2022 Creative Writing & Poetry Contest

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2022 Creative Writing & Poetry Contest Winners

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High School Winners (grades 9-12)

1st place: “An Electric Dialectic” by Luke Buckwalter

2nd place: “Typewriter” by Eliana Lyons

3rd place: “I Like Dirt” by Emma Harvey

Honorable Mention: “Quarantine” by Abigail Epperson

Honorable Mention: “The List That Keeps On Giving” by Maddy Mann

Middle School Winners (grades 6-8)

1st place: “Inventions and Innovations” by Addison McSorley

2nd place: “A Moment in Time” by Amrita Sarangi

3rd place: “Out of the Past, Into the Future” by Malia Buckwalter

Elementary Winners (grades 4-5)

1st place: “Stay” by Harper Scaggs

2nd place: “Poem of the Call” by Laura Obeidat

3rd place: “I” by Thu Doan

Honorable Mention: “Let’s Come Together” by Annie Allen

Primary Winners (grades 2-3)

1st place: “Women in the Past, Present, and Future” by Reagan White

2nd place: “Amelia Earhart” by Dalton Fowlkes

3rd place: “Jackie paving the way” by Jake Hayes

Honorable Mention: “Amelia Earhart” by Story Puckett

What cultural, artistic, or technology achievement would you celebrate?

This contest is open to students in Grades 2-12 who attend Montgomery County Public Schools.
The deadline for submissions is 5:00 pm Friday, March 18, 2022.
Please see Official Rules and Entry Form for more information.

Prizes will be awarded in each of the following categories:
High School – Grades 9-12
Elementary – Grades 4-5
Middle School – Grades 6-8
Primary – Grades 2-3 

1st Place - Apple iPad Mini 4, 32GB, Wi-Fi with Retina Display
2nd Place - $50 Gift Card
3rd Place - $25 Gift Card

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