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Annual Contest Winners 2024

2024 List of Winners for the 53^rd Annual Collin County Poetry Contest

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Annual Collin County Poetry Contest. Our Awards Ceremony on Sunday April 14^th was well attended by friends, family, and amazing winning poets who shared their poems. Congratulations to all!

Kindergarten:

Honorable Mention: Oluwafayosi Lewis (Hedgcoxe Elementary)
Honorable Mention: Stephanie Wu (Mary Evans Elementary)

1^st Grade:

Honorable Mention: Stella Duan (Mary Evans Elementary)
Honorable Mention: Harrison Choiniere (Mary Evans Elementary)
Third Place: Aanya Parate (Mary Evans Elementary)
Second Place: Ashton Chun (Mary Evans Elementary)
First Place: Kaia Tyler (Mary Evans Elementary)

2^nd Grade:

Honorable Mention: Hannah Zhang (Mary Evans Elementary)
Honorable Mention: Arsh Ali (Allen Elementary)
Third Place: Rithu Prasanna (Allen Elementary)
Second Place: Nathan Hicks (Allen Elementary)
First Place: Meenakshi Kandhadai (Allen Elementary)

3^rd Grade:

Third Place: Chloe Xu(Mary Evans Elementary)
Second Place: Mackenzie Raymond(Carlisle Elementary)
First Place: Anika Garrepally(Vaughan Elementary)

4^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Ian Choi(Bennett Elementary)
Third Place: Vedantika Patel(Norris Elementary)
Second Place: Hope Johnston(Wolford Elementary)
First Place: Daphne Summers-Bunker (Allen Elementary)

5^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Joshua Fullerton(Walker Elementary)
Honorable Mention: Ellery Tregoning (C.T. Eddins Elementary)
Third Place: George Liu(C.T. Eddins Elementary)
Second Place: Luke Pressley (C.T. Eddins Elementary)
First Place: Cara Pipe (Sloan Creek Intermediate)

6^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Victoria Wilmore(Evans Middle School)
Honorable Mention: Jyo Vasanth (Mary Evans Elementary)
Third Place: Taylor Chu(Otto Middle School)
Second Place: Janani Sampathkumar(Mary Evans Elementary)
First Place: Neil Thakkar(Otto Middle School)

7^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Rachel Walsh(Willow Springs Middle School)
Honorable Mention: Fiona Kamaraj(Rushing Middle School)
Third Place: Hunter Sutherland(Cockrill Middle School)
Second Place: Habiba Abdelkhalek(Ford Middle School)
First Place: Sanvi Mehta(Lawler Middle School)

8^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Heather Davis(Rushing Middle School)
Honorable Mention: Lydia Smith (Willow Springs Middle School)
Third Place: Addie Eckstein(Rushing Middle School)
Second Place: Wendy Zhao(Ereckson Middle School)
First Place: Siya Pandey(Bowman Middle School)

9^th Grade:

Third Place: Julianna Howe(Wylie High School)
Second Place: Sofia Sardo(Prosper High School)
First Place: Donegal Crowe(John Paul II High School)

10^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Kaustubhi Joshi (Jasper High School)
Honorable Mention: Tessa Devasia (John Paul II High School)
Third Place: Teni Segun (Lovejoy High School)
Second Place: Victoria Byers(Prosper High School)
First Place: Haiqah Majeed(Wylie High School)

11^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Nathanael Tang (Plano West Senior HS)
Third Place: Writisha Bezboruah (Allen High School)
Second Place: Megan Robert (Panther Creek High School)
First Place: Cameron Martin (Wylie High School)

12^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Buresh(Wylie High School)
Third Place: Kennedy Ostoja (Wylie High School)
Second Place: Tiana Oyugi(Wylie High School)
First Place: Kaleigh Wright(Wylie High School)

College Cagetory: Not enough entries to judge

Adult Category:

Third Place: John Coffey(McKinney, TX)
Second Place: John O’Connor(Plano, TX)
First Place: Fred Manchester(McKinney, TX)

Mockingbird Member Category

Third Place: Tarik Ahmed(Allen, TX)
Second Place: Barry Rynk(Allen, TX)
First Place: Mary Ellen Bluntzer(Dallas, TX)

Annual Contest Winners 2023

2023 List of Winners for the 52nd Annual Collin County Poetry Contest

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Annual Collin County Poetry Contest. Our Awards Ceremony on Sunday April 23^rd was well attended and it was great to hear the winning poets share their poems. Congratulations to all!

