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Michael Adams Poetry Past Winners
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 |
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.