WriteNow! 2024 Poetry Selections
The 2025 Vision & Verse High School Writing Contest features original writing in poetry, short story, creative nonfiction, and persuasive essay from high schoolers across the Northeast Metro. Scroll on to read this year's selected poems.
Zoe Anderson, “Emily”
Evangeline Aune, “I Dream of Death”
Evangeline Aune, “The Words”
Clara Blauer, “1:31 am”
Clara Blauer, “anything vs everything”
Clara Blauer, “you taught me about love”
Payton Campbell, “Lament in the wake of shadows”
Payton Campbell, “When the ashes of Eden fall”
Zawa Carney, “Eggshells”
Zawa Carney, “The Moon’s Curse”
Iris Chen, “And He Looked Back”
Iris Chen, “Mortal Woes”
Dominique Demanou, “Love”
Dominique Demanou, “The Older You Get”
Dominique Demanou, “You”
Lily DeWitt, “just please stay”
Lily DeWitt, “Tick, Tock”
Nasteha Dubad, “Dhegdheer ‘Big Ear’”
Tegan Evans, “Timor Non Salvabit Nos”
Jayna George, “The God’s Gift”
Jayna George, “Riot’s Rains”
Jayne George, “Your Eyes Shut Tight”
Darriq Grisle, “Puzzle”
Morgan Hoff, “Heart and Soul”
April Hoffoss, “Melancholy, baby”
April Hoffoss, “Pairs”
April Hoffoss, “Who would I be?”
Aila Kirkham, “bright to dark”
Aila Kirkham, “I am a girl”
Aila Kirkham, “I didn’t notice”
Ella Kraai, “a letter from my fourteen year-old self”
Ella Kraai, “Parched”
Ella Kraai, “Things We Cannot Change”
Emily Majerle, “ray”
Emily Majerle, “Sue”
Emily Majerle, “Wishing I was your glow”
Zildjia Mansour, “Unrequited Love”
Quinn O'Brien, “A Moment on Fire”
Okkoto, “hardware store”
Okkoto, “June”
Okkoto, “ode to the place where our knees touch”
Annika Robertson, “Holes”
Annika Robertson, “Nature”
Annika Robertson, “POEm”
Molly Roettger, “The End of the Road”
KyLynn Roweton, “How's High School Going?”
KyLynn Roweton, “The Mirror (She)”
KyLynn Roweton, “Treehouse”
Freya Sanders, “history”
Daniel Short, “Grandpa”
Daniel Short, “the invadeR”
Ava Stober, “An All-American Auction”
Mia Storelee, “Hidden”
Mia Storelee, “Pitter-Patter”
Mia Storelee, “Portal”
Alexis Surface, “The Slow Death of Drowning”
Alexis Surface, “To Be Alive”
Chloe Utzka, “A Flag’s Sunrise”
Chloe Utzka, “A Precious Somebody”
Chloe Utzka, “The Journey of Love”