Kindergarten:

No entries this year

1^st Grade:

Third Place: Mark Wang (Mary Evans Elementary)
Second Place: Presley Palmertree (Mary Evans Elementary)
First Place: Margaret Martin (Mary Evans Elementary)

2^nd Grade:

Third Place: Jerry Cao (Mary Evans Elementary)
Second Place: Hannah Yip (Mary Evans Elementary)
First Place: Keshav Vikram (Allen Elementary)

3^rd Grade:

Honorable Mention: Avyka Krishna (Mary Evans Elementary)
Honorable Mention: Celina Ejilane (Mary Evans Elementary)
Third Place: Blake Xu (Mary Evans Elementary)
Second Place: Audrey Kim (Preston Elementary)
First Place: Daniel DiMola (Barksdale Elementary)

4^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Etta Wiltin (Hart Elementary)
Third Place: Makenna Mason (Hart Elementary)
Second Place: Jacinta Chan (Hart Elementary)
First Place: Niharika Konduru (Earl and Lottie Wolford Elementary)

5^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Amulya Garrepally (Mary Evans Elementary)
Third Place: Abby Reese (Walker Elementary)
Second Place: David Park (Mary Evans Elementary)
First Place: Mia Gimbel (Walker Elementary)

6^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Sonia Ghazi (Mary Evans Elementary)
Third Place: Raam Geesala (Otto Middle School)
Second Place: Aneeza Gohar (Evans Middle School)
First Place: Maddie Spencer (Evans Middle School)

7^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Leighton Taylor (Willow Springs Middle School)
Honorable Mention: Anshika Ravula (Rushing Middle School)
Third Place: Yash Menon (Pearson Middle School)
Second Place: Samantha Elliott (Willow Springs Middle School)
First Place: Saanvi S. Shanbhog (Rushing Middle School)

8^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Shreyas Gudivada (Pearson Middle School)
Third Place: Addison Holt (Willow Springs Middle School)
Second Place: Ameena Chowdhury (Willow Springs Middle School)
First Place: Laura Portera (Willow Springs Middle School)

9^th Grade:

Third Place: Sanjana Pandya (Jasper High School)
Second Place: Reyhan Mete (Plano East Senior High School)
First Place: Soham Patnaik (Plano East Senior High School)

10^th Grade:

Third Place: Kimberly Irby (Wylie High School)
Second Place: Writisha Bezboruah (Allen High School)
First Place: Melanie Pinkerton (McMillen High School)

11^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Ian Ignacio (Allen High School)
Honorable Mention: Hiba Afaq (Panther Creek High School)
Honorable Mention: Snigdha Kolachina (Panther Creek High School)
Third Place: Rochan Viswanadhapalli (Panther Creek High School)
Second Place: Camryn Chaffin (Plano Each Senior High School)
First Place: Sanjana Putta (Centennial High School)

12^th Grade:

Third Place: Joella Orozco (Wylie High School)
Second Place: Trey O’Toole (Wylie High School)
First Place: Lauren Lee (Wylie High School)

College Cagetory:

Third Place: Ella Miller (Collin College)
Second Place: Lindsay Wheeler (Collin College)
First Place: Alexander Witt (Collin College)

Adult Category:

Third Place: Sandy Schneider (Allen, TX)
Second Place: John Coffey (McKinney, TX)
First Place: John O’Connor (Plano, TX)

Mockingbird Member Category

Third Place: Catherine L’Herisson (Garland, TX)
Second Place: John Alexander (Frisco, TX)
First Place: Susan Mardele (McKinney, TX)

Annual Contest winners 2022

2022 List of Winners for the 51st Annual Collin County Poetry Contest

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Annual Collin County Poetry Contest! Even with fewer than usual entries (Covid affected many things) we had a great representation from all grade levels except first grade. It was a delight to hear the students and adult winners share their poems at our annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday April 23rd. Congratulations to all!

