Authors:
Dana Abou-Diab, Joss Aiken
Michelle Maria Gómez Álvarez
Matheus Alves, Bhagyashree Barman
Audry Barré, Drizzle Bayer
Elizabeth Bowling, Rayna Bowman
Laila Carter, Mion Charity
Dominique Cuningkin, R´keria Davis
Krishi Desai, Shivani Deshmukh
Molly Duke, Taylor Drummer
Sophia Gotham, William Graham,
Augustus Hoff, Alexandre Joissains,
Katherine Kallas, Nataly Kazzi
Rehma Khan, Ashley Kim,
Jeanna Laine, Joanna Lau
Jasmine Li, Ileana Viridiana Romero Lopez
Minerva Macarrulla, Ava Minu-Sepehr
Pablo Montalvão, Priscila Oliveria Nascimento
Sidra Nizami, Rachel Otero
Trudy Pearce, Alex Perez
Hector Manuel Orreaga Ramirez
Paloma Ximena Becerril Ramirez
Chloe Jