Thirty poems were selected in 2013 by judges anonymously from over 120 submissions. The boards were placed in parks and along trails in July, 2013.
Like the CityArt Sculpture Tour, there will be a poetry contest once a year and the poem sign boards will be changed each spring.
2013 Winning Poems
Winners were selected anonymously by judges from outside the Mankato area. Congratulations to all of this year’s selected winning poets. Please submit again next year if you were not selected this year!
Map showing Poem locations around Mankato and North Mankato (poem numbers are below)
| Category | Poem Number and Title | Author | Places (1st, 2nd and 3rd) |
| up to 3rd | 3. Ripples on the Pond | Isaiah Heins | 1 |
| up to 3rd | 10. The River Blue | Lottie Holz and Kaya Berry | 2 |
| up to 3rd | 22. Spring | Quinn Mackie | 3 |
| 4th-7th | 7. Rain Song | Mikayla Rudolf | 1 |
| 4th-7th | 19. My Special Place | Maddie Ceminsky | 2 |
| 4th-7th | 28. Utensil Party | Anya Rodgers | 3 |
| 4th-7th | 34. The Leaves are a Gateway | Kate Brinkert | |
| 4th-7th | 33. Listen to the Birds | Anya Rodgers | |
| 8th-12th | 14. The Beach | Lindsey Schaffer | 1 |
| 8th-12th | 23. The Sounds Of The Red Jacket Trail | Jacqui McGregor | 2 |
| 8th-12th | 30. The Margaric Moon | Jacqui McGregor | 3 |
| Adult-Humorous | 4. I Had Them All | John Just | 1 |
| Adult-Humorous | 8. Parts Unknown | Ed Brekke-Kramer | 2 |
| Adult-Humorous | 11. For the Males | Esther Hoffmann | 3 |
| Adult-Humorous | 15. Fudgsicle | Randy Dinsmore | |
| Adult-Humorous | 18. Alarm | John Calvin Rezmerski | |
| Adult-Humorous | 25. Gratitude Goes Only So Far | John Calvin Rezmerski | |
| Adult-Humorous | 26. Dreams of Coldstone | Yvonne Cariveau | |
| Adult-Humorous | 29. Reclamation of a Junked Wash Machine | Henry Panowitsch | |
| Adult-Serious | 2. Everything is Sky Tonight | Angie Mason | 1 |
| Adult-Serious | 6. Metal Dream | Henry Panowitsch | 2 |
| Adult-Serious | 9. Hokyoji 02-05-13 | Henry Panowitsch | 3 |
| Adult-Serious | 12. Night Fishing | Angie Mason | |
| Adult-Serious | 16. Off to Mankato to “get an education” | Audrey Kletscher Helbling | |
| Adult-Serious | 27. The Thrill of Vertical | Audrey Kletscher Helbling | |
| Adult-Serious | 20. mahkato | Donald Mead | |
| Adult-Serious | 24. Wrens | Jason Zahn |