The results of the 2012 High School Poetry Prize are in!

Congratulations to our prize-winners!

Winner:
 
Taite Puhala from the Westminster School, Simsbury, CT
for “a cappella”

Finalists

Riley Boeth from the Westover School, Middlebury, CT
for “A Last Apology”

Madeleine Chill, Home-schooled in Andover, CT
for “Antlers”

Kathleen Reilly from Marblehead High School, Marblehead, MA
for “Looking for Why”

This year’s judge, Eavan Boland, will meet with the winner and finlalists and they will read their poems at the start of her reading, April 3, 7:30 pm in Weinstein Auditorium.

Semi-Finalists 2012

Congratulations also to these semifinalists, whose work stood out from the large number of entries:

Emeline Atwood from Milton Academy, Milton, MA
for “The Big Apple”

Tatiana Dalton from Marblehead High School, Marblehead, MA
for “Fallen Glass”

Kat Kulke from Milton Academy, Milton, MA
for “Kurt Cobain’s Widow”

Nicole O’Leary from Nauset Regional High School, Eastham, MA
for “Day Lilies”

Yeong Seo Park from St. Mark’s School, Southborough, MA
for “Neglinnaya Street”

Sara Sussman from Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
for “[lick these words off my hot throat:]”

Ira Teveleva from Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA
for “Like Wildfire”

Victoria White from Milton Academy, Milton MA
for “August, Age Nine”