernon
My Name Is . . . by Oscar Becerra, Hood River
I Am from Summer by Elijah Carlson, North Plains
Rejection by Sarah Haedrich, Portland
The Boy Within by David Minar, Bend
Woodland Melancholy by Rachel Rosenbloom, Portland
Backyard Memories by Alexandra Weiher, McMinnville
DIVISION IV
101 Poems
1st Prize: The Earthworm Farmer (#3) by Kylan Rice, Medford
2nd Prize: She Said He Said He Was Done by Art Volodko, Oregon City
3rd Prize: Waking Up by Eleanor Ellis, Salem
Honorable Mentions:
Confession by Peter D’Auria, Portland
Mukumps by Joseph Ham, Salem
The Red Violin by Alexander Kazmierowicz, Estacada
She’s Beautiful by Emily Kemmerer, Eagle Point
Stranger by Nicole Leach, Salem
Getting Out of the Way by Destiny Mensinger, Eagle Point
The Quilt Poem by Robert Reynolds, Salem
