Congratulations to all the students who submitted a poem, and to all the teachers who encouraged the event!
These are the 2023 finalists in grade and then alpha order:
Please come to the event on March 24 to hear some poetry and to learn who were awarded the top three in each age group!
| Grade | Name | Poem Title | School | Teacher |
| 1 |  Ja’Quan Clark |
My Lion | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Corri Davis | Amazing Rabbit | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Nora Huffman | My Dolphin | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 |  Da’Jon Jones |
A Cool Rabbit | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Max Misjuns | My Hedgehog Poem | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Asher Stanley | Fluffy | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Henry Strock | Hudson the Leopard | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Sydney Synkowski | Howling Wolf | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 2 | Rachel Council | Winter Snowfall | Bedford Hills Elementary | Brandi Scott |
| 2 | Valerie Dalton | The World of Life | Appomattox Primary | Melanie Ranson |
| 2 | Indianna Gillum | A Tree and a Bee | James River Day School | n/a |
| 2 | Semona Grannell | Pumpkin Life Cycle | Bedford Hills Elementary | Brandi Scott |
| 2 | Austin Land | Skunks | Appomattox Primary | Melanie Ranson |
| 2 |  Sadie Marsh |
Colors | Appomattox Primary | Melanie Ranson |
| 3 | Lane Richardson | Matter | Appomattox Elementary | Melanie Ranson |
| 4 | Catherine Haiar |
You Are the Ocean | R.S. Payne Elementary | Georgianna Cary |
| 4 | Parker Millner | Science Matters | Appomattox Elementary | Melanie Ranson |
| 4 | Logan Terry | Dinosaurs | Appomattox Elementary | Melanie Ranson |
| 5 | Zachary Bauer | The Rock Cycle | R.S. Payne Elementary | Leah Colestock |
| 5 | Virginia Blair | Sound | Paul Munro Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Blake Brudke | Animals | Paul Munro Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Matthew Divina | Creatures | Paul Munro Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Elizabeth Hunter |
Rainbow | Appomattox Elementary | Melanie Ranson |
| 5 | Addison Jennings | Ocean Commotion | Paul Munro Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Lila Jennings | Oh The Atoms | Paul Munro Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 5 | Sarie Personna | Sound vs. Light | R.S. Payne Elementary | Leah Colestock |
| 5 | Bax Wolanski |
TICK TOCK | Paul Munro Elementary | Van Hoffman |
| 6 | Sara El-Ahdab | The Life Cycle of Our Cells | Linkhorne Middle School | Katie Hamby |
| 7 | Myla Day |
Hope | Onward Christian Academy | Dana Beall |
| 7 | Aubrey Harrison | The giant planet | Altavista Combined | Andrea Rice |
| 7 | Elizabeth McGinnis | Gravity | Monelison Middle | Kiston McPhatter |
| 7 | Chelsea Paredes | Endless Sea | Altavista Combined | Andrea Rice |
| 7 | Savannah Rice | Alone in Space | Altavista Combined | Andrea Rice |
| 7 | Alexis Shrader | Magnets | Monelison Middle | Brittany Maddox |
| 7 | Taylor Tolbert | Astronomy | Altavista Combined | Andrea Rice |
| 7 | Sofia VItale | Science | Monelison Middle | Kiston McPhatter |
| 7 | Piper Zealand | Let’s Study it With Wisdom | Onward Christian Acadamy | Dana Beall |
| 8 | Mila Boyd |
This Beautiful Sight | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Samantha Irby |
Trapped | Onward Christian Academy | Dana Beall |
| 8 | Zoe Novilla | What Makes Math, Math? | Forest Middle | n/a |
| 10 | Dalia El-Ahdab |
The Earthquake | Homeschool | n/a |
| 11 | Batch Attkisson | Rawr | Virginia Episcopal School | Jason Kenbel |
| 11 | Elle Langley |
Blood Cell Circuit | Virginia Episcopal School | Jason Knebel |
| 11 | Wayne Manzi | The Galaxy | Virginia Episcopal School | Matt Lafreniere |
| 11 | Cristina Matos | Gravity, my dear | Virginia Episcopal School | Jason Knebel |
| 11 | Annie Mitchell | Learning Greek | Virginia Episcopal School | Jason Knebel |
| 11 | Weston Richards | Farewell, Cell | Virginia Episcopal School | Jason Knebel |
| 11 | Tara Sedlar | Still alive? | Virginia Episcopal School | Jason Knebel |
| 12 | Ryleigh Anderson | To the Empty Moving Box | Virginia Episcopal School | Matt Lafreniere |
| 12 | Ryan Crawford |
Breaking Fires | Virginia Episcopal School | Matt Lafreniere |
| 12 | Carlie Gates | tragic euphoria | Virginia Episcopal School | n/a |
| 12 | Cannon Langley | Changing of the seasons | Virginia Episcopal School | Matt Lafreniere |
| 12 | Brennan Olmert | Banks of Life | Virginia Episcopal School | Matt Lafreniere |