2013 Poetry Contest Winners Announced - The Toledo Museum of Art

NEWS RELEASE
May 10, 2013
Contacts: Kelly Garrow, APR, Director of Communications
419-254-8000, Ext. 7408
kgarrow@toledomuseum.org
Teri Sharp, Public Relations Manager
419-254-5082
tsharp@toledomuseum.org
Winners of TMA’s 2013 Poetry Contest Announced
TOLEDO, OHIO–Twenty area writers were honored as winners in the Toledo Museum of Art 2013
Poetry Contest during a 7 p.m. ceremony Friday, May 10, in the Museum’s Great Gallery.
Sponsored by The Blade, Kroger and Buckeye CableSystem, the contest attracted more than 300
submissions from adults and students who participated in a Docent-led tour between June 2012 and
March 2013 at the Museum.
Entries were judged on the basis of originality, form, language, grammatical skill and creative
interpretation or reflection of writing.
First-place winners received $150; second place, $100 and third place, $75. They also each
received a one-year individual Museum membership. The winning poems are on display through July
next to the works of art that inspired the writers. The award winners, by division, include:
Middle School
First Place: Evan Kachmarik of Oregon, a student at St. John’s Jesuit Academy.
Second Place: Maddy Vesoulis of Sylvania, a student at West Side Montessori.
Third Place: Laramie Reynolds of Holland, a student at West Side Montessori.
Honorable Mentions: Jenna Reichert of Walbridge, a student at all Saints Catholic School; Libby
Stupica of Sylvania, a student at West Side Montessori, and Alex Whitacre of Bowling Green, a student
at West Side Montessori.
High School
First Place: Michelle Li of Sylvania, a student at Sylvania Southview High School.
Second Place: Grabriel Salas of Blissfield, Mich., a student at Blissfield High School.
Third Place: Alex Joyce of Toledo, a student at Whitmer High School.
Honorable Mentions: Sydney Lahre of Toledo, a student at Sylvania Southview High School; Joey
Sechrist of Whitehouse, a student at Anthony Wayne High School, and Aaron Powers of Toledo, a
student at Central Catholic High School.
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2013 Poetry Contest Winners–2
Post-Secondary/Adult
First Place: Cheryl Horton of Toledo.
Second Place: Steven Kapela of Waterville, a student at Ohio University.
Third Place: Kerry Trautman of Findlay.
Honorable Mentions: Andrew Field of Toledo, a student at the University of Toledo; Lylanne
Musselman of Toledo; Mary Brandon of Maumee; Mary Lee Gladieux of Toledo, and Ylisse Joell
Yepez of Toledo.
Note: For further information, contact Kelly Fritz Garrow, director of communications, at 419-255-
8000, ext. 7408, or kgarrow@toledomuseum.org.
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