2020 Poetry Contest Winners
The Emma Lazarus Poetry Contest offers young and emerging poets the opportunity to reimagine The New Colossus. View all of our winner and finalist submissions below.
Winners and Finalists
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Neck of Copper by Rosetta Serrano "watching chronicle after chronicle surrounded by waters darkened by your textured deja vu. " |
High school | Finalist | |
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Out here on the Mesa by Naomi Feinstein Sandweiss "The people emerged (legend has it) From the center of the earth to inhabit prairie, mountains and sacred valleys. Breathing free. " |
Adult | Finalist | |
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Postcard to a 71A or C Port Authority Bus Driver by Micaela Fox Corn "even had to blow past huddled masses on Centre Street because there was just no room, do you miss that? Do you miss " |
Adult | Finalist | |
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Some Questions for You, America by Lisa Summe "Can you explain the logic in bootstraps when so many of us are walking barefoot?" |
Adult | Finalist | |
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The Statue of Liberty by Mila Duffoo "I know I am powerful, strong and I can surviveIn this new world, I will finally feel alive." |
Middle school | Finalist | |
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Threnody for Libertas by Dana Blatte "Look — lady liberty, we are both shipwrecks. Your promises easier said than done & ours, heavy behind our feet. " |
High school | Finalist | |
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Whose broad stripes and bright stars by Samantha Tan "My young blind self wore red white and blue, being proud of my america. Proud for who " |
High school | Finalist |
