To celebrate National Poetry Month and Oklahoma, the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry conducts an annual Oklahoma Poem Contest, with cash prizes and medals for the winners. Prizes are given out each year at Wonder City Wordfest at Wonder City Coffee, in downtown Locust Grove.
2019 Oklahoma Poem Contest Winners
Adult
1st, Hannah Ewton, Claremore
2nd, Darron Dunbar, Oklahoma City
3rd, Mary McCloskey, Oklahoma City
9th-12th
1st, Palmer Strubhar, Piedmont
5th-8th
1st, Lahna Erwin
2nd, Ivy Snyder
3rd, Ashley Smith
K-4th
1st, Zack Strong, Yukon
2nd Alexander Spruill, El Reno & Kaylee Porter, Yukon
3rd, Leslie Bernal, Tulsa
CLICK HERE to see photos by Zack Strong’s grandfather Lonnie Rickey at Wonder City Wordfest
2019 OK Winning Poems
2018 Oklahoma Poem Contest Winners
Photographs of the winners who were at the ceremony can be found HERE.
Category: K-5th Grade
1st
Aurora Parks, Roosevelt Elementary, Pryor
2nd
Amelia Hanlan, Independence Elementary, Yukon
3rd (tie)
Madison Mennecke, LGUE, Locust Grove
Parker Hensley, Independence Elementary, Yukon
Category: 6th-8th Grade
1st
Erin Bendabout, LGMS, Locust Grove
2nd
Jerah Bighorse, LGMS, Locust Grove
3rd (tie)
Miranda Blossom, LGMS, Locust Grove
Mya Phillips, LGMS, Locust Grove
Category: 9th-12th Grade
1st
Jasmine Alverado, Emerson South, Oklahoma City
2nd
Sierra Murphy, LGHS, Locust Grove
3rd
Audra Cunningham, LGHS, Locust Grove
Category: Adult
1st
Casey Mclerran, Sapulpa
2nd
Debra Martin, Edmond
3rd
Hannah Eaton, Claremore
You can read all of the winning poems in a pdf by clicking HERE.
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