Congratulations to all the students who submitted a poem, and to all the teachers who encouraged the event!
These are the 2024 finalists in grade and then alpha order:
Please come to the event on March 22 to hear some poetry and to learn who were awarded the top three in each age group!
| Grade | Name | Poem Title | School | Teacher |
| 1 | Selah Bailey | Termites and Puppies | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Traviona Clements | Cats and Bracelets | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | Ra’Melo Johnson | Bears and Pit Bulls | Bedford Hills Elementary | Chantelle Deddens |
| 1 | August Martin | The Party | Paul Munro Elementary | Allison Cox |
| 1 | Sahil Singh | Fish | James River Day | Hollyday Marks |
| 1 | Margaret Sojka | Money | Bedford Hills Elementary | Libby Taylor |
| 1 | Amelia Spendlove | Numbers | Bedford Hills Elementary | Libby Taylor |
| 2 | Firas Al Maayn | What could it be? | Appomattox Primary | Melanie Ranson |
| 2 | Penny Beeler | Why? | Appomattox Primary | Melanie Ranson |
| 2 | Leah Cerulli | Swinging through places of Science | Boonsboro Elementary | n/a |
| 2 | Charley Cole | Jungle Cats | Appomattox Primary | Melanie Ranson |
| 2 | Eden East | Me and My Pet | Under the Son Academy | Ashley Jones |
| 2 | Stone Stough | Math Love | Appomattox Primary | Melanie Ranson |
| 3 | Olivia East | Water Circle | Under the Son Academy | Ashley Jones |
| 4 | Eliza Millard-Raines | The Forest | R.S. Payne Elementary | Georgianna Cary |
| 4 | Anya Patel | Through my Eyes | Paul Munro Elementary | Martha Clark |
| 4 | Riya Patel | The Northern Lights | Paul Munro Elementary | Martha Clark |
| 5 | Treveah Bradley | Marvelous Mathematics | Dearington Elementary | Tawanda Johnson |
| 5 | Arhcer Edmunds | A Volcano is Like a Phoenix | R.S. Payne Elementary | Gregory Lipscomb and Leah Byrd |
| 5 | Eve Flavin | Sun and Moon | R.S. Payne Elementary | Gregory Lipscomb and Leah Byrd |
| 5 | Aria Gugliotta | The Sea | Paul Munro Elementary | Van Hofffman |
| 5 | Saryiah Hairston | Math Thoughts | Dearington Elementary | Tawanda Johnson |
| 5 | Hannah Khan | Tik Tok | R.S. Payne Elementary | Gregory Lipscomb and Leah Byrd |
| 5 | Lawson Neufeld | Your Brain | Homeschool | Meredith Neufeld |
| 5 | Isaac Spontarelli | Geometry Poem | R.S. Payne Elementary | Gregory Lipscomb and Leah Byrd |
| 5 | Logan Wallace | Our Solar System | R.S. Payne Elementary | Gregory Lipscomb and Leah Byrd |
| 7 | Danielle Boyers | The Evolution of the Atom | Linkhorne Middle | GIGi Sweeney |
| 7 | Sara El-Ahdab | Polluted Waters | Linkhorne Middle | Shannon Tomlin |
| 7 | Mariah Matthews | What I learned: | Linkhorne Middle | Shannon Tomlin |
| 7 | Jaedyn Pollard | Limerick | Linkhorne Middle | Shannon Tomlin |
| 7 | Charlotte Rhem | All Kinds of Science | Linkhorne Middle | GIGi Sweeney |
| 7 | Cassandra Smith | ENERGY | Linkhorne Middle | Shannon Tomlin |
| 8 | Charles Briggs | Algae – A sonnet | Dunbar Middle | Daniel Tucker |
| 8 | Sierra Calloway | A black sky with many things | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Mia Galbraith | Starlight | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Ian Guelzo | The Unknown | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Ethan Schmidt | Infinite Realm | Dunbar Middle | Daniel Tucker |
| 8 | Paige Sittason | Empty Space | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 8 | Angelika Young | The big wave | Linkhorne Middle | Katie Cyphert |
| 9 | Mila Lisette Boyd | When In Doubt | E.C. Glass High | Tressie Norton |
| 9 | Anastasia Dixon | Science to the human heart. | E.C. Glass High | Tressie Norton |
| 9 | Lily Hunt | The Bittersweet Nullity | E.C. Glass High | Tressie Norton |
| 9 | Jayden Smith | Sky | E.C. Glass High | Tressie Norton |
| 10 | Luther Billings | To the Numbers That Make Up the Universe | Amherst County High | Johnathan Olmstead |
| 10 | Mika Via | Pluto | E.C. Glass High | Tressie Norton |
| 11 | Emily Edson | African Dwarf Frogs | Brookville High | n/a |
| 11 | Dalia El-ahdab | Gaza | Homeschool | n/a |
| 11 | Noah Goff | Energy | Amherst County High | Collins, Jonathon |
| 11 | Kaelynn Smith | You’s, Me’s, and I’s of Astronomy | Amherst County High | Johnathan Collins |
| 11 | Lucy White | The Science of Skinny | E.C. Glass High | Tressie Norton |
| 11 | Stephen Williams | The “World” Of Physics | Amherst County High | Jonathan Collins |
| 12 | Stellar Nordlund | A Reckoned Force | E.C. Glass High | Tressie Norton |