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SUNY GCC - Genesee Community College

22nd Annual (2023) GCC Student Poetry Contest Winners

Thank you to The Office of Student Engagement and Inclusion for generously providing prizes. Special thank you to the Judging Committee: Doreen Bortle, Loy Gross, Jessica Hibbard, Nicki Lerczak, and Mary-Clare Tasber. Winners will be honored at the college-wide Student Celebration of Excellence on Tuesday, May 9. Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Awards:

Best Body of Work: Shalom Bloodman for If Love is Fire, Change is Wind; She Loved Me, I Loved Her Sometimes; and Boggy Peak: Antigua

First Prize: Lydia R. Hofmann for  Inspiration

Second Prize: Hannah Camiolo for Flipped

Third Prize: Irelyn Curry Arachnids Can Play House