Louder Than a Bomb Great Plains 2021 Youth Poetry Finals Night!
Channel: All Writes Reserved
Date: 16/04/2021

The Spring 2021 Video Contest is brought to you by the Nebraska Writers Collective! With gratitude to Button Poetry for their online contest model and Reagan Myers’s leadership, both of which made us believe effective virtual programming in a pandemic was possible. 

The NWC believes in young people and the power of their stories. The Video Contest helped replace the Louder Than a Bomb Great Plains youth slam poetry festival, which we hope will return to in-person programming in the 2021-22 season. 

Learn more about our work with youth poets here: www.newriters.org
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2021 Video Contest Winners

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ON FINALS NIGHT:

Best Quarantine Poem: “The Hug” by Jules Westwald
Best Identity Poem: “Coyote” by Stephanie Schrader
Most Likely To Change The World: “To Whom It May Concern” by Sara Kalamaja
Best Writing: “The Day is March 13th” by Sophia Mason
Best Performance: “I Wonder if God Sins Too” by Eva Burklund
Best Group Piece: "Never Quite Ready" by Skutt Catholic
Best Creative Video: “Who Is She” by Ava Krohn

Main Video Contest Winners
 
6th Place: “Whoever You Are, I Love You” by Delaney Kigerl
5th Place: “Kitchen Dialogue” by Jingming Yu
4th Place: “Dinner Party for One” by Carah Jones
3rd Place: “Crooked Eyes, Fat Bodies, Broken Hearts” by Trinity Johnson
2nd Place: “Real Feminists Don’t Cry” by Madeline Grives
1st Place: “Going Home” by Cathy Apolot


2021 Anthology Contest Winners

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ON FINALS NIGHT:

5th: Ashley Nabb, Lincoln East
4th: Alora Schneider, Lincoln East
3rd: Mimi Yu, Lincoln East
2nd: Ev Parks, Omaha North
1st: Madeline Grives, Lincoln HS

Spirit of the Slam Winners

Teacher Award: John Horton, Westside Middle School
Student Award (tie!): Sarah Suhr of Lincoln Northeast and Eva Burklund of Papillion-La Vista


MAIN VIDEO CONTEST JUDGE LIST:

Preliminary Round:
Arden Hill
Danielle Helzer
Olivia Johnson
Jess Vasquez
Kossi Joel Kouakou

Semifinal Round:
Tiauna Lewis
Jack Buchanan
John Ratz

Final Judge:
Sam Van Cook, founder, and president of Button Poetry


ANTHOLOGY CONTEST JUDGE LIST 

1st round judges: 
Colleen O’Doherty
Eric Morris
Tracy Pittman

Final judge:
 Nebraska State Poet, Matt Mason