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The Maryland River of Words Finalists have been announced for the MD 2009 River of Words Poetry & Art Contest. The Champions will be named at a ceremony on Saturday, August 29 (Natural Resources Day) at the Maryland State Fair. Artwork and poetry will be on display at the Maryland State Fair throughout Fair Week in the DNR Exhibit Building.
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Poetry: |
Click on links below to read the poems. |
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| GRADES K - 6 | ||||
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Upper Western Shore |
Campbell Walz - Age 7, Grade 1 |
"Rain" | ||
| Upper Eastern Shore |
Jessie Jordan - Age 11, Grade 5 |
"The Eastern Shore" | ||
| Upper Potomac |
Makea Luzader - Age 10, Grade 6 |
"A Summer Moment at Moraine Lake" | ||
| Lower Western Shore |
Ben Walden - Age 9, Grade 3 |
"The Magothy River" | ||
| Patuxent |
Colleen Bachkosky - Age 9, Grade 3 |
"How I Love By the Bay" | ||
| Patapsco Back |
Jacob Smith - Age 11, Grade 6 |
Adventures in Nature | ||
| Middle Potomac |
Max Wolpoff - Age 12, Grade 6 |
The Water Cycle | ||
| Lower Potomac | Cameron Dziekiewciz - Age 10, Grade 4 | Waterfall | ||
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GRADES 7 - 12 |
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| Patapsco Back |
Nadra Radcliffe - Age 13, Grade 7 |
"Nothing" | ||
| Upper Western Shore |
Jeffrey Wong - Age 13, Grade 8 |
"The View" | ||
| Choptank | Marge Hyatt - Age 17, Grade 12 | "Watershed Haiku" | ||
| Patuxent |
Nicole Foggan - Age 14, Grade 9 |
"The Wolf" | ||
| Middle Potomac |
Pryce Beaven - Age 13, Grade 8 |
"Isolated" | ||
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Art: |
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| GRADES K - 6 | ||||
| Lower Potomac | Erin Balderson - Age 9, Grade 4 | Watershed Scene | ||
| Lower Western Shore | David Nehf - Age 9, Grade 4 | OLSS | ||
| Middle Potomac | Kim David Bloesch - Age 10, Grade 4 | Osprey | ||
| Patapsco | Layla Gholston - Age 9, Grade 3 | Home Sweet Home | ||
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Patuxent |
Jack Hardy - Age 11, Grade 5 | The Colorful Striped Bass | ||
| GRADES 7 - 12 | ||||
| Middle Potomac | Roby Menefee - Age 14, Grade 8 | The Chesapeake Bee | ||
| Patapsco | Brandon Casas - Age 14, Grade 9 | Natural Flow | ||
| Upper Western Shore | Danielle Harrigan - Age 14, Grade 8 | The Hawk | ||
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The River of Words® Artwork and poetry from four hundred and fifteen school children were entered in the Maryland River of Words Poetry and Art Contest as a result of their entries in the International River of Words® Poetry and Art Contest. International River of Words® is a fun program where you can learn about watersheds and then you can put what you learned into poetry or artwork and can enter it in a free International Poetry and Art Contest. Each year, the contest deadline is February 15. The contest theme is watersheds. Kids from all over the world, from kindergarten to 12th grade, enter their artwork and poems. One winner in both art and poetry for two age groups (K-6 and 7-12) are chosen each year. All of the Maryland entries are then returned to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and then get another chance to compete in the Maryland state contest. Enter on your own, or as part of a group (classroom, Girl Scout troop, 4-H, etc.). So, if you are on an outdoor adventure, capture the moment. Grab a piece of paper and draw what you see or write a poem that lets people know how you feel. Then enter those poems and artwork into a free contest.
See All the Finalists Archives For more information on the
Maryland State Contest,
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Last updated May 27, 2009 |
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