35th Annual Young Poets of Delaware County
2024 Poetry Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Poetry Contest! Thank you to all of the students who submitted poems, we received about 500 entries!
First Grade Winners
1st Place
A Touch of a Paintbrush
Samantha Gagliano
Concord Elementary
2nd Place
Going to the Beach
Madelyn O’Neil
Rose Tree Elementary School
3rd Place
Soccer
Matvii Kurtynets
Coebourn Elementary
Second Grade Winners
1st Place
The Birthday Cake
Alex Malcolm
Wallingford Elementary
2nd Place
Hiking Day
Gabriel Bellandi
Homeschool
3rd Place
Winter Breeze
Bohdan Cherepanin
Culbertson Elementary
Third Grade Winners
1st Place
Fall
Aarya Mangalmurti
Ithan Elementary
2nd Place
As Color Fills the Sky
Alanna Grier-Roddy
Culbertson Elementary
3rd Place
The Uncolorful Girl
Ava Delilah Fahel
Agnes Irwin School
Fourth Grade Winners
1st Place
This Dumb Chromebook
Ethan Wiegner
Swarthmore-Rutledge School
2nd Place
My Biological Dad
Luna Bellenghi
Swarthmore-Rutledge School
3rd Place
Catchy Songs
Anastasia Styer
Rose Tree Elementary
Fifth Grade Winners
1st Place
Night
Jenara Perera
Garnet Valley Elementary
2nd Place
The Perfect Poem
Kylie Nykorczuk
Glenwood Elementary
3rd Place
Untitled
Ayla Denninger
Swarthmore-Rutledge School
Sixth Grade Winners
1st Place
The Gym
Aubrey Walker
Beverly Hills Middle School
2nd Place
Life is a Headache
Colton Frese
Paxon Hollow Middle School
3rd Place
The Emptiness
Rita Dong
Radnor Middle School
Seventh Grade Winners
1st Place
Untitled
Francesca Stoyanov
Northley Middle School
2nd Place
Phosphene
Anika Atluri
Radnor Middle School
3rd Place
Untitled
Callie McAndrew
Northley Middle School
Eighth Grade Winners
1st Place
Quick Fix
Danica Linsky
E.T. Richardson Middle School
2nd Place
I Love My Name
Elpis Su
E.T. Richardson Middle School
3rd Place
Baking a Cake
Erin Corey
E.T. Richardson Middle School
Ninth Grade Winners
1st Place
Thy World of Appearance
Vivien Dan
Haverford High School
2nd Place
Ashes
Denali Devonport
Marple Newtown High School
3rd Place
Overshadowed
Anika Fernandes
Merion Mercy Academy
Tenth Grade Winners
1st Place
A Winged Youth: The Extended Script
Anrui Xu
Radnor High School
2nd Place
Walking Home
Amos Fayehun
Sun Valley High School
3rd Place
Cognitive Dissonance
Julia Menschik
The Grayson School
Eleventh Grade Winners
1st Place
The Little Girl in Me
Georgia Reinholt
Radnor High School
2nd Place
Spring
Lianna Noll
Marple Newtown High School
3rd Place
Dreams
Serena Tang
Marple Newtown High School
Twelfth Grade Winners
1st Place
“Do You Ever Speak?”
Abiola Oyefule
Bonner/Prendie High School
2nd Place
Artistic Validation
Maren McGinley
Sun Valley High School
3rd Place
A Violin’s Song
Olia Dimou
Marple Newtown High School
Read this year's winning poems in the 2024 Poetry Anthology (PDF)
This program is sponsored by the Mad Poets Society, Delaware County Libraries, Keystone State Literacy Association: Delaware County, Rose Tree Media Optimist Club, Pennsylvania Poetry Society and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Click here for a list of the judges. (PDF)
Past Contest Winners:
2023 (PDF)
2022 (PDF)
2021 (PDF)
2020 (PDF)
2019 (PDF)
