Young Pegasus Poetry Competition

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2001 Selected Poets!

Judges: 

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A

Colby Adams, 12
"Eternity"

Nick Aitches, 15
"George"
"Where Winds Meet"

Chris Anes, 12
"Tragedy"

Genova Avila, 9
"Discovery"

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B

Alex Berkowitz, 12
"Mirror | rorriM"

Janice Blakeley, 13
"Making Masterpieces"

Laura Browne, 13
"Decisions"

William E. Burns, 8
"Los Planetas"

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C

Andrea K. Cardinal, 15
"The Horse and Bit"

Rosalind Casey, 11
"Unknown"

Emily Chastain, 17
"Dreamcatcher"

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D

Lorin Davidson, 9
"It Would Be Really Strange If..."

Tori Davis, 13
"My Name"

Lucy Dunlap, 12
"The Dance of the Flames"

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E

Damian Espinoza, 15
"Bring In, Bring Out"

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G

Daniel R. Garcia, 16
"Misled Youth"

Gray Gilson, 16
"A Waiting Summer"
"Farewell"

Anna Gitter, 9
"Cloud Diary"

Emily R. Goldner, 6
"Family Reunion"
"Lamb"
"Mockingbird"
"Savior"

Jeffrey A. Goldner, 9
"African Nap"
"Kakadu National Park"

Megan V. Goldner 11
"Church Bells"

Mary A. Gutierrez, 17
"Skeletons in Houston"

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H

Laura Hall, 10
"My Un-Writer's Feeling"

Laura Heiman, 15
"Thoreau"

April Henson, 15
"Dead Cats"
"I am Eighteen Years Old"

Mia Sara Hernandez, 11
"Rain in the Night"

Christine Hewlett, 15
"Of Love and Baseball"

Christine Horvat, 17
"Drought"
"I Pledge Allegiance to..."

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J

Allison L. Jayroe, 7
"Feast Your Ears on a Fantasy Fable of..."

Katie Johnson, 11
"Pencil Sharpener"

Jennifer Joor, 9
"Quiet"

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K

Juliana Kerrest, 14
"Dans Ma Main"

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L

Laura Leach, 10
"She Sits Waiting"

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M

Katherine McGuire, 16
"Ms. Turnage's Lullaby"

Graham Michael Mendez, 9
"Backyard Birds"

Prentice Miller, 15
"Midnight"

Natalya Molina, 9
"Christmas"

Logan Moser, 13
"Rude Awakening"

Patrick Mowrey, 12
"Through the Baseball's Eyes"

Brittney Murnin, 13
"A Flower"

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Emily Norwood, 16
"In the Circle"
"Outside a Restaurant in Guanajuato"
"Song of an Old Woman"
"South Texas"
"'Write a Poem,' She Said"

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O

Michael P. O'Connor, 12
"Being at Heaven at Seven"

Ethan Odness, 8
"My Dog Sparky"

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P

Calindra Page, 8
"Cold Outside, Warm Inside"

Christopher Pagonis, 15
"I'll Meet You"

Tyler M. Phillips, 12
"Midnight Lullabies"

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Q

Stephanie L. Quirino, 10
"The Picture"

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R

Veronica Ray, 9
"I Am a Stream"

Vix (Ashley) Robinson, 15
"Hair Pins"

Margaret Ross-Martin, 11
"Moon Trader"

Kathleen Carter Rubin, 11
"If I Were a Bar of Soap!!"

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Martin Salvucci, 12
"Open Doors"

Martha Sanders, 15
"Cheating"

Margaret Schwethelm, 11
"Table Food"

Julia Shackelford, 15
"Poetry Is..."

Crystahl Sims, 17
"Drought Noose"

James Burleson Smith III, 13
"Ripples"

Jessie Sobey, 17
"Ambrosia"

Amber Solano, 9
"I Am..."

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T

Caitlin Tenison, 13
"Cornflower Blue"
"Knowledge"

Steven Thompson, 8
"Darkness"

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W

Lauren Weeks, 17
"Music Box Dancer"
"Tamales Time"

Chelsea Wells, 14
"Dawn"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2002 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Carmen Payne, Moumin Quazi, Cary Clack, Joe Hannon, Margie Roe

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A

Nicolas Aitches, 16
"Pow Wow"

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B

Kate Bennert, 11
"The Deer"

David Bryant, 11
"Tears of Anubis"

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C

Kate Cavender, 11
"A Secret It Keeps"

Brittany Chozinski, 16
"Nothing to Write"

Andrew Cooper, 16
"Carrying Capacity"

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D

Lorin Davidson, 10
"I Hold in My Hand..."

