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06/01/2023
Congratulations to the Winners of the 57th Annual Poetry & Art Contest
Thank you for celebrating National Career Development Month! The theme for the 57th annual Poetry & Art contest was "Career Development Around the World: Making Connections and Increasing Access to Impact the Global Labor Market"
For the Poetry winners: click on the Name below to read the winning entry.
For the Art winners: view the slideshow of winning entries on the NCD Month webpage.
| POETRY | Click on the Name below to read the winning entry. |
| Primary K-2 | |
| 1st | Sidhanth Telang (AL) |
| 2nd | Lilyana Mostafavi (AL) |
| 3rd | Lee Jordan (AL) |
| Intermediate 3-5 | |
| 1st | Neal Gainey (SC) |
| 2nd |
Lily Shufelt (SC) |
| 3rd |
Reagan Platt (AL) |
| Middle 6-8 | |
| 1st | Eliana Dillon (PA) |
| 2nd | Haylie Smith (PA) |
| 3rd | Makayla Garver (AL) |
| Senior HS 9-12 | |
| 1st | Akshay Manchanda (NH) |
| 2nd |
Prathiksha Raguram (SC) |
| 3rd |
Luke Becker (SC) |
| Adult -student | |
| 1st | Douglas Martin (MI) |
| 2nd | Traci Neal (SC) |
| 3rd |
Jessica Thomas (SC) |
| Adult -open | |
| 1st | Natasha Pooran (TX) |
| 2nd | - |
| 3rd | - |
| Art : Category C-1 |
View the slideshow of winning entries on the |
| Primary Grades K-2 | NCD Month webpage. |
| 1st | Ella Furno (MI) |
| 2nd | Deyonna Bryant (AL) |
| 3rd | Kristina Amos (AL) |
| Intermediate 3-5 | |
| 1st | Aubriana Keller (SC) |
| 2nd | Cassidy Barnett (MI) |
| 3rd | Dylan Mastej (MI) |
| Middle 6-8 | |
| 1st |
Ariana Lawyer (SC) |
| 2nd | Neal Patwardhan (MI) |
| 3rd |
Bailey Birch (SC) |
| Senior 9-12 | |
| 1st | Arbriana Lige (AL) |
| 2nd |
Whitney Salazar-Gutierrez (NC) |
| 3rd | Betsy Orsini (AL) |
| Adult |
|
| 1st | Kenny Walker (NC) |
| 2nd | Brittian Gadson (SC) |
| 3rd | - |
| Art : Category C-2 |
View the slideshow of winning entries |
| Primary K-2 | on the NCD Month webpage. |
| 1st | London Kyrell Faison (SC) |
| 2nd | Kinzlee McIver (SC) |
| 3rd | Juliet Whalen (SC) |
| Intermediate 3-5 | |
| 1st | Austin Cranford (SC) |
| 2rd |
Lillyanne Keating (SC) |
| 3rd |
Regan Platt (AL) |
| Middle 6-8 | |
| 1st |
Elise Largey (PA) |
| 2nd |
Hayden Wilson (PA) |
| 3rd | Hayden Wilson (PA) |
| Senior 9-12 | |
| 1st | Grace Cowger (TX) |
| 2nd |
Lucas Michael (NC) |
| 3rd | Sylvia Dobbe (SC) |
| Adult -student |
|
| 1st | Rhonda Branch (NC) |
| 2nd | Kacithia Wright (SC) |
| 3rd | Zachary Russell (TX) |
| Adult - open |
|
| 1st | Angelina Cisneros (TX) |
| 2nd | - |
| 3rd | - |
