Congratulations to the winners of the Cambridge Public Library/Cambridge Tree Project Eighteenth Annual Poetry Awards from the Peabody School! This year we received nearly 1,000 entries, making for a tough competition! We congratulate everyone who entered for their wonderful poems.
Our winners are:
- Nico Nesson, First Place (tie), Second Grade for his untitled poem beginning “Shimmer in my window”
- Ellis Barnes, Second Place (tie), Second Grade for his untitled poem beginning “I woke up frantic and distressed”
- Rebekah Gonzalez, Third Place (tie), Third Grade for “Knowledge”
- Aniah Beaton, Honorable Mention, Third Grade for “Reading”
- Bezawit Mekonnen, First Place (tie), Fourth Grade for “Classroom Music”
- Yosuke Terashita, First Place (tie), Fourth Grade for
“A Place Called Home”