Congratulations to all the students who submitted a poem, and to all the teachers who encouraged the event!
These are the 2022 finalists in grade and then alpha order:
Please come to the event on April 1 to hear some poetry and to learn who were awarded the top three in each age group!
| Grade | Name | Poem Title | School | Teacher Name |
| 1 | Paisley Childress | Unicorns | James River Day | Betsy Lane |
| 1 | Jona Chisolm | The Motion of a Butterfly | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Aidan Garland | The Motion of a Puppy Tail | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Indie Gillum | Potion Bottle | James River Day | Betsy Lane |
| 1 | Adrian Henderson | Weird Things | Thomas Jefferson Elementary | Angela White |
| 1 | Evie Jenkins | Addition | James River Day | Betsy Lane |
| 1 | Hunter Johnson | The Motion of a Snake | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Lydia Jones | Rainbow | Under the Son Academy | n/a |
| 1 | Brody Marks | Sports | James River Day | Betsy Lane |
| 1 | Olivia Serro | The Motion of a Ride-On Rocket | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 |  Carter Van Gurp |
The Motion of an Anteater | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 2 |
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Solar Power! | Under the Son Academy | n/a |
| 2 |  Gideon Jones |
The Bees | Under the Son Academy | n/a |
| 3 | Anna Mays | Flowers | Thomas Jefferson Elementary | Angela White |
| 3 | Lawson Neufeld |
Caves | Homeschool | n/a |
| 3 | Anya Otwell | A Plus Sign Life | R.S. Payne Elementary | Hannah Crews |
| 4 | Jordan Berkenkemper | Nature’s Future | Thomas Jefferson Elementary | Angela White |
| 4 | Millie Imboden | Stars | Bedford Hills Elementary | Heather Burkhardt |
| 4 | Wrynn Ottinger | The Water Cycle | Bedford Hills Elementary | Heather Burkhardt |
| 5 | Jackson Barber | Underneath the Midnight Sun | Appomattox Elementary | Destiny Kidd |
| 5 | Sara El-Ahdab |
The Mysterious Phases of the Moon | R.S. Payne Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Teagan Foster | Our Queer Planet | R.S. Payne Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Kendra Gowen | The Sunset | Appomattox Elementary | Kim Jones |
| 5 | Alice Hansen | The Power of Pigment | R.S. Payne Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Penny Helm | Seasons | R.S. Payne Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 |  Alexandra Hoffman |
A Global Warning | R.S. Payne Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 6 | Grace Geffken | The Math Riddle | Onward Christian Academy | Erica Gray |
| 7 | Scott Adkins | Maximum Capacity | Altavista Combined | Andrea Rice |
| 7 | Molly Scruggs | Our Beautiful World | Altavista Combined | Andrea Rice |
| 7 | Laycee Talbott | Astronomy | Altavista Combined | Andrea Rice |
| 8 | Anna Apkarian |
Love: In Motion | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Simonn Booysen | The World is a Wonderful Place | Nelson County Middle | Lisa Schoener |
| 8 | Tony Giacona-Spry | Trial by Fire | Nelson County Middle | Lisa Schoener |
| 8 | Anna Grace McCloskey | The Thoughts of Thunder | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Madilynne Phillips | Stars | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Riley Plice | The 4 Seasons | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Scarlett Terrell | Hypothermia | Nelson County Middle | Lisa Schoener |
| 8 |
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The Heart of Complexity | Nelson County Middle | Lisa Schoener |
| 8 | Anna White |
Mother Earth | Nelson County Middle | Lisa Schoener |
| 9 | Selah Eberz | Water Remains Forever | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 9 | Dalia. El-ahdab. | Tornado Warning. | Homeschool | n/a |
| 9 | Xavier Friday | Solar system | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 9 | Michaela Harvey | Because of Us | E.C. Glass High | n/a |
| 9 | Mallory McKinney | DNA | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 10 | Aiden Perdue | The Science of Life | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 10 | Cassidy Perdue | Dull Without | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 11 | Elise Guard |
Mushrooms : Life and Death | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 11 |
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RIP my cat (ode to physics) | E.C. Glass High | n/a |
| 11 | Cyan Smith | The Boron To My Neon | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 11 | Walker Wood | Physics Year | E.C. Glass High | Benjamin Shockley |
| 12 | Austin Buck | Heating Up | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |
| 12 | Gillian Ceballos-Kirby |
Space | E.C. Glass High | Toby Johnson |