2024 POetry Contest Winners
These are the top finalists for each category. Each school had a chance to have a representative to compete for the Overall Prize. The Overall Prizes were determined by a panel of judges: Barratt Miller from Oregon City Public Library, and Amanda Coffey from Clackamas Community College. The winners are listed below.
Elementary / Middle School
Overall Prize Winner:
Jacob Bryant
”An Ode to Video Games”
High School / Staff / Community Member Overall Prize Winner:
Charlotte Soper Mills, Community Member
”Baby Blues”
Beavercreek Elementary
(No Submissions)
John Mcloughlin Elementary
Rielle Pilon
”The Frogs Haiku”
Elementary Schools
Candy Lane Elementary
Lehi Perez Zarate
”Untitled”
Redland Elementary
Ali’ana Taylor
”Why School Is Important”
Gaffney Lane Elementary
(No Submissions)
alliance Charter Academy
(No Submissions)
Holcomb Elementary
Lou Howells
”Snow Day”
Springwater Environmental Sciences School
(No Submissions)
Gardiner Middle School
(No Submissions)
Middle Schools
Tumwata Middle School
Jacob Bryant
”An Ode to Video Games”
Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences
(No Submissions)
alliance Charter Academy
(No Submissions)
Springwater Environmental Sciences School
(No Submissions)
Oregon City High School
Guthrie Romas
”The Flood of 1996”
High Schools
Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences
(No Submissions)
Oregon City Service Learning Academy
Avian Jenik
”Crimson Sin”
alliance Charter Academy
(No Submissions)
OCSD Staff & Community Members
Staff Member
Megan Jons, OCSLA
”Some Silences Chosen”
Community Member
Charlotte Soper Mills
”Baby Blues”