Sharalyn Dowell, 15
"All it takes"

Melissa Drue, 8
"Teeth"

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E

Charlotte Ellis, 15
"Bug"

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F

E.J. Fischer, 18
"Calculus at Denny's"

Jonathan Fletcher, 17
"Embassy Poems"

Kellery Forney, 11
"Clouds"

Joy Freemyer, 10
"Different"

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G

Martha Garrison, 11
"Glitter, Crickets, and Hershey's Kisses"

Patrick George, 16
"The Battle"

Annie Getsinger, 17
"His Feet"

Gray Gilson, 17
"Just a thought"

Emily R. Goldner, 7
"Birds"

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H

Lindsey Haak, 17
"Roadside Distractions"
"The Changing Figure of Speech"

Leah Hagan, 14
"Dawn Dancer"

Megan Haley, 12
"Stitches of the Heart"

Laura Heiman, 16
"Derivations"

April Henson, 16
"Dirty Water"
"La Cocinita"

Anson Howard, 14
"New"

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J

Kathleen Johnson, 12
"My Brother"

Hannah Jordan, 11
"Sparks"

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K

Krissy Kellogg, 10
"Books"

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L

Jacob Lewis, 15
"Absence"

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M

Oisín Mabry, 17
"Ballyshannon Poem"

Sallie McAllister, 10
"1 Tragic Event"

Lauren Michelle McPherson, 11
"A Man Who Could Cry"

Prentice Miller, 15
"Dream"
"Storm"

Chris Mulverhill, 6
"Some clouds"

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Andrew Blair Oxford, 10
"Two Twins"

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P

Xavier Perez-Coley, 8
"Autumn"

Brandon Pinkerton, 7
"My Dad"

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R

Muriell Ramirez, 15
Untitled - Awakened"

Camille Ratliff, 14
"Summer"
"Winter"

Kurt William Rotzler, 12
"Skyscrapers"

Christian Rousseau, 15
"Green"

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Angela Santana, 13
"To the Victims and Their Families"

Lydia Santos, 11
"The Gift"

Taysha P. Silva, 8
"Solar System Lullaby"

Nansr Singh, 15
"Untitled - I imagine you"

Victoria Smith, 17
"Excuse me... I'd like a price check-on my heart!"

Robyn Straus, 8
"Little Tiny People"

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T

Matthew A. Taylor, 18
"Isolation"
"To Happiness"

Caitlin Tenison, 14
"An Offering"

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W

Elizabeth Warner, 11
"Christmas"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2003 Selected Poets!

Judges:  Amy Freeman Lee, James Rossingnol, Barbara Griest-Davora, Moumin Quazi, Cary Clack, Margie Roe

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A

Nicolas Aitches, 17
"Taste"

Nelson Allen III, 12
"Tiger, Giant, Mariner"

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B

Lacey Barkhurst, 9
"Fire"

Ashely Barrera, 13
"A Thorn In Your Garden"

Rachel Bernstein, 8
"Boldness Alive!"

Carolayne Elle Bishop, 11
"Alone"

Liza Boldrick, 9
"Mary"
"The Magic Lamp"

Colin Brown, 8
"Zebo"

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Carolina Canizales, 12
"The City in the Clouds"

Melissa Casserly, 13
"Snow"

Casy Rosalin, 13
"Untitled - When you first"

Carmeron Chafin, 11
"Sliver of Night"

Cristina Cigarroa, 15
"My School Library"

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D

Celicia De Los Santos, 7
"I Like the Python"

Trevor Denn, 11
"The Place Where I'm From; Happiness and Sadness"

Cyra A. Dumitru, 11
"Images"

Hunter Dworaczyk, 8
"McAllister Park"

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E

Elizabeth Elliott, 15
"Faith"

Alexandria Estrada, 9
"Stars Speak"

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F

Camila Beatriz Flores, 8
"Hello, Rock"

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G

Amanda Nicole Goldner, 6
"Butterfly"

Emily Rene Goldner, 8
"Queen of Central Park"
"Russian Onion Domes"
"School Day"
"The Loners"

Jeffrey Alan Goldner, 11
"The Ancient One"

Megan V. Goldner, 13
"The Shopkeeper's Daughter"

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Tony Helbling, 16
"Always Apples"
"The Beach Boys"
"Rose Ripp"
"Still as a Rock"

Rebecca Henderson, 17
"Your Voice"

Carolyn Bryce Henry, 17
"Untitled - Winter is here"

Gabriela Hernandez, 7
"Flores"

Josephine Hill, 11
"Winter's Artwork"

Zachary Holt, 9
"The Mouse"

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J

Stephanie James, 11
"Where I'm From"

Lauren Johnson, 13
"Courage"

