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Dover Public Library's

20th Annual Poetry Contest Winners

The Dover Public Library would like to announce the winners of our 20th Annual Poetry Contest. We would like to thank our judges: Janice Alberghene, John Michael Albert, Maria Faskianos, and Marcia Goodnow.

Grades K-2

1st Place	Cali Colwell	Grade 2	Portsmouth Christian Academy
2nd Place	Etta Hamer	Grade 2	Garrison Elementary School
3rd Place	Thalia Sharabaika	Grade 2	Portsmouth Christian Academy
Honorable Mention	Wendy Rouillard	Grade 2	Woodman Park School

Grades 3 & 4

1st Place	Prasan Sundaravadivel	Grade 4	Horne Street School
2nd Place	Bower Hayes	Grade 4	Building Block Commons
3rd Place	Rushi Patel	Grade 4	Woodman Park School
Honorable Mention	Yves Tardif	Grade 4	Seacoast Charter School
Honorable Mention	Gia Drolet	Grade 4	Portsmouth Christian Academy

Grades 5 & 6

1st Place	Camden Stowell	Grade 5	St. Mary Academy
2nd Place	Eleanor Shilling	Grade 5	St. Mary Academy
3rd Place	Silver Thayer	Grade 5	St. Mary Academy
Honorable Mention	Cora Engelman	Grade 5	Dover Middle School

Grades 7 & 8

1st Place	Isabella Paola	Grade 7	Dover Middle School
2nd Place	Sophia (Finn) Johnston	Grade 8	Dover Middle School
3rd Place	Grace Dean	Grade 7	Dover Middle School
Honorable Mention	Brayden Marton	Grade 7	Dover Middle School

Grades 9 & 10

1st Place	Elizabeth Menchen	Grade 9	Portsmouth Christian Academy
2nd Place	Aly Moore	Grade 10	Portsmouth Christian Academy
3rd Place	Harrison Cai	Grade 10	Portsmouth Christian Academy
Honorable Mention	Ali Nguyen	Grade 9	Dover High School

Grades 11 & 12

1st Place	Nicole Jurgel	Grade 12	Dover High School
2nd Place	Kyla Hill	Grade 11	Dover High School
3rd Place	Ying Yin	Grade 11	Portsmouth Christian Academy
Honorable Mention	Kathryn Costello	Grade 11	Dover High School

Adults

1st Place	Elizabeth Goldman	Dover, NH
2nd Place	Jody Hamilton	Strafford, NH
3rd Place	Chuck Rhoades	Dover, NH
Honorable Mention	Caleb Jagoda	Dover, NH