Kindergarten:

Honorable Mention: Aubrey Cole Tasselin (Preston Elementary School)

1^st Grade:

No Entries for 2022

2^nd Grade:

Honorable Mention: Miria Abraham (Norris Elementary School)

Honorable Mention: Purva Vijay (Allen Elementary School)

3^rd Place: Kyra Trehan (Allen Elementary School)

2^nd Place: Swithin Janagama (Allen Elementary School)

1^st Place: Kennedy Mutter (Allen Elementary School)

3^rd Grade:

Honorable Mention: Mahati Kavoor (Hunt Elementary School)

3rd Place: Cailyn Clark (Hunt Elementary School)

2nd Place: Lucy Funston (Hunt Elementary School)

1st Place: Genevieve Vincent (Hunt Elementary School)

4^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Jack Shirodkar (Homeshcool)

Honorable Mention: Janani Sampathkumar (Mary Evans Elementary School)

3rd Place: Amulya Garrepally (Mary Evans Elementary School)

2nd Place: Austin Burnside (Mary Evans Elementary School)

1st Place: Taylor Vineyard (Mary Evans Elementary School)

5^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Reagan McDonald (Walker Elementary School)

3rd Place: David Wert (Walker Elementary School)

2nd Place: Carrissa Chiu (Walker Elementary School)

1st Place: Stella Seabolt (Walker Elementary School)

6^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Alyssa Kracht (Evans Middle School)

3rd Place: Maisy Runyon (Evans Middle School)

2nd Place: Aanya Chawla (Vaughan Elementary School)

1st Place: Richa Rai (Fowler Middle School)

7^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Arjun Sethi (Rushing Middle School)

Honorable Mention: Joanna Chiu (Faubion Middle School)

3rd Place: Chloe Jones (Farmersville Junior High School)

2nd Place: Daniella Dossett (Faubion Middle School)

1st Place: Logan Gournay (Farmersville Junior High School)

8^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Jade Mityas (Renner Middle School)

Honorable Mention: Sehana Hampton (Scott Johnson Middle School)

3rd Place: Layne Jacob Prakash (Renner Middle School)

2nd Place: Kaustubhi Joshi (Rice Middle School)

1st Place: Ashlyn Klaus (Renner Middle School)

9^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Zihan Xu (Jasper High School)

3rd Place: Nathanael Tang (Jasper High School)

2nd Place: Melanie Pinkerton (McMillen High School)

1st Place: Sarah Nab (Lowery Freshman Center)

10^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Nicholas Bedlan (Wakeland High School)

Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Urban (Wylie High School)

3rd Place: Sophie White (Wylie High School)

2nd Place: Lana Nguyen (McMillen High School)

1st Place: Ria Garg (Centennial High School)

11^th Grade:

Honorable Mention: Hrishikesh Srirangam (Heritage High School)

3rd Place: Markella Joseph (Plano East Senior High School)

2nd Place: Tavri Mohammed (Wylie High School)

1st Place: Dhilan Nag (Plano East Senior High School)

12^th Grade:

3rd Place: Tanya Arya (Wakeland High School)

2nd Place: Sumehra Hassan (Wylie High School)

1st Place: Faith Fraser (Wylie High School)

College Category:

3rd Place: Callie Dugger (Collin College)

2nd Place: Elizabeth Guevara (Collin College)

1st Place: Emma Montgomery (Collin College)

Adult Category:

Honorable Mention: Phillip Lawrence Gilmore (McKinney, TX)

3rd Place: John Coffey (McKinney, TX)

2nd Place: Carrie Weller (McKinney, TX)

1st Place: R. Scott Yarbrough (Plano, TX)

Mockingbird Member Category:

Honorable Mention: Susan Mardele (McKinney, TX)