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L

Emily Lane, 11
"He Both Knows and Doesn't"

Samantha Leigh-Night, 7
"Paper"

Amy Lewis, 17
"The Poet as a Seeker"

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M

Joseph Mackin, 13
"Lemonade"

Angelek Rose Marler, 10
"Ghost Train"

Ani McCurnin, 16
"believe"
"Coat Hanger Wings (Thrift Store Junkie)"

Adriana Merlo, 12
"Open Window on a Winter Morning"

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N

Michelle Nguyen, 15
"I's"

Matthew Brian Norwood, 15
"Abajo en Mexico"

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O

Luke Offutt, 13
"The Pressure"

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R

Verne Ray, 11
"Amber"
"Coloring the Middle East"
"Down The Hall"
"I Thought I Could Do Anything"
"Inside the Classroom"
"Popular Girl"
"Waiting At Church"
"Weeping Willow"
"What It Feels Like To Cry

Michael Rodney, 13
"Golden Tea"

Kim Rohlff, 13
"Sleeping Late... Man It's Great"

Kathleen Rubin, 13
"Holding on Tight"

Josephine Ruiz-Healy, 12
"This is Where I am From"

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S

Joshua Ramon Samaniego, 12
"Symphony"

Taysha Pualei Silva, 9
"A Cat's Journal"
"Guardian of the Cookie"

Nansi Singh, 16
"Untitled - I'm waiting here"
"Untitled - The world never grown"
"The Stray Arrow"

Cati Smith, 15
"Dragon Lord"

Mallory Danielle Solis, 13
"Smoke..."

Michelle Ann Specia, 12
"One Must Understand"

Rachel Sterling, 11
"Detective's Eyewear"

Sam Stoeltje, 14
"Untitled"

Kristin Stuckey, 10
"Remembering"

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Caitlin Tenison, 15
"Driving Test"
"Leaving Home"

Taylor Thirsk, 9
"Untitled - The mist comes on birds' wings"

Chloe Treat, 11
"They Come and They Go"

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W

Cary Ward, 11
"The Coral Reef"

Nicholas Ward, 10
"The Last Battle"

Rachel Ward, 15
"House"

Emily Laura Weiss, 13
"English Doesn't Fly By"

Britany Williams, 14
"Grounded"
"Supremacy"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2004 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Kathy Clay Little, Barbara Griest-Devora, Moumin Quazi, James Rossignol, C.W. (Bill) Spinks

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A

Stephan W. Archer, 10
"My Dad's Sorrow"

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B

Ariel M. Barkhurst, 15
"Apparition"
"Cargo"
"The Grief of Once Loved Flowers"

Kristina Barrett, 15
"Truth"

Katie Best-Richmond, 9
"When Nana Got Her Wings"

Linnea Blank, 12
"Egg Shell Rose"
"Elizabeth"
"Empty Hand"
"Lenore's Rome"
"Oxidation"
"Primrose Promise Girl"
"Silver Sparkle Child"
"Song for Ophelia"

Ramón Dario Botello, 8
"Boredom"

Madeleine Bousquet, 10
"Epidemic"

Becky Brock, 17
"Nature Misunderstood"

Lauren Brown, 13
"Useful, But Dwindling Fast"

Rowyn W. Brunner, 7
"Untitled - The owl's eyes"

Emmy Burnett, 9
"Heads Up 7 Up"
"My Shiny Penny"

Douglas W. Burton, 12
"Klutz"

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C

Randy G. Cabrera, 13
"How My Friendship Ended"

Ana Lucia Carbajal, 8
"Mono"

Andrea Cerda, 17
"When I Loved a Poet"

Erin Childress, 18
"Addiction"

Cristina Cigarroa, 16
"Memoria"

Patrick R. Cook, 14
"Life Cut Down in Prime"

Mary E. Cooper, 14
"The Dancing Wind"

Mia Cowan, 9
"Night and Day"
"Reading Love"

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D

Bianca H. Doria, 13
"Of Hair and Boyfriends"

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E

James Elder, 9
"Test"

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F

Ashely Flake, 18
"A Novel Life"

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G

Serene Esther Gallegos, 17
"Blurred Clarity"

Nicole Garcia, 16
"Unclimbable Tree"

Ryan F. Garrett, 13
"The Railroad"

Megan L. Garza, 17
"Impaired"

Nathan Gaskey, 18
"Atlas Collapsing"

Georgie Gates, 11
"Negative Charge"

Amanda N. Goldner, 7
"Campsite Morning"
"Springtime"
"Untitled - frozen in silence"
"Untitled - laughing merrily"

