Poetry Contest
The Newbury Library and the John Hay Literary Society
ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST in CELEBRATION OF POETRY MONTH
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"To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds every hour, a picture which was never seen before. and which shall never be seen again."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
2025 Spring Poetry Contest Winners
2025 Contest Winners:
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Jennifer Edwards, David Counts, R. Russell, Thom Smith, Victoria Herness, and Ayla Gill
Pictured: Adult First Place Winner, Jennifer Edwards
2024 Spring Poetry Contest Winners
Pictured from left to right: Lea McBain, Dianalee Velie, Autumn Simoneaux, and Carl Beverly.
2024 Contest Winners:
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Allison Cummings, Padraig Scallon, Skyler Cook,
Penny Morhardt, Monika Cooper, Christopher L. Dormin, and Sara Backer.
2023 Spring Poetry Contest Winners
2023 Contest Winners:
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Dianalee Velie, Cynthia Knorr, Pat Tivnan, Brenna Manuel and Miriam Talcott
Pictured from left to right: Dianalee Velie, Contest Coordinator, Autumn Simoneau, Sign Language Interpreter, Brenna Manuel, Melanie Chicoine (Contest Judge), Cynthia Knorr, Miriam Talcott and Pat Tivnan.
2022 Spring Poetry Contest Winners
Pictured: Interpreter Reed Cotton with Ryan Twomey, Carol Lake and Kay Morgan
Missing from photo: Hannah Rubin
2022 Contest Winners:
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Ryan Twomey, Carol Lake, Kay Morgan, and Hannah Rubin
2019 Spring Poetry Contest Winners
2019 Contest Winners:
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Autumn Siders, Mary Anker, Gabriel Smith, Lotus Gregory, Tobin Smith, and Katherine Leigh
Pictured: Ala Khaki (Contest Judge), Autumn Siders, Mary Anker, Gabriel Smith, Lotus Gregory, Tobin Smith, and Katherine Leigh