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Shadows from the Moonlight, by Taylor DelPrincipe, 2013 River of Words Category I Grand Prize Winner El Color de Black y White, by Chioke Allen-Alvarez, 2013 River of Words Category II Grand Prize Winner Gemstone Poems, by Ella Boyd-Wong, 2013 River of Words Category III Grand Prize Winner
City Without an Ark, by Sara Jane Kachelman, 2013 River of Words Category IV Grand Prize Winner The Mole (Even on a clear day), by Alladin Wang, 2013 River of Words Monkey's Raincoat Prize Winner (Honoring a poem in the Haiku Tradition) Recipe for a Hungarian Meal, by Adriaan Denbroeder, 2013 River of Words Shasta Bioregion Prize Winner (Honoring a student from the San Francisco Bay Area)
The Gypsy Gardener, by Olivia Henshaw-Black, 2013 River of Words Anacostia Watershed Prize Winner (Honoring a student from the Washington, D.C. area) A Lost Relative, by Connor Barry Yamuna, by Sanjana Rajogopal
A Leaf, by Tessa Meyer A tiny seed, by Stella Sears-Bicknell All Real, by Erin Trahan
April Wind, by Josephine Cotton as the snow drifts down, by Xander Bartone Blanco, by Brandon Diaz
Blue River Running, by Olivia Zhao Brumalis, by Anna Xie City in Late Autumn, by Sarah Brodnax
Dear Ant, by Brooke Luoma Dream Me, by Lindsey Taylor A chameleon / El camaleón, by Joaquin Rainey
Estrella/ Star by Claire Fitzhardinge Ethiopia, by Nahili Harun Got a Curse We Cannot Lift, by Lindsey Taylor
Growing Up By the River, by Emma Finch I am The Pioneer, by Noa Meerschwam 2013
I'm Half-Mom, I'm Half Dad, I am Tad, by Tad McCord Leaves, by Margaret Grace Dempsey-Blair Listen, by Oona Fitzpatrick
Mama's Dress, by Marae Schexnayder Morning Ghazal, by Rebecca Scurlock Morning Tanka, by Jennie Rose Goodkin
Night, by Ngoc Vo Noise, by Lauren Adler Nothing Blue Can Stay, by Owen Johnson
Oda a los zorros/ Ode to Foxes, by Amelia Ellis Ode to Jasper, by Riki Eijima Ode to the Tomato, by Noah Jordan
Peace, by Yesenia Romero Potato, by Allyson Licht Powered by the Wind (a ghazal), by Yasmin Luthra
Puma (Yesterday I went), by Noelia Vega Quartz, by Ruby Clarke Recipe for a Stone, by Ian Von Frank
Seashell, by Kylon Segura Seven Twister, by Wallace Jackson Silent Hello, by Adrienne Robertson
"Sunrise: Fishing in the Adirondacks," by Alexandra Carey Sunset on the Hill, by Erin Pang Ten Ways of Looking at the Sun, by Sophie Anderson
The Waldo Canyon Fire, by Jack Shimon Thunderstorm, by Cori Dahlby Albright To Lay in the Fallen Leaves, by Abbie Minard
Un poema/ A poem (A poem is not a hand), by Viridiana Barreto Untamed, by Annie Merrill Veins and Vines, by Virginia Roach
When I am, by Jackson Wainwright When I am as thick, by Luke Closson Where Poems Hide from Me in Nature, by MacAllister Moss
Whooping Cranes, by Holli Hebert Untitled, by Ramses Sanchez-Hernandez
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