3rd Place: Barry Rynk (Allen, TX)

2nd Place: Catherine L’Herisson (Garland, TX)

1st Place: John Alexander (Frisco, TX)

2021 List of Winners for the 50^th Annual Collin County Poetry Contest

1^st Grade

Aintik Pal * (3^rd Place – My Fish Family)
Callie Tubbs (2^nd Place – The Bunny)
Adhesh Naveen (1^st Place – My Baby Sister)

2^nd Grade

Shaurya Kishore (HM – Mother)
Akhil Sista (3^rd Place – Pencil)
Nivaedha Karthik (2^nd Place – Pink)
Sriya Mehta (1^st Place – Chilly Cheese)

3^rd Grade

Navya Vyas (HM – Spring)
Eva Tubbs (3^rd Place – Ladybugs)
Iliyan Mithani (2^nd Place – Christmas)
Shreevanth Srirangam (1^st Place – I Don’t Understand

Why I Can’t Build a Jetpack)

4^th Grade

Rivaan Paras Shah (HM – Me and My “Mask”)
Parker Szeto (3^rd Place – Limits)
Shivani Acharya (2^nd Place – I Matter)
Mason McIver (1^st Place – Flowers)

5^th Grade

Tatthva Sharma (HM – As I peek through…)
Saniyah Mazumder * (HM – Teachers)
Sophia Bumgarner (3^rd Place – The Cat)
Pranavi Gk Pushpala (2^nd Place – The Rise of Hope)
Aanya Chawla (1^st Place – What Cannot Be Caught)

6^th Grade

Zayd Mahmud (HM – Ode to A Poem)
Grace Von (HM – Ups and Downs)
Allison Holt (3^rd Place – Ode To Books)
Isha Behal * (2^nd Place – This Girl)
Ziva Baragatti (1^st Place – Too Far Out)

7^th Grade

Riley Lang (HM – The wind is tossing…)
Leo Ziman (3^rd Place – Vogmanity)
Ananya Chitnis * (2^nd Place – The Passage to Dawn)
Sariah Fraze (1^st Place – The small stray dog…)

8^th Grade

Lauren Juric * (HM – Tempest)
Haoran Gao (HM – The Flower in the Cage)
Nathanael Tang (3^rd Place – I Am a Viola)
Writisha Bezboruah (2^nd Place – Within These Pages)
Shivani Nathan (1^st Place – Monochrome Chaos)

9^th Grade

Ria Garg (HM – The Physics of a Daughter’s Love)
Ian Ignacio * (3^rd Place – Lost)
Camille Young (2^nd Place – Sevenling)
Sanjana Putta (1^st Place – Never)

10^th Grade

Ananya Sirigineedi (HM – I Can’t Write Poetry Anymore)
Andrew Jauregui (HM – Immortal)
Zikai (Kelvin) Zhou (3^rd Place – Sakura)
Aditi Choudhury (2^nd Place – Illuminance)
Rhea Rai * (1^st Place – Survival)

11^th Grade

Miles Bedlan (3^rd Place – I Sway to God’s Love)
Skye Barnes (2^nd Place – The light switch doesn’t work)
Tanya Arya (1^st Place – The Summarization of Teenage Angst)

12^th Grade

Sarah Vu (3^rd Place – Rain)
Aza Abdellatif (2^nd Place – Escape)
Tyler Hanson (1^st Place – I’m stressed…)

Adult Category

Carrie Weller * (3^rd Place – Age is Just a Number)
John Coffey * (2^nd Place – A New Day)
Anita McNeill (1^st Place – Ode to the Sky)

Mockingbird Member Category – Judged by Barbara Blanks

Beth Ayers (HM – The Dirt)
Christine Owens (3^rd Place – Auntie Edna’s Kisses)
Susan Mardele (2^nd Place – Ticked Off)
Barry Rynk (1^st Place – Grandmother Tree)

* Previous Winner

Congratulations to the winners of the 49th Annual Collin County Poetry Contest (2020)

Kindergarten:

