17th Annual Lonesome Pine Poetry Contest winners

MIDDLE SCHOOL CATEGORY

FIRST PLACE

Calleigh Calhoun of Clintwood “Anxiety”

SECOND PLACE

Brody Vanover of St. Paul

“The Peaceful Pond”

THIRD PLACE (TIE)

Emma Gibson of Clintwood “Stress”

Kiarah Hamilton of Duffield

“Loving Now”

HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY

FIRST PLACE

Shealin Pruitt of Norton

“My Mother, My Own”

SECOND PLACE

Elora Hutchinson of Norton

“Where I Am From”

THIRD PLACE

Leah Teasley of Norton

“I Am From Black Culture”

ADULT CATEGORY

FIRST PLACE

Edison Jennings of Abingdon

”Country Song”

SECOND PLACE

Dominique T. Locke of Castlewood “Interlopers”

THIRD PLACE

David Winship of Abingdon

“Must Be Present to Win”