2018 Walter Gerson Poetry Contest winners

This is the tenth year former Big Sandy High School graduate Ellaraine Lockie has provided the English students at BSHS the opportunity to participate in the Walter Gerson Poetry Contest.

Each year Ellaraine Lockie judges students’ poetry, makes comments about the poems and awards students for their excellent poetry and participation. This year is no exception. There are several cash prizes and several honorable mentions.

Each year the students in grades eighth through twelfth compose a poem. They are all mailed to Ellaraine Lockie in California. Lockie, a published poet whose poems appear mon...