Emily R. Goldner, 9
"Amanda"
"Family Garden"
"Mushrooms"
"Old One"
"Piano Feelings"
"Universal Cats"
"Untitled - gliding gracefully"

Megan V. Goldner, 14
"Dreams of the Big Top"
"Locking Out Latin"

Amanda Gonzales, 17
"Feeling Perfect"

Anagrecia Guajardo, 10
"Stretch"

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H

Brandon Hamner, 14
"The Outsider"

Michelle F. Hansen, 17
"My Land"

Toni Helbling, 17
"To Emily"
"Winter Arrives"

Nicki Helsel, 17
"Freedom"

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J

Kimberly R. Jimenez, 10
"Pop"

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K

Sarah A. Katz, 11
"Kindergarten"

Adam Kim, 9
"Night Fun"

Kimberly Kruger, 16
"Military Man"

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L

Tina Larm, 16
"Itch"

Victoria P. Le, 17
"Tongue in Cheek"

Frank Logan, 12
"Inspiration"

Grant Lurie, 6
"Sea Shells"

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M

Marissa Martinez, 13
"Grandma"

Brelann J. McCollum, 8
"First Day of School"
"The Blue Lion"

Ani McCurnin, 17
"Monstrosity Meets Media"

Kelsey McManus, 10
"Flame"

Marshall C. McMurry, 11
"The Gecko"

Andrea M. Medina, 10
"Knives in Your Back"

Jordan S. Mendiola, 11
"The Tight Rope"

Julian A. Moreno-Peña, 11
"I Am Not"

Michael Morgan, 16
"In Nature's Garden"

Genesse M. Mullin, 12
"Biracial Anthem"

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N

Cheyney R. Nelson, 13
"Color-Blind"

Michelle Nguyen, 16
"That Night"
"The Common Bathroom"
"Upon Further Analysis"

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P

Sophie L. Parker, 10
"Elephant Tear"

Ceclie Parrish, 14
"Jane"
"Pages Torn from Tea Leaves"

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R

Kent Ratliff, 10
"Grandma Deal"

Verne L. Ray, 12
"First Period Ramble"
"Flicker Into Obscurity/Defy Your Generation"
"Hello Detroit!"
"Jesus Won't Leave You"
"School Taught Me To Be A Failure"

Lily G. Reinhart, 12
"Papa's House"

Julia G. Ridgeway, 17
"The Poet Writes"

Amy C. Robinson, 11
"Fourth of July"
"Midnight"

Heather Roby, 16
"Clouds"

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S

Cassondra L. Saenz, 10
"Where"

Mitchell R. Schnieder, 8
"Dreams"

Sameul Stoeltje, 15
"In Each Hand"

Robyn B. Straus, 10
"Adding Up to All That"

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T

Richard Tobin, 18
"Bloodless Virtuoso"

Sarah Treviño, 12
"The Wolf Pack"

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V

Alexandra I. Valdez, 12
"Release"

Austin Van De Walle, 17
"Eye See"

Christine M. Vara, 17
"Eighteen"
"Growing Pains"

Amber Marie Vela, 15
"Injured Dreams"

Alejandro Marcos Velasquez, 13
"Midnight Events"

Garrett W. Velásquez, 16
"Tostados Unidos"

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W

Quentine Ward, 8
"Baseball Rules!

June Wright, 9
"Beyond a Crowd"

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X

Yujing Jean Xiao, 14
"The Sound of Silence"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2005 Selected Poets!

Judges: 

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Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2006 Selected Poets!

Judges: Yvette Benavides, Steve Bennett, Jay Brandon, Nephtalí De León, Trinidad Sanchez Jr., C.W. (Bill) Spinks, Barbara Stanush

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A

Madison M. Albrecht, 9
"Squirrels"

Laurel Elise Anderson, 11
"The Lighthouse"

Iris G. Ayala, 17
"Rough Draft"

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B

Kimberly Ballesteros, 11
"Corner"

Natahlie Michel Beavers, 12
"The Snowfall"

Rachel Bernstein, 11
"My Birthday"
"Time's Revenge"

Destiny Blair, 8
"I Can't Listen in Social Studies"

Norman G. Bodet, 13
"Father"

Allison May Brannan, 12
"Sharp"

Kirby Taylor Brown, 14
"High Fashion or Hand-Me Down"

Rebecca Rhea Brown, 13
"Not Another Love"
"Winged"

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C

Chevon Nicole Carroll, 17
"He Waits"
"Performer"
"Proverbial Cadence"

Kiara Chlarson, 13
"Cracked Glass"

Lewis Clements, 10
"Ode to Pencils, In imitation of Pablo Neruda"

Trisha Anne Cleveland, 18
"Atop Chapel on the Hill: Midnight"

