Elliot Rivera and Paola Rivera joined two second-week winners in the Schenectady High Literary Magazine’s poetry month contest. Elliot and Paola join Athena Rhodius and Freshman Academy nurse Arthur Taylor as the Week 3 winners.
The contest now goes to the final prize round.
In this final round, readers get to vote for their favorite poem. All poems are displayed on the school’s digital news page at www.shsphoenix.com. Voting closes on Monday, May 11.
The final weekly winning poems eligible for the grand prizes are:
- “Willow Tree” by Jenna Whitehouse
- “Welcome to my castle” by Ryden Durante
- “Tasty?” by Niasia Howard
- “Coming to terms” by Athena Rhodius
- “roses for a friend” by Ryden Durante
- “Your name” by Athena Rhodius
- “Hero” by Elliot (Lolla) Rivera
- “The Deep” by Paola Rivera
- “Levis” by Arthur Taylor
- “Missing” by Arthur Taylor
All of the poems are published on the Lit Mag page on the school’s digital news website. You can find these poems, other student creative writing and student-written school news articles at www.shsphoenix.com.
The Lit Mag chose weekly winners to publish each week of April in honor of National Poetry Month.
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