Winners & Finalists – Greenburgh’s 41st Annual Poetry Contest, 2012
Juvenile Category (6-10 years old)
Winners:
1st Place: Madhavi Shashank, Scarsdale “Seventeen Ways of Looking at Wonder” $50
2nd Place: Eliana Neill, Croton-on-Hudson, “Before I Ate My Bread” $25
3rd Place: Deviki Arora, Scarsdale, “Secrecy” $15
Finalists:
Renata Bourin, New York City, “Renata Speaks of Bullying”
Max Cardi, New York City, “The Feeling Under”
Molly Greenholz, Tarrytown, “Born Another Way”
Nicole Greenhut, New York City, “The Mask That Hides”
Aspyn Royster, White Plains, “Strange”
Katie Yurek, Croton-on-Hudson, “Girl in the Mirror”
Juvenile Category (11 & 12 years old)
Winners:
1st Place: Lauren Tannenbaum, Briarcliff Manor, “Fifth Grade” $50
2nd Place: Anika Agarwal, Scarsdale, “Astrologer” $25
3rd Place: Khanan Ben-Dan, New Hempstead, “Burning” $15
Finalists:
Anika Arora, Scarsdale, “Wilderness”
Ryan Bieber, Cortlandt Manor, “Snow”
Sally Ho, Scarsdale, “Crying”
T’Kavdiyah Noel, Brooklyn, “Why Is the Sky Blue?”
Sofia Rossi, South Salem, “Stormy Boat”
Mandira Shashank, Scarsdale, “Time”
Mackenzie Tatananni, Irvington, “I Could Have Been”
Student Category (13-18 years old)
Winners:
1st Place: Emily Yankowitz, Scarsdale, “They Stand for Equality” $100
2nd Place: Johanna Ramm, Hastings, “The Steady State Theory” $ 50
3rd Place: Ann Kamerman, Bedford Hills, “Here I Am” $ 25
Finalists:
Elizabeth Nutig, Tarrytown, “Life”
Stephanie Rogers, Pleasantville, “Writing the Poem"
Cassandra Sperry, New Rochelle, “A Single Blade of Grass”
Adult Category
Winners:
1st Place: Howard Sage, New York City, “Gray Sweater Wave” $100
2nd Place: Gillian Lynn Katz, Scarsdale, “Midnight” $ 50
3rd Place: Maryann McCarra-Fitzpatrick, Peekskill, “The Coach Painter” $ 25
Finalists:
Andrea L. Alterman, Hastings-on-Hudson, “Alleluia”
Cindy Beer-Fouhy, Crompond, “Why I Live in the Woods”
Nancy Craig, Scarsdale, “Higher Math”
Diane Piankian Geiger, New Rochelle, “Rendezvous”
Georgette G. Gouveia, White Plains, “Thoughts on Sam Taylor Wood’s Robert Downey, Jr.
Adrienne Hernandez, Hartsdale, “Shelbourne, Vermont”
Susan Lusardi, Cortlandt Manor, “Simpson Street”
Marjorie Mir, Bronxville, “Divining”
Linda Simone, New York City, “Sowing Time”
