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2008 UB POETRY CONTEST WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Colin Knoer, “New America” (Inspired by Walt Whitman) (Williamsville North High School, Williamsville NY)

Fourth Place

Michele Corriston , I thought he was just a skinny guy from New York City; (Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale NJ)
Cassandra Jones , Porcelain Dolls (St. Francis Catholic Secondary School, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada)
Danika Owsley, snow globe (Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL)
Mine Serizawa, Definitions (The American School in Japan, Tokyo, Japan)

Honorable Mentions

Andrea Barajas, Beautiful Emergency (Cheektowaga Central High School, Cheektowaga NY)
Fawn Gordon, Everything Human is Perfect Here (Maplewood Career Center, Ravenna OH)
Deborah Gravina, One Sided Tattoo Parlor Conversation (Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale NJ)
Olivia Hesslein, You Are the Reason I Hate Grapefruit (Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Hartford CT)
Ashley M. Jones, Origami (Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL)
Kimberly Miller, Precipitation (Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Hartford, CT)
Mia Osborne, Dreams of the Four Elements (Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL)
Cristina Perruccio, Friday Night (American School of Paris, St. Cloud, France)
Alyse Quiat, Jenga Jealousy (Northern Highlands Regional High School , Allendale NJ)
Kate Scarbrough, Definitions that May or May Not Relate (Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL)
Allison Shaber, Harvest Moon (Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ)
Susie Svendsgaard, Seahorses, (Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville, NY)
Francesco Tisch, I Hear Your Cry Sandino (Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, New York, NY)
Jane Youngberg, Sonnet (Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven CT)