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Grades K-2

• First Place: Aleena Ali, Austintown Elementary School
• Second Place: Rylee Reardon, Austintown Elementary School
• Third Place: Raelynn Watson, Austintown Elementary School
• Honorable Mention: Gavin Lapushansky, Austintown Elementary School

Grades 3-5

• First Place: Ryland Koch, Austintown Intermediate School
• Second Place: Sophia Perline, Austintown Intermediate School
• Third Place: River Barrette, Austintown Intermediate School
• Honorable Mention: Lila Smith, Austintown Intermediate School

Grades 6-8

• First Place: Shana Painter, North Ridgeville Academic Center
• Second Place: Ayla Barnes, Lake Center Christian School
• Third Place: Avery Schuster, North Ridgeville Academic Center
• Honorable Mention: Elliot Gionfriddo, North Ridgeville Academic Center
• Honorable Mention: Marynn Lacey, Nordonia Middle School

Grades 9-12

• First Place: Lark Oehler, Medina High School
• Second Place: Isabella Liu, Solon High School
• Third Place: Ashley Todt, Independence High School
• Honorable Mention: Leah Medley, Medina High School
• Honorable Mention: Reese Patton, Revere High School

Grades K-2

• First Place: Jude Wesley Hilbert for “Tennessee Travels”
• Second Place: Avery Bohr for “Camelot Lanes”
• ​Third Place: Grant Robert White for “My Tiny Closet”

Grades 3-5

• First Place: Keilana Miller for “The South Haven Sunset”
• Second Place: Sadie Lender for “My Swing on a Summer Day"
• Third Place: Reagan White for “My Home Away from Home”

Grades 6-8

• First Place: Callista Rountree for “Where Are You?”
• Second Place: Aleksandra Rosenblum for “Grandpa’s Living Room”
• Third Place: De’Andrea Miller for “In This World"

Grades 9-12

• First Place: Eleanor Kristan for “An Endless Sea”
• Second Place: Evan May for “The Field Behind My Home”
• Third Place: Diego Coutino Granados for “Concrete Embrace”

Winning poems:

Grades 3-5: Cole Minich for “Hole in One”

Grades 6-8: Emma Chelbezan for "The Lake"

Grades 9-12: Danica Banks for "Hospital"