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Read award-winning Poetry created by middle and high school youth around the world for our annual call for art, the Ocean Awareness Contest. The Poetry category features free or formal verse, and spoken word.

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Age Division
K-3
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Category
Art (2014 – 2023)
Art: Digital (2024 – )
Art: Handcrafted (2024 – )
Creative Writing
Film
Interactive & Multimedia
Performing Arts
Poetry & Spoken Word
Award Level
Gold Award
Silver Award
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Honorable Mention
Notable Submission
We All Rise Prize
Ocean Soul Award
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Bay State Award
Hometown Award
South Coast, Cape & Islands Award
Judge's Pick
Making Waves Advocacy Award
Rising Tide
Atlantic White Shark Award
PangeaSeed ARTivism Award
Poetry & Spoken Word
Clear All
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three things i want to give you to make sure that tomorrow is not too late for my hometown Emily Ma
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Exhaustion / Exhalation Chelsea Zhu
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terisa; triptych Maithreyi Bharathi
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Farmer’s Daughters As Waterfalls Ela Kini
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New Year Amber Li
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Cheeseburgers Killed the Movement Dyllan Han
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Typhoon Pag-asa Yvanna Vien Tica
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Burns Like Water Diya Mehta
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pearl-bodied Elane Kim
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bright pink lipstick Nuan Ning Teioh
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Earthly Sins Dylan Sanders
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sea butterflies Cynthia Lu
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A poem for three voices Evan Crosby
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Indispensable Devices, Trashed Every Day Connor Webb
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Death’s Parade Elizabeth Chung
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Between Sound and Silence Melba Nuzen
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