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2022 Hopkins Contest Award Ceremony
May 15, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
The event will be held in-person at High Low and also streamed live to this event page and to Saint Louis Poetry Center’s Facebook page.
Saint Louis Poetry Center is thrilled to celebrate the winners of the 2022 Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students. Students from high schools across the St. Louis metro area will come together to share their work with the wider community. Light refreshments will be served.
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
Event attendees are required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test upon entrance to High Low. Masks recommended.
SPECIAL THANKS
The Hopkins Contest would not be possible without the tireless efforts and support of volunteer contest coordinator and local poet Robert Lowes. Thank you!
2022 CONTEST WINNERS & HONORABLE MENTIONS
FIRST PLACE
Tenley Hall, Clayton High School
Up North
SECOND PLACE
Jelani Penny-Johnson, Metro Academic & Classical High School
This is the Life We Have
THIRD PLACE
Margaret Handley, Nerinx Hall High School
Threadwork
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Delaney Carey, Nerinx Hall High School
To Pin A Bouncy-Ball Down
Charlie Wagner, St. Louis Priory School
What the Bartender Said
Nicholas Merlo, Crossroads College Preparatory School
Kick Me While I’m Down
Tatum Ladner, Clayton High School
Brown Buttons