2010 NC STUDENT POET LAUREATE AWARD WINNERS

Here they are, the winners of the 2010 North Carolina Student Poet Laureate Awards, sponsored by the NC English Teachers Association. Final judge was our current Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers. Because I like to mix things up a bit, I'm posting most of their photos in no particular order. These poets will have their own posts in the coming days, so that you may enjoy their poems on a daily basis and help them celebrate their accomplishments. They will be honored at the NCETA Awards Luncheon on Oct. 22 at Wake Forest University. For more information about the NCETA student writing awards, please go to www.ncenglishteacher.org.

Rachel Thompson, Penn-Griffin High School

Edward Madill, graduate of Smoky Mountain High School, now at UNC-A.

Abrianna Berry, Caitlin Parris, and Lindsey Dodge, Macon County Middle School

Mandi Dean, Smoky Mountain High School, Sylva, NC

Nina Oteria Foster, Raleigh Charter High School

Karina McCorkle, Enloe Magnet School, Raleigh, NC

2010 NC Student Poet Laureate Winners

High School

First: Edward Madill, “Your Mom,” Smoky Mountain High School, Sylva, NC

Second: Karina McCorkle, “Vestige” Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh,

Honorable Mentions:

Ripples or Pages, Rachel Thompson, Penn-Griffin High School, High Point

The World's Music, Mandi Dean, Smoky Mt. High School, Sylva

Leaving it Behind, Nina Oteria (Foster), Raleigh Charter High School

Summer of 1918, Tori Eaton, First Flight High School, Kill Devil Hills, NC

Middle School:

First: (tie) Lindsey Dodge, “Everything,” Macon Middle School, Franklin

Caitlin Parris, “Kathy,” Macon Middle School, Franklin

Second: Abrianna Berry, “Squirrel Hunting with my Dad, “ Macon Middle School, Franklin

Honorable Mention:

Falecia Metcalf, “Child of the Wind,” N Buncombe Middle School, Weaverville

Addie Fairchild, “Mountain Jefferson”

6th grade, Westwood Elementary

Jefferson, NC