2014 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!
Poem numbers show the location of the poem (see map and list of locations). They also will match up with recordings on Mankato’s Audio Tour OnCell system. Hear recordings of these poems, by the poets with your phone or computer after July 15, 2014.
| Category | Poem Number and Title | Author | Places (1st, 2nd and 3rd) |
| up to 3rd grade | 26. City Traffic | Lottie Holz | 1 |
| up to 3rd grade | 10. The Trees | Lottie Holz | 2 |
| up to 3rd grade | 3. Yellow Submarine? | Quinn Mackie | 3 |
| up to 3rd grade | 30. Love | Grace Mackie | |
| up to 3rd grade | 1. Art | Quinn Mackie | |
| 4th-7th grade | 11. The Place Below the Rainbow | Gretl Holz | 1 |
| 4th-7th grade | 34. Fire and Ice | Maddie Ceminsky | 2 |
| 4th-7th grade | 34. The Nightlight of the Sky | Maddie Ceminsky | 3 |
| 4th-7th grade | 23. Youth Day | Gabe Crispin | |
| 4th-7th grade | 35. Hummingbird | Emily Schanbacher | |
| 4th-7th grade | 7. Snow | Hannah Leraas | |
| 4th-7th grade | 8. Escape the Rain | Maddie Ceminsky | |
| Adult-Humorous | 5. To Ferdinand, The Omnivore | Meredith Cook | 1 |
| Adult-Humorous | 21. December Morning | Ed Brekke-Kramer | 2 |
| Adult-Humorous | 16. Bikers and Hikers | Ed Brekke-Kramer | 3 |
| Adult-Humorous | 25. Magical World Of Books | Terri DeGezelle | |
| Adult-Serious | 29. Still Sleeping | Laura Murray | 1 |
| Adult-Serious | 18. EQUIPOISE | Susan Stevens Chambers | 2 |
| Adult-Serious | 22. Midnight Freight | Ed Brekke-Kramer | 3 |
| Adult-Serious | 28. Bandwagon | Audrey Kletscher Helbling | |
| Adult-Serious | 2. My Best Friend | John Just Jr. | |
| Adult-Serious | 24. Letting Go | Shirley Ensrud | |
| Adult-Serious | 17. Diamonds in the Grass | Shirley Ensrud | |
| Adult-Serious | 12. Fabulous Falls | Rosy McGregor | |
| Adult-Serious | 15. Open Morning Window | Henry Panowitsch | |
| Adult-Serious | 20. Request | Shirley Ensrud | |
| Adult-Serious | 27. Autumnal Circle | Susan Stevens Chambers | |
| Adult-Serious | 25. Murmuration | James Dontje | |
| Adult-Serious | 14. Glide Path | James Dontje | |
| Adult-Serious | 13. Summer Soda | Derek Liebertz | |
| Adult-Serious | 9. Spring 2013 | Sandra Neubauer | |
| Adult-Serious | 4. Kissing a Cowboy | Yvonne Cariveau | |
| Adult-Serious | 13. Loon | Yvonne Cariveau | |
| Adult-Serious | 33. Prairie Voices | Ed Brekke-Kramer | |
| Adult-Serious | 6. December 26, 1862 Mankato | Ed Brekke-Kramer | |
| Notable Poet | 19. Fingers | John Calvin Rezmerski | |
| Notable Poet | 31. Writ in the Style of Rex MacBeth | Dawn Schaefer | |
| Notable Poet | 32. Dead Poet | Rex MacBeth |