The Winners of the 2008 Jackson Heights Poetry Festival Student ContestThe JHPF would like to thank the judges. Jonathan Galassi of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and Roger Bonair-Agard and Lynne Procope of the LouderARTS Project generously contributed their time and expertise to help select the winners.
This is an annual competition. Check out the 2009 Contest page and join our email list to make sure you are updated just as soon as details about this year's competititon are released.
High School Winners (Read their poems!)
First Place
Royah Nunez, Martin Luther High School
Royah won a brand new laptop
Second Place
Toriane Agostino, St. John's Preparatory School
Toriane won a $100 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble
Third Place
Angela Pan, Garden School
Angela won a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble
Runners Up
Cristina E. Valbuena, Bard High School Early College
Vanessa Charubhumi, Stuyvesant High School
Middle School Winners (Read their poems!)
First Place
Robert John Hansen, JHS 189Q
Robert won a brand new laptop
Second Place
Marion Galvez, St. Joan of Arc
Marion won a $100 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble
Third Place
Christian Lucas, Robert E. Peary, PS 75Q
Christian won a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble
Runners Up
Jason Clarke, Robert E. Peary, PS75Q
Morgan Geraghty, P.S. 122
Jesika Islam, PS 122
Sofia Valbuena, Our Lady of Fatima
Julian E. Cortez, St. Joan of Arc
Tatyana Solis, IS 230
Annalise Armenta, M.S. 225Q