The Palm Beach Poetry Festival believes in nurturing the creativity of the community’s young writers. Listening to their voices could not come at a better time for all of us. Click on their poems to read their outstanding work.
The winners of our Virtual High School Poetry Contest were selected from numerous entries submitted by students who attend Palm Beach County High Schools, Grades 9-12 – Public, Private Charter Schools, and Home-School. Our distinguished judge for this annual contest was Dr. Jeff Morgan, Professor, English and Dialogues of Learning, College of Arts and Sciences, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida. The winner received $200 and the four runners up each received $100. All winners and runners up received two pairs of tickets to the festival’s virtual poetry readings of their choice and a one-year subscription to Poets & Writers.
The Winners of the 2021 High School Poetry Contest:
1st Place: Alissa Xiao
Senior, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
The Four Runners up are:
2nd Place: Emma-Jade Cantrell
Junior, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
3rd Place: Graysen Williams
Sophomore, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
4thPlace: Katherine Oung
Senior, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
5thPlace: Justin Benitez
Junior, Spanish River High
“Here I Stand on the Shores of Time”
Congratulations to our winning poets. Thank you for submitting your wonderful poems!