Adhesh Naveen (Gulledge Elementary)

Gracyn Blake (Velley Creek Elementary)

1^st Grade:

1^st Place: Jeremiah Young (Martha Hunt Elementary)

2^nd : Alex Azad (Beverly Elementary)

3^rd : Mallory Denny (Martha Hunt Elementary)

Honorable Mention: Naisha Mahaseth (Barksdale Elementary)

2^nd Grade:

1^st: Jack Shirodkar (Homeschool)

2^nd : Ishaan Tripathi (Centennial Elementary)

3^rd : Lucia Trejo (Hughston Elementary)

HM: Rylan Boyd (Hughston Elementary)

HM: Ashmita Banerjee (Centennial Elementary)

3^rd Grade:

1^st: Raif Siddique (Martha Hunt Elementary)

2^nd: Peter Mendoza (Barksdale Elementary)

3^rd: Bhawik Pati (Barksdale Elementary)

HM: Kaysan Noorani (Barksdale Elementary)

4^th Grade:

1^st: Richa Rai (Ruth Borchardt Elementary)

2^nd: Saniyah Mazumder (Skaggs Elementary)

3^rd: Simal Ali (Mary Evans Elementary)

HM: Serene Kerzazi (Mary Evans Elementary)

5^th Grade:

1^st: Autumn Elrod (McSpedden Elementary)

2^nd: Elyssa Kannan (Walker Elementary)

3^rd: Zaara Nehal (Beverly Elementary)

HM: Kelly Morefield (Centennial Elementary)

6^th Grade:

1^st: Madison Price (Evans Middle School)

2^nd: Paulina Fernandez (Evans MS)

3^rd: Gabriella Sanchez (Evans MS)

HM: Mustafa Allami (Evans MS)

7^th Grade:

1^st: Kailee Critchfield (Scott Johnson MS)

2^nd: Lauren Juric (Ford MS)

3^rd: Colton Benson (Faubion MS)

HM: Claire Jensen (Faubion MS)

HM: Dylan Jacobs (Faubion MS)

8^th Grade:

1^st: Ian Ignacio (Ereckson MS)

2^nd: Alex Sanderson (Faubion MS)

3^rd: Paolinna Ghia (Faubion MS)

HM: Ishika Aggarwal (Fowler MS)

9^th Grade:

1^st: Arriyah Phillips (Clark HS)

2^nd: Daphne Durr (Wylie HS)

3^rd: Aaryana Sharma (Lowery Freshman Center)

HM: Allyson Chen (Lowery Freshman Center)

10^th Grade:

1^st: Matthew Loehrlein (Wylie HS)

2^nd: Bee Tran (Plano East Senior HS)

3^rd: Jasmine Hernandez (Wylie HS)

HM: Antonio Greer (Allen HS)

11^th Grade:

1^st: Mark Baskharoun (Wylie HS)

2^nd: Eduardo Loyola (McKinney Boyd HS)

3^rd: Tyler Hanson (Wylie HS)

HM: Grant Peterson (Wylie HS)

12^th Grade:

1^st: Anielle Joleanne Go (Plano East Senior HS)

2^nd: Evana Jamal (Wylie HS)

3^rd: Azophi Moffat (Wylie HS)

Adult Category

1^st: Angélica Torres (McKinney, TX)

2^nd: Bonnie Serra (McKinney, TX)

3^rd: Carrie Weller (McKinney, TX)

Mockingbird Member Category:

1^st: Susan Mardele (McKinney, TX)

2^nd: Christine Owens (Plano, TX)

3^rd: Edmund Burke (McKinney, TX)

Congratulations to the winners of the 48^th Annual Collin County Poetry Contest.

