2013 NCPS Student Contest Winners

Travis Tuck Jordan Award (grades 3-5)
First Place — “Nature’s Home” by Cydney Boyer
Second Place — “Upside-Down Playground” by Avery Cox
Third Place — “Water is Everywhere” by Jared Easter
Honorable Mention — “The Justamere Cats” by Baylor Brinkley
Honorable Mention — “Not a Normal Day” by Jackson Tumbarello

Mary Chilton Award (grades 6-8)
First Place — “The Farm in the Morning” by Victoria Wright
Second Place — “Ajima” by Robert Mills, Jr.
Third Place — “Red Snow” by Parker Wong
Honorable Mention — “Eruption” by Emily Robinson

Joan Scott Memorial Award (grades 3-8)
First Place — “Turtles” by Charlie Riddick
Second Place — “Impact” by Max Deppe
Third Place — “Rain” by William Stiff
Honorable Mention — “Life in the Sea” by Jessica Dowless
Honorable Mention — “The Mighty Eagle Strong and Free” by Evaline Davis

Sherry Pruitt Award (grades 9 and up)
First Place — “Thanksgiving Poem to my Ribs” by Annalee Kwochka
Second Place — “Antigonia” by Maya Gouw
Third Place — “Druidic Sacrifice” by Jeremy Sexton
Honorable Mention — “Pinecone” by Faysal Ibrahim

Farlow-Griffin Haiku Award (grades 9 and up)
First Place — “The Web of Freedom” by Bryce Polascik
Second Place — “A Frame” by Jeremy Sexton
Third Place — “Impassive Gods” by Maya Gouw

2012 NCPS Student Contest Winners

Travis Tuck Award
First Place: Brock Issac Heck, “This Old Farm”
Second Place: Evan Dorsett, “Insomnia”
Third Place: Mikhaila Weida, “Bedtime Story”
Honorable Mentions:
Alex Rhodes, “A Game of Soccer”
Edward Delgado, “Tornado”
Piper Shae Draughon, “Colors”
Rylan Elliott Dunn, “The Grandmother Poet”

Joan Scott Award
First Place: Kylie Morgan, “A Walk Through the Woods”
Second Place: Jordan Pannell, “The Open Sea”
Third Place: Meghan Wenzinger, “What Pollution Can Do”
Honorable Mentions:
Kate Montgomery, “The Beach at Sunrise”
John Nicholson, “Crunch”
Dasha Reinhardt, “The World Through My Eyes”

Mary Chilton Award
First Place: Javin Smith, “Soccer is My Poetry”
Second Place: Andrew Prevatte, “A Different Place”
Third Place: Abby Shepard-Moore, “Innocence”
Honorable Mentions:
Rushil Shah, “I Live Inside a Haunted House.”
Drew Watson, “Slave Town”
Andrew Swann, “A Bit of Wisdom”

Sherry Pruitt Award
First Place: Alexandra Corcoran, “Moon Baby”
Second Place: Danny Moore IV, “Rhythm”
Third Place: Chanel Sherrod, “I Cursed Momma”
Honorable Mentions:
Darion Bradley, “Bittersweet”
Helen Ni, “Their Purest Kin”
Natasha Derezinski-Choo, “The Fight”

Farlow-Griffin Haiku Award
First Place: Jeremy Sexton, “Fast Waters”
Second Place: Danny Moore IV, “My Music”
Third Place: Ragine Jackson, “Strayed Leopard”
Honorable Mentions:
Daniel Robinson, “Prey”
Robert L. Pilgrim II, “Hoot Hoot”
Natasha Derezinski-Choo, “The Fasten Seatbelt Sign”