2015 Winners
Youth Poetry

Spanish Language 1st - 3rd Grade	Honorable Mention 1st Place	Devon Villateal Hollan Hardie
Spanish Language 5th Grade & up	Honorable Mention 1st Place	Octavio Aguilar Emely Briones
1st - 3rd Grade	1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place	Gretchen Korsland Cali Hernandez Jack Karsted
4th - 7th Grades	1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place (tie) 3rd Place (tie)	Anna Furey Christopher Gallagher Breck Hathcoate Avery Snyder
8th - 12th Grades	1st Place	Sabrina Stern

Adult Poetry

"Michael Adams Poetry Prize”	1st Place Honorable Mention Honorable Mention	Larry Laverdure Claudia Frick Nashon Cook
“Social Justice”	1st Place Honorable Mention Honorable Mention	Strider Benston Vicki Mandell-King Constance Boyle
“The Natural World”	1st Place Honorable Mention Honorable Mention	Megan Freeman M.D. Friedman Rosemerry Wahtoal Trommer

Named in honor of the poet Michael Adams, the Michael Adams Poetry Prize aims to cultivate and inspire poetry while celebrating Lafayette’s commitment to community arts

A note about Michael Adams:

Michael Adams was a founding board member of ARTS!Lafayette and longtime member and chair of Lafayette Cultural Arts Commission as well as a talented poet. Mike was a talented poet as well as a dedicated leader in the arts in Lafayette. He had a passion for poetry, the arts and community. He was an intelligent, thoughtful and guiding force for many. He had a huge heart and was a stellar volunteer. He lost his life to cancer in September 2013; this contest is named in his honor.