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D

Katy Doyle, 13
"A Day in the Life"

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E

Grace Erwin, 8
"But... Not Today"

Tananaugh Elayne Espinoza, 16
"Ma Vie"

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F

Cecilia Foster, 6
"Cartwheels"

Addison Merrett Freeman, 13
"Fast Food"

Julia A. Friedland, 9
"Candle"
"Death"

Jennifer Rose Furman, 16
"One Hand on the Wheel: A Poem for Boo"

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G

Silvia E. García-Mondragón, 9
"Flor"

Bianca M. Garza, 9
"Dreams"

Elise Georgeff, 9
"My Grandpa"

Vanessa Gomez, 6 
"The Evil Sister"

Leo Gonzales, 8
"Summer"

Isaac Antony Graf, 17
"Lighter

Austin Joe Greenfield, 11
"A Hero Named Papá"
"Ode to the Piano"

Alexandra Greenwood, 10
"A Rock's Wish"

Lindsey Guerrero, 12
"The Thrill"

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H

Hayley Renee Hamilton, 12
"Minds of Two; Lives of Many"
"My Guardian Angel"

Jullian Leigh Harris, 16
"The Memories"

Samantha Nicole Harris, 10
"Fred"

Becca Ruth Hartmann, 12
"Concerning Knights, Dragons, Damsels in Distress and Dark Riders, Etc."

Luke A. Hayes, 8
"Halloween Night"

Sarah Howie, 10
"Torture"

Travis Austin Howk, 10
"An Entomologist's Entire Inventory"
"The Piano"

Marigold Mai Hudock, 12
"The Hunter"

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I

Alexxis Renee Isaac, 12
"A Storm of Confusion"

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J

Katie Elizabeth Johnson, 13
"Will I Ever"

Kathryn Marie Jones, 16
"The Lady"

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K

Sarah A. Katz, 13
"When we were young"

Bonnie Jasmin Kavoussi, 16
"your little mermaid"

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L

Jennifer Elaine Legan, 18
"cell phone on loud"
"love on the dance floor"

Helen Liljenwall, 10
"Sphere"

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M

Kayra D. Maciel, 12
"I Remember..."

Jacqueline Marquez Mann, 8
"I Used To Know"

Katie Ai Linh Mansfield, 7
"Music"

Molly O'Connor Marrou, 17
"Midnight"

Kaylee Lynn Megna, 10
"Lunch Time"

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Julie Olivares, 9
"What is love"

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P

Mariana Peña-Alfaro, 11
"Where I Am From"

Alex Pitula, 11
"Some Bacon in the Room"

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R

Tyler Hillman Remmert, 18
"Quiet"

Amy Charlotte Robinson, 13
"Plaid Jazz"

Michael J. Rodney, 15
"Waves"

Antonio Rodríguez, 17
"Domestic Exit"

Sophia Rodriguez, 9
"Pete"

Colton Routh, 10
"Earl"

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Cassondra Lenna Saenz, 12
"Hall Light"

Samantha Marie Schott, 12
"Afternoon Downpour"

Joseph Emmanuel Segovia, 17
"Cinderella Syndrome"
"Mediocrity"

Helen Smith, 11
"Memory"

Brittany Alexas Solar, 11
"A Halloween Treat"

David Spezia-Lindner, 9
"My Older Brother"

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Susannah A. Talaat, 17
"Growing Up"

Emily Irene Turner, 15
"empty warmth"
"sidewalk"

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V

Kyndell Jane Valdez, 12
"Yup, That's Daddy"

Eric Bonnefil Van Dyk, 11
"Life of a Lime"
"Philosophy"

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W

Michael J. Weil, 16
"Narcissus of Elis"

Travis W. Wentworth, 13
"Seventh Grade is Not So Easy"

Cody Douglas Willming, 13
"My Canopy"

Shannon Rebekah Wong, 17
"The Rhymes of Father Duck"

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Z

Ellen Zhang, 12
"The Meadow"

Katlyn Alyse Zotz, 13
"A Time to Remember"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2007 Selected Poets!

