The Oregon Poetry Association congratulates the winners of the 2018 Cascadia poetry contest, open to all K-12 students including private, home, and parochial school students.
Division I: Kindergarten through Second Grade
Ryan Bowles, Frankenstein’s Underwear, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Nat Butler, Witches and Wolves, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Caleb Harter, The Summer, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Julianna Maxfield, Morning Sun, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Ohio Petersen, Halloween Night, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Arleigh Sparling, Poetry, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Lila Van Tol, My Clock, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Charlie West, Tamales, Beverly Cleary School, Portland, teacher Tricia Barry
Ezraylah Brazill, The Journey of a Leaf, Bridge Charter Academy, Lowell, teacher Rosie Isenberger
Isabella Beede, The Girl With the Tangled Hair, Silvies River Charter School, Frenchglen, teacher Heather Baltzor
Division II: Third through Fifth Grade
Hunter Hoffman, Defending Myself, Ewing Young Elementary, Newberg, teacher Rachel Keyser
Kaselyn Pothoff, Waiter, Ewing Young Elementary, Newberg, teacher Dawn Reed
Moira Rusaw, When the years of my childhood I think of is over, Ewing Young Elementary, Newberg, teacher Rachel Keyser
Jocelyn Burdick, A Winter poem, Oregon Trail Academy, Boring, teacher Tara Fagan
Zac Pietzold, The Outside, Oregon Trail Academy, Boring, teacher Tara Fagan
Naomi Donaldson, Bonded Birches, Portland Jewish Academy, Portland, teacher Harriet Wingard
Saul Drucker, The Way of Swaying, Portland Jewish Academy, Portland, teacher Harriet Wingard
Morgan Powell, Things that Blow Me Away, Portland Jewish Academy, Portland, teacher Megan Hughes
Sunny Press, untitled haiku, Portland Jewish Academy, Portland, teacher James Juntunen
Bella Robinson, A Wise Birch Tree, Portland Jewish Academy, Portland, teacher Harriet Wingard
Division III: Sixth through Eighth Grade
Keleigh Mackenzie, Lady Spring, Create Solutions Tutoring, Ashland, teacher Sara-Lynne Simpson
Sienna Liljenwall, My Prison Cell, Floyd Light Middle School, Portland, teacher Jeanne Drake
Kolbe Bollier, War, Judson Middle School, Salem, teacher Karen Kinnett
Carlie Cieri, Just Me, Judson Middle School, Salem, teacher Karen Kinnett
Alexis Gerspacher, Crows, Judson Middle School, Salem, teacher Karen Kinnett
Madison Monahan, You Are Not Defined, Judson Middle School, Salem, teacher Karen Kinnett
Riyanna Oliva, Training Wheels, Judson Middle School, Salem, teacher Karen Kinnett
Christopher Rogers, The Life of a Short Kid, Judson Middle School, Salem, teacher Karen Kinnett
Amy Amato, To Me, Roots Academy, Salem, teacher Jessica Cavanaugh
Olivia Davis, Death, Roots Academy, Salem, teacher Jessica Cavanaugh
Division IV: Ninth through Twelfth Grade
Zach Brown, Atop Mt. Everest, Grants Pass High School—Gladiola Campus, Grants Pass, teacher Jennifer Rood
Angelica White, Around, Grants Pass High School—Gladiola Campus, Grants Pass, teacher Jennifer Rood
Emma Snyder, Tangled Roots, McNary High School, Keizer, teacher Laura Reid
Grace Bragdon, Monster Underneath my Bed, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland, teacher Sara Salvi
Anna Ferrarini, untitled (you have three eyes), St. Mary’s Academy, Portland, teacher Sara Salvi
Maria Gray, What It Would Be Like, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland, teacher Sara Salvi
Anna Lipari, Creation Myths, St. Mary’s Academy, Portland, teacher Sara Salvi
Schuyler Dull, Regarding Your Euphoric Decay, Sunset High School, Portland, teacher Erin Werner
Evelyn Goodman, untitled, Sunset High School, Portland, teacher Erin Werner
Rohan Press, what is sometimes called the eternal, Sunset High School, Portland, teacher Erin Werner