Congratulations to all who students who submitted a poem, and to all teachers who encouraged the event, we had over 800 total entries!
These are the 2020 finalists in grade and then alpha order:
The prize winner is indicated for each of the following categories: primary school, elementary school, middle school, high school. Congratulations!
| Author | Poem Title | Grade | Teacher Name | School |
| Elex Gowen | Vulture Finds Dinner | K | Betsy Rhodes | James River Day School |
Burke Stands |
Pretty Blue Jay | K | Betsy Rhodes | James River Day School |
| Shawn Andrews | Whale | 1 | Chantelle Deddens | Bedford Hills Elementary School |
| Pierson Ashworth | Snow | 1 | Laurie Sommardahl | James River Day School |
Eve Flavin |
Fawn | 1 | Chantelle Deddens | Bedford Hills Elementary School |
| Joshua Geier | Kitten | 1 | Chantelle Deddens | Bedford Hills Elementary School |
| Carmine Jones | Penguin | 1 | Chantelle Deddens | Bedford Hills Elementary School |
| Colton Nash | Dog | 1 | Chantelle Deddens | Bedford Hills Elementary School |
| Saachi Neema | Snow | 1 | Laurie Sommardahl | James River Day School |
| Parker Nelson | Hobo Spiders | 1 | Betsy Layne | James River Day School |
| Jack Sorensen | Turtle | 1 | Chantelle Deddens | Bedford Hills Elementary School |
Mia Della Penna |
Where Did You Go? | 2 | n/a | Boonsboro Elementary School |
| Langston Ellis | The Missing Number | 2 | Angela White | Moneta Elementary School |
| Elise Steeves | Weather | 3 | Alison Cox | James River Day School |
| Akayla Bradshaw | Snake | 4 | Kim Jones | Appomattox Elementary School |
| Inika Byrd | Electricity Poem | 4 | Allison Ashton | Linkhorne Elementary School |
| Sophie Cassidy | Hurricane | 4 | Georgianna Cary | RS Payne Elementary School |
| Olivia Della Penna |
Chemist in Training | 4 | Mary-Lee Reynolds | Boonsboro Elementary School |
| Courtney Johnson | Butterflies | 4 | Kim Jones | Appomattox Elementary School |
| Rowena Phillips |
Our World | 4 | Georgianna Cary | RS Payne Elementary School |
| Jeremiah Tryon | Science Experiments | 4 | Kim Jones | Appomattox Elementary School |
| Taylor Woodruff | Care of the World | 4 | Mary Lee Reynolds | Boonsboro Elementary School |
| Olivia Judy | Our Earth | 5 | Van Hoffman | RS Payne Elementary School |
| Sofia Khan | Matter the Family | 5 | Van Hoffman | RS Payne Elementary School |
| Maggie Sumpman |
The World Is A Giant Snow Globe | 5 | Van Hoffman | RS Payne Elementary School |
| Brieanna Walters | Space | 5 | Van Hoffman | RS Payne Elementary School |
| Nolyn Forehand | Mitosis | 6 | Heather Guard | James River Day School |
| Lucas Miller | DNA | 6 | Heather Guard | James River Day School |
| Hayden Taylor | Mitosis | 6 | n/a | Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School |
| Abby Carpenter |
What Our Eyes Can’t See | 7 | Todd Anderson | James River Day School |
| Sophie Csatlos | Questions | 7 | Todd Anderson | James River Day School |
| Jenna Shelton | What Have We Done? | 7 | Andrea Rice | Altavista Combined School |
| Miriam Cate | What Our Eyes Can’t See | 8 | Katie Cyphert | Linkhorne Middle School |
| Dakota Justus |
Diamond | 8 | Lisa Schoener | Nelson County Middle School |
| Mary Elizabeth Kennedy | The Ocean: Free Verse | 8 | Todd Anderson | James River Day School |
| Ian Nordlund |
A Forgotten Memory | 8 | Katie Cyphert | Linkhorne Middle School |
| Noah Paul | Beneath the Waves | 8 | Todd Anderson | James River Day School |
| Weston Richards | Same Wavelength | 8 | Todd Anderson | James River Day School |
| Amogh Thallapragada | Monsoon | 8 | Todd Anderson | James River Day School |
| Amelle St. Clair | Fires | 9 | Heather McCormick | EC Glass High School |
| Maria Ziegler |
The Sideways Eight | 9 | n/a | Jefferson Forest High School |
| Ainsley Eubank | Into the Reef | 10 | Heather McCormick | EC Glass High School |
| Robas Mustafa | Scientific Opposites | 10 | Jenny Ferrell | Heritage High School |
| Avery Sprouse | Matter Matters | 10 | Jenny Ferrell | Heritage High School |
| Rachel Clough |
Cross Section of a Dead Sea | 11 | Heather McCormick | EC Glass High School |
| Rebekah Jackson | The Mysteries of the Universe | 11 | n/a | Homeschool |
| Grace O’Connell | The Known Unknown | 11 | Heather McCormick | EC Glass High School |
| Hunt Bailey | In the Wind | 12 | Matt LaFreniere | Virginia Episcopal School |
| Sarah Copeland | Math’s Wonders | 12 | n/a | Heritage High School |
| Megan Foster | The Grooves | 12 | Matt LaFreniere | Virginia Episcopal School |
| Emme Gravely | Piss Off, Gravity | 12 | Matt LaFreniere | Virginia Episcopal School |
| Grayson Langston | Exploration | 12 | Matt LaFreniere | Virginia Episcopal School |
| Joshua Staggers |
Clear-Cutting | 12 | Matt LaFreniere | Virginia Episcopal School |
| Lara Wood | Digesting | 12 | Matt LaFreniere | Virginia Episcopal School |