Judges: Steve Bennett, Jay Brandon, Jane Focht-Hansen, James Rossignol, C.W. (Bill) Spinks

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Alyssa Alaniz, 9
"Untitled - Tick, tock, time"

Richard Alderete, 7
"Joe"

Lindsey Marie Alderink, 11
"Separation"

Haley Lynn Allison, 9
"Where the wind blows"

Linda Alvarez, 15
"Koi"

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B

Lisa Marie Barcenas, 18
"Playing the Game"

Lacey Barkhurst, 13
"Missfit"

Hiatt Becker, 10
"Electricity"
"Stagefright"

Aleah Black, 12
"Taste of Love"

Linnea Blank, 15
"Untitled - Town down"
"Untitled - Your heart"
"After the Storm"
"Celebration"
"Divisions"
"Elliott Smith"
"Jess in the Hospital Room"
"scrapbook for an old friend"
"Stigmata"
"Upper Middle Class Guilt Complex"

Meghan Boenig, 14
"The Mirror"

Erin Elizabeth Brady, 18
"Mausoleum"
"toccare ferro"

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Grego Diego Camacho, 17
"For Saint Faustina Kowalska: Thank You For Your Help"

Benjamin Edward Castaneda, 16
"More, More, More!"
"Sonnet II"

Jacob Clifone, 10
"Feeling"

Lewis Clements, 11
"Rivers"

Caitlin Rose Comfort, 18
"Anesthesia"

Colten Lane Courtney, 9
"Cryin' Shame"

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Victoria Dibrell, 10
"Ode to the Owner's Pride and Joy"

Sanjana Dubey, 14
"The Sandman's Dream Dust"
"Venti Dreams"

Cyra Dumitru, 15
"Clocks"

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Nathan E. Engel, 11
"Stargazer"

Rheanna Louise English, 14
"Comment Sense"

Tananaugh Espinoza, 17
"step up! and see"

Brittany Estes-Garcia, 14
"Michelle"

Marcos Estrada, 9
"Area"

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Alexis Celyne Fernandez, 10
"Chirp"

Xavier (Javi) D. Fernandez, 7
"India"

Cole Raymond Fertitta, 11
"Calling Anguish"

Sara Fisher, 13
"The Girl Who Ate a Balloon"

Adelina Raquel Flores, 17
"The Outskirts"

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G

Emerald Aerin Garcia, 14
"Maybe"

Renata Gonzalez, 14
"Knowing Every Street Must End"

Garrett Wilson Greenblum, 11
"Ode to Yellow"

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H

Joshua Glenn Halff, 9
"The Four Sided Top"

Olivia Hinojosa, 15
"Fountains"

Marigold Mai Hudock, 13
"Memories I Share with You"

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Rita Jefferson, 17
"Encompassed and Engulfed"

Ashley Lynn Jeffries, 12
"Light"

Cory M. Johnson, 10
"Clothes Hangers"

Kray Allen Jubeck, 8
"It's Lunch Time"

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Bonnie Jasmine Kavoussi, 17
"a note from a late romantic"

Coley Kellogg, 13
"The Cloud Battle"

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Kayra D. Maciel, 13
"Just another teen trying to write a poem"

Katherine Ai Linh Mansfield, 8
"Harvest Moon Festival"
"Until We Meet Again"

Tasha Marlin, 12
"Your Eternal Hope"

Michelle Martinez, 10
"It Watches You"

Katherine Anne Monroe, 17
"Foliage"

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N

Miranda Mei Nadeau, 16
"Lessons from Wintertime"

Joalton Newell, 17
"A Coastal Defense Battery: San Francisco, California"

Geneva Grace Nolen, 10
"The Woman in My Room"

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P

Diana Lilie Pereda, 14
"War Poem"

Stephen Pineda, 14
"The Eyes"

Maria Emilia Ponce, 15
"Mira Mojita"

Jon-Christopher Lloyd Pope, 11
"waka waka"

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Q

Lauren Quinn, 8
"Kitters the Amazing Cat"

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R

Jasper Rodriguez, 7
"Bacon"

Spencer Ryan Romo I, 13
"The Battle of the Abstract"

Sydney Royer, 11
"Dance"

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S

Danielle Janet Salvador, 12
"Rubber Duckie"

Bethany Susan Sammel, 7
"The Smell of Christmas"

Rebecca Ann Schuetz, 17
"Mango Flung from an Eighth Story Window"

Sean Conor Scully, 18
"The Bookish Type"
"Parody of a Thing From Hamlet"
"The Spring of our Discontent"

Elizabeth Skerrett, 17
"Grandmother's Embrace"

Cecelia Camille Smith, 17
"Factory Bounce"

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T

Emily Irene Turner, 16
"acceptance"
"the broken ones"

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W

Christina Maria Wallace, 8
"The Gray Mouse"

Rachel Warburton, 15
"Ollie"

Christian Martin Weise, 15
"Symbolism"

Jessica Welford, 9
"Erasers"

Susannah Leigh Wright, 10
"The Cat Who Was More Than That"

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Y

Allison Young, 17
"Untitled - ATTN"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2008 Selected Poets!

