2015 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.
Up to 3rd Grade
- First Place: Happiness – Rachel Smith (15)
- Second Place: Crystal Waters – Lottie Holz (10)
- Third Place: Sad Mad Glad – Macey Carlson (29)
- Star Star – Victoria Damman (23)
- Ice Cream – Ava Schneider (33)
- Spring – Lottie Holz (37)
- Oh My! – Jayden Hopkins (5)
- Ketchup – Claire Duncan (27)
Grades 4- 7
- First Place: Spring Bud – Gretl Holz (16)
- Second Place: Three Trees – Hannah Leraas (25)
- Third Place: The Sleepy Monster – Muskan Waseem (8)
- Morning – Gretl Holz (13)
- The Last Day of My Life – Muskan Waseem (20)
- Fruit Salad – Quinn Mackie (3)
Grades 8-12
- First Place: Old Pictures – Syke Kirby (6)
- Second Place: Some Words Have No Meaning – Samantha Burt (21)
- Third Place: Curiosity – Jacqui McGregor (1)
- I Watch – Mackenzie Donovan (30)
- Silk Butterflies – Jacqui McGregor (35)
- Struggling to Escape – Samantha Holz (11)
- The Beauty of the Moon – Farrell Haley (18)
- 11:11 – Farrell Halley (38)
Adult Humor
- First Place: Fair Trade Coffee – Ed Brekke-Kramer (4)
- Second Place: Convergence – Henry Panowitsch (22)
- Third Place: On the Fence – Meredith Cooke (28)
- It Shouldn’t Take Long – John Just (24)
- Oh, To Be Late – Ed Brekke-Kramer (34)
- Da Europe o’ da Midwest, donchaknow! – Yvonne Cariveau (41)
- Cousins (many times removed) – Derek Liebertz (17)
Adult – Serious
- First Place: Sole Exception – Meredith Cooke (2)
- Second Place: The Cold of January – Jana Bouma (7)
- Third Place: The Chase – Ed Brekke-Kramer (9)
- Dessert First – Henry Panowitsch (12)
- never enuf sleep – Laura K. Murray (36)
- Caesura – Jana Bouma (14)
- Under A Frozen Moon She Left- Henry Panowitsch (19)
- Juicy Communion – Meredith Cooke (26)
Notable Poets
- Rex MacBeth – (31 and 32)
- Bill Holms (40)
- Barbara Stevens (39)