UConn ECE Wallace Stevens Poetry Contest
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Every year since 1964, a prominent poet has been invited to give a reading at UConn as part of the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program. UConn ECE Students are invited to submit a packet of poems, which are judged in the UConn ECE Wallace Stevens Poetry Contest. The Wallace Stevens Poetry Program awards a cash prize and invites the top three winners to the annual program at the Storrs campus where the first place winner is invited to read their masterpiece.
2023 Information
2022 Winners
- First Place: Kaylin Maher, Rockville High School
- Second Place: Matias Peña, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
- Third Place: Lily C. Bolash, Lauralton Hall
Read a sample of each winner's poetry in the UConn ECE Magazine!
2021 Winners
- First Place: Rachel Brooks, a senior at Christian Heritage School
- Second Place: Charlotte Watts, a senior at Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
- Third Place: Zara Williamson, a junior at Westhill High School
Read a sample of each winner's poetry in the UConn ECE Magazine!
2020 Winners
- First Place: Krista Mitchell, Stafford High School
- Second Place: Cindy Truong, Orville H Platt High School
- Third Place: Alyssa Greenwood, Orville H Platt High School
2019 Winners
- First Place: Phoebe Chung, a senior at Rockville High School
- Second Place: Abigail Tyrrell, a senior at Rockville High School
- Third Place: Alyssa Solomon, a junior at Robert E. Fitch High School
2018 Winners
- First Place: Kimberly McGuire, a senior at Rockville High School
- Second Place: Cierra Taber, a senior at Rockville High School
- Third Place: Jarod Werner, a junior at Rockville High School
2017 Winners
- First Place: Mechelle Horelick, a senior at Rockville High School
- Second Place: Joyce Hida, a senior at Rockville High School
- Third Place: Raphael Lassauze, a senior at Nonnewaug High School
2016 Winners
- First Place: Joyce Hida, a junior at Rockville High School
- Second Place: Meghan Orkins, a senior at Wethersfield High School
- Third Place: Gillian Foley, a senior at Rockville High School
2015 Winners
- First Place: Jennifer Carroll, a senior at Stonington High School
- Second Place: Stephen Sam, a senior at East Hartford High School
- Third Place: Ben Conover, a senior at Montville High School
2014 Winners
- First Place: Liam McLean, a senior at E.O. Smith High School
- Second Place: Isabella Camasura, a senior at Bristol Eastern High School
- Third Place: Melissa Close, a senior at Waterford High School