Judges: Jay Brandon, Jane Focht-Hansen, Xelena Gonzalez, Frankie Johnson, Carmen Payne, Ginger Payne, James Rossignol

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A

JohnPaul Fernando Aguilar, 11
"Jack-o-Lantern"
"Life if Short"
"Settling Blaze"

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B

Nicolás Ransom Baker, 10
"O, Those Sky Sailors (A reply to Chris Van Allsburg's The Wreck of Zephyr)"

Aleah Black, 13
"Change My Reflection"

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C

Ashely Cyerra Nichole Connell, 16
"Rotten Luck"

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D

Julia Dorbandt, 12
"Imagination"

Eric Duan, 11
"Comfort"
"Puppies"

Katherine Marie Duffer, 11
"Taco"

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E

David Elliott, 11
"No Cuss Bus"

Hannah N. Eschrig, 8
"Monsters"
"Secret Crushes"

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F

Xavier David Fernandez, 8
"Johnny, 1941-2007"

Arianna Elizabeth Flores, 8
"A Lovely Spring Day"
"The Trapped Wild Cat"

Catarina Elise Flores, 5
"Scary Nights"

Elizabeth Carolyn Foss, 10
"Mind Museum"

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G

Emerald Aerin Garcia, 15
"Sorry for Your Sorrow"

Arjun Jeffrey Garg, 13
"In Summer Hoops"

Renata Kaleah Gonzales, 15
"The Visit"

Elizabeth Ann Grab, 16
"Matchstick Men"

Kaitlyn Nicole Griffith, 11
"Bubble Bath Blues"

Elliot Gross, 11
"Hoping for the Better"

Victoria Guerrero, 13
"That girl"

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H

Crystal Elizabeth Henze, 15
"The World of Life"

Sydney Clare Hillegas, 8
"Peace Poem"

Makenzi Hogan, 13
"Mother Ten Times"
"Naïve"

Travis Austin Howk, 12
"Strike?"

Marigold Mai Hudock, 14
"Hate"
"Sensing"

Madi Anne Huffstickler, 13
"Once Upon A Time"

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K

Macklin Kleber, 14
"Nature's Deceit"

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M

Kayra D. Maciel, 14
"Reality"

Katherine Ai-Linh Mansfield, 9
"Memory"

Kendall Esther Marshall, 16
"Cochlea"

Marshall Martin, 11
"In a House"

Willa Bryn McDonald, 13
"A Man From Time"
"The Number Nine"

Matthew Merrill, 14
"It's In The Bag"

Benjamin George Miller, 11
"The Mind"

Genessee Mullin, 16
"Mornings Chilled"
"To Tie and Send and Sail Away"

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N

Cory Ngyuen, 12
"Summer Camp"

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P

Ansley Rose Partosa, 12
"Cleaning Up"

Jacob Levi Peterson, 18
"Alone at O'Hare"

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R

Veronica Lillie Ray, 16
"A Little About Myself"
"Before You Ask"
"Self-Possessed"
"To All the People"
"To My Father"
"Touch Me"
"What Am I?"

Hannah Jannelle Reid, 8
"Sisterly Love"

Erin Nicole Robledo, 10
"Sad Girl Sad Girl"

Rosemary Rodriguez, 14
"violent knives"

Wesley James Rodriguez, 12
"All is Still"
"Hunted"

Jason Ross, 11
"Untitled - As simple as that"

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S

Alec Salvatierra, 11
"The Trip"

Lisa Shanti Siva, 16
"Lamp Departed"

Chloe Rebecca Smith, 18
"Fragonard's 'The Swing'"

Corinne Smith, 14
"Looking Back"
"Pencil Pusher"
"The Pox"

Dexter Dwayne Smith, 17
"Because In the End..."
"Mental Made Better"

Nellie Spener, 12
"Drops of Silver Into Captured Moments"

Nick Spies, 14
"The World Baseball Classic"

Kevin Gage Stacy, 16
"Tragedy: Meditation on Lady Shallot"

Colin T. Stone, 12
"Snake"

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T

Eriq Tobias, 11
"My Favorite Things"

Lillian Elaine Tweten, 6
"My Favorite Things"

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V

Jessica Rose Vasko, 14
"Emotional Flood"

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W

Vianney Marie Wallace, 7
"The Drip"

Jessica Westover, 10
"Nice Day"

Susannah Leigh Wright, 11
"In the Forests of My Heart"

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Z

Zoe Dylan Zimmerman, 11
"Night Things"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 2009 Selected Poets!

