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. We have published their winning poems below. Here’s an opportunity to read some 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.
Congratulations to our winning poets. Thank you for submitting your wonderful poems!
The Winners of the 2022 High School Poetry Contest:
1st Place: Alyssa Jean-Louis
Senior, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
2nd Place: David Levinson
Junior, Jupiter High School
3rd Place: Priya Gowda
Freshman, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
4th Place: Kaja Andric
Senior, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
5th Place: Sarah-Lyse Kirsteen Exume
Senior, Wellington High School, Mrs. Aviles
