{"id":708,"date":"2026-02-18T19:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/?page_id=708"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:53:14","slug":"high-school-poetry-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/high-school-poetry-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Poetry Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We are proud to announce the winners of the 2026 High School Poetry Contest. We had almost 200 entries from across the nation and thank every entrant for sending in their poetry. The competition this year was exceptional.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Winner<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Yupang Hanna Han, \u201cIn a Hospital, I Dreamt of the War I Never Lived Through\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Finalists<\/h2>\n<p>Holden Ellis<br \/>\nJulia Howe<br \/>\nYitong Yuan<\/p>\n<h2>Honorable Mention<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea Guo<br \/>\nConlan Heiser-Cerrato<br \/>\nKatie Kim<br \/>\nTheodore Kim<br \/>\nJiye Lee<br \/>\nJuliana Pan<br \/>\nPaul Potts<br \/>\nHana Tsai<br \/>\nZixuan Angel Xin<br \/>\nChloe XuAnaia Gilfix<br \/>\nYan Zhang<br \/>\nJessica Zhao<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the prize will read at the <strong>Writers and Readers Festival<\/strong>, which will take place on campus from April 16-17 and feature renowned writers from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The judges read almost 200 excellent poetry submissions from talented high school writers for the inaugural Adelphi High School Poetry Prize. The winners will be announced tomorrow at 4.30 p.m. at Adelphi University.<\/p>\n<h2>Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>All high school students are eligible<\/li>\n<li>Poems may have been previously featured in or recognized by school publications<\/li>\n<li>Submissions may include 3\u20135 poems (maximum ten pages single-spaced), formatted as a PDF<\/li>\n<li>Submissions should include a title page with your name, grade, school name, and email address<\/li>\n<li>Deadline to submit is Sunday, March 15 at 5:00 p.m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Application Form<\/h2>\n<p>The deadline has passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to announce the winners of the 2026 High School Poetry Contest. We had almost 200 entries from across the nation and thank every entrant for sending in their poetry. The competition this year was exceptional. 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