Poetry Contest 2022
The Curiosity Shop hosted this contest as a way to encourage students to write and be creative and to recognize students for their work. Poems were submitted in three different categories and each category was given a different prompt for writing.
Grades 3–5: Winter
Grades 6–8: Nighttime
Grades 9–12: Mysterious Places
Monetary prizes were awarded for 1st–3rd place in each age group.
The 1st place winner of each category also received a framed print of their poem.
Click on a poem to view it larger.
Winners for
Grades 3–5
TOPIC: Winter
1st Place: Zander Kanis
2nd Place: Nienna Van Der Molen
3rd Place: Owen De Jong
Winners for
Grades 6-8
TOPIC: Nightime
1st Place: Josie Boll
2nd Place: Miriam Michmershuizen
3rd Place: Keilah Schiebout
Winners for
Grades 9-12
Mysterious Places
1st Place: Nora Ausman
2nd Place: Laurence O’Neil