Judges: Jay Brandon, Rachel Christilles, Jane Focht-Hansen, Xelena González, Ginger Payne, James Rossignol, Bill Spinks

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A

Hannah Askew, 8
"The Bow and Arrow"

Nia Atwater, 8
"Untitled - Chocolate"

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B

Nicolás R. Baker, 11
"This is why he was late for class"

Drew William Benedikt, 10
"Me"

Sarah Jane Benkendorf, 16
"Sunflower"

Ruth Blaker, 10
"Mouse and Music"

Emma Lynn Grace Boyer, 12
"August Moon"
"Walk of the Lost"

Ali Brusenhan, 8
"Cheese Lovers"

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C

Jennifer Sara Calvert, 18
"Hidden Reality"

Ana Lucia Carbajal, 13
"Abuelita - Grandmother"

Matthew Chang, 9
"Black"

Augie Maverick Clements, 10
"What I Know"

Liam Quinn Coffey, 9
"the weirdest poem ever"

Ashley Cyerra Nichole Connell, 17
"A Summer Thunderstorm"

Katherine Ann Copner, 13
"Weird, Yes"

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D

Anna Dar, 16
"An Apology"
"the timid fruit"

Allison Nicole De La O, 10
"The Trail"

Laruen De La Ossa, 10
"Sunshine"

Augusto De Las Casas, 10
"The Best Mango"

Sarah Downing, 10
"Flowing Ideas"

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E

Nathan E. Engel, 12
"Lone Lament from the World's Happiest Generation"

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F

Elizabeth Anna Finn, 16
"Define Yourself"

Leigha Engel Forrest, 6
"My Oma"

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G

Daria Evelyn Galbraith, 11
"Grass"

Alex Garza, 11
"The Divorce"

Sophia Gilmour, 10
"Happiness"

Dulcie Maria Gomez, 14
"Daylight come save me..."

Renata Kaleah Gonzales, 16
"In The Tub"

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H

Josh Halff, 11
"The Bird"

Sara Elizabeth Hayden, 16
"Flight"

Madalynn Marie Hitchcock, 10
"Angelic Absence"

Alyssa Elizabeth Huddell, 14
"The Winds of Dale"

Marigold Mai Hudock, 15
"Wishes"

Alexandria S. Huff, 16
"Hondo"
"RV"
"When Pigs Fly..."

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K

Jessica Nicole Koehnlein, 12
"Disbelief"

Ethan Kwan, 9
"Leaf"

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L

Joseph Gage Labatt, 17
"To My First Grandchild"

Frank Oliver Lang IV, 11
"The MV Independence"

Jordann Christine Ledesma, 17
"High and Low"

Jake R. Lewis, 16
"Crosscurrent"

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M

Bailey Anise Magee Nolte, 14
"Fish Tank Secrets"

Mishel Sahar Malik, 10
"Bird in Me"

Hussain Mangalji, 11
"I Am a Coconut"

Katherine Ai-Linh Mansfield, 10
"The City at Night"

Breahna Aspen Menchaca, 10
"My weakness"

Jayme Allyson Morrison, 17
"Across the Row"
"Amber Eyes"
"Down to the Bone"
"Prowl"
"The Autumn Tree"
"The Dance"

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P

Ellery Pickens, 11
"The Muffin"

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R

Helen Carol Reeves, 10
"The River Within"

Sarah Faye Reeves, 13
"Burn"
"Glowing"

Avari Marie Reinhardt, 8
"Summer"

Laurinda Renee Rivero, 14
"Creating the Created"
"Lit Fire"

Savanna Rio Russell, 10
"Untitled - Imagine a day..."

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S

Max Sabino, 10
"The Nutcrackers"

Alexia Salingaros, 10
"My Miniature Airplane"

Amethyst Wyn Sanders, 16
"Mi Amor Ha Cambiado (My Love Has Changed)"
"Society Falls"

Regan Joseph Schuetze, 11
"War

McKenzie Elizabeth Schultz, 10
"A Chocolate Machine"

Lisa Shanti Siva, 17
"Bargain"
"Shortcomings of a Hat"

Megan Marie Smith, 13
"Food Fight"

Nellie Spener, 13
"Capability"

Johnny Joseph Squatrito, 12
"T-Ray the T-Rex"

Savannah Stutevoss, 7
"Mi Gato Rejo"
"Octubre"

Asma Nasir Syed, 11
"Mona Lisa"

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T

Katie Tai, 14
"The Last Night"

Wilson Reeve Taylor, 11
"Northumberland St. Pittsburgh, PA"

Lillian Elaine Tweten, 7
"Books"

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W

Vianney Marie Wallace, 8
"Good Night"

Vianney Marie Wallace, 8
"The Caterpillar"

Juliana Woodlee, 8
"The Ninjas"

Susannah Leigh Wright, 12
"The White Horse's Song"

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Y

Emily Ye, 10
"Crossing the Delaware"

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Z

Nabiha Zaman, 9
"Mom"