The 2019 winners are:

Kindergarten: Honorable Mention. Jack McKellar

First Grade: HM. Grant Murphy

Second Grade: 1. Varshini Arulkumaran 2. Dishita Das 3. Saanvi Khopade HM. Esha Ambekar

Third Grade: 1. Richa Rai 2. Saniyah Mazumder 3. Anna Yarborough HM. Purva Joshi HM.Chloe Lee

Fourth Grade: 1. Edgar Poon 2. Brooke Feinberg 3. Brendon Lin HM. Isabella Naggar

Fifth Grade: 1. Isabel Peters 2. Capri Boysen 3. Sarah Yu HM. Valentina Falanga HM. Amarie Mewborn

Sixth Grade: 1. Brooke Murphy 2. Lauren Juric 3. Addison Pardini HM. Drew Woods HM. Aden Garcia HM. Emily Leven

Seventh Grade: 1. Graysen Malek 2. Ricardo Garcia 3. Joni Blanchard HM. Weston Lyddane

Eighth Grade: 1. Isabel Yates 2. Mallory Jamison 3. Jake Warren HM. Rhea Rai HM. Grace Meentemeyer

Ninth Grade: 1. Heather Wiggins 2. Shary Arreaga 3. Roja Amini HM. Samantha Lozano

Tenth Grade: 1. Pahul Ghumman 2. Chloe Yang 3. Dan Ursu HM. Naisha Khatani

Eleventh Grade: 1.Joelle Tindal 2. Mialani Higa 3. Shimeles Abdellatif HM. Mustafa Syed

Twelfth Grade: 1.Veena Chauhan 2. Neil Patel 3. Blake Smith

College Category: 1. Caroline Dillard 2. Justice Rooks 3. Bridget Scott-Shupe

Adult Category: 1.Debjani Panda 2. Cindy Anderson 3. Robert Wieneke

Mockingbird Member Category: 1.David Knape 2. Beth Ayers 3. Sylvia S. Medel

Thanks for entering!

Congratulations to the winners of the 47^th Annual Collin County Poetry Contest.

The 2018 winners are:

Kindergarten: Honorable Mention. Owen Bayley

First Grade: 1. Phoebe Hawkins 2.Jayna Sharma 3.Varshini Arulkumaran HM.Sahil Lakdawala HM.Esha Ambekar

Second Grade: 1. Richa Rai 2.Harini Ramakrishnan 3.Saniyah Mazumder HM.Anika Lal HM.Lucy Alter

Third Grade: 1. Cecily Vicuna 2.Kennadi Brackens 3.Alina Nguyen HM.Avishree Dutta HM.Ava Bannister

Fourth Grade: 1. Ananya Chitnis 2.Addison Gagliano 3.Ryder Mooney HM.Nihal Vangala HM.Tejasvi Manoj

Fifth Grade: 1.Kate Stroud 2.Emerson Arrington 3.Jace Johnson HM.Ameen Hasan

Sixth Grade: 1.Kieanna Binion 2.Excel Oleru 3.Ismael Cruz HM.Wesley Bolten HM.Alexa Fernandez HM.Rebecca Cauldwell

Seventh Grade: 1. Luke Pierce 2.Shyam Thandullu 3.Sara Williams HM.Anika Damle HM.Brooklyn Dawn De Alba Ford

Eighth Grade: 1. William Anderson 2.Mohammad Umar Sheikh 3.Miranda Ye HM.Jayden Thompson HM.Emily Starkweather

Ninth Grade: 1. Daniel Brubaker 2.Humza Afzal 3.Umangi Singh

Tenth Grade: 1. Abby Christian 2.Sarah Hernandez 3.Tanny Vo HM.Avani Putcha

Eleventh Grade: 1.Laura Embree 2.Steven Le 3.Zoe Vaughn HM.Paige Weeks HM.Shahryar Hussain

Twelfth Grade: 1.Tera Ekezie 2.Carlos Contreras 3.Hannah Hofstetter HM.Ryan Sly

College Category: 1.Trexiea Hernandez 2.Elizabeth Abrams 3.Caroline Dillard

Adult Category: 1.Lon Roberts 2.Ashley Luhrs 3.R. Scott Yarbrough HM.Ruth Partridge Arnold

Mockingbird Member Category: 1.Edmond Burke 2.Sylvia S. Medel 3.Leslie Cappiello HM.Susan Mardele

Thanks for entering!

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