Wasyl Palijczuk
By: Michael Puskar
For Nature's Unsung Heroes
By: Vila Song
High School in Different Formats
Dr. Nicholas Paul, CSIRO, and his Seaweed Research Group
By: Jaden Chen
The Case of the Stinky Gas (Audio Poem)
By: Jaden Chen
The Case of the Stinky Gas
By: Jaden Chen
Forgetting to Be Grandpa
By: Alexander Lyon
Forgetting to Be Grandpa
By: Alexander Lyon
Cowabunga!
By: Rachel Chen
Cowabunga!
By: Rachel Chen
Those of us who have the courage to face the blank page
By: Jubilee Sung
Behind the Apotheosis
By: Reika Fukushima
For those who weep for the Earth and care to save her
By: Natalie Chien
For the scientists who have captured the songs of icebergs, this poem is for you
By: Natalie Chien
Untamed Rhymes: Poems to Celebrate Sea Creatures
By: Evan Chan
Untamed Rhymes
By: Evan Chan
Untamed Rhymes: Poems to Celebrate Sea Creatures
Middle School in Different Formats
An Everyday Hero
By: Carter Chen
An Everyday Hero
By: Carter Chen
Before Rosa, Claudette Sat
Before Rosa, Claudette Sat
By: Alivia Hsu
A Puzzles Kind of Girl
By: Emily Song
The Glass Butterfly
By: Natalie Chien
Patrick the Penguin and Other Poems
By: Lucas Chien
Poem in a Different Format
What I Learned
By: Jordan Sung
What I Learned
By: Jordan Sung
What I Learned
By: By Jordan Sung, directed by Jubilee Sung
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Young Voices Shine in the 2025 Mattie Stepanek Poetry Contest
By: Abigail Richardson
See all the Finalists here
The Mattie Stepanek Poetry Contest 2025
By: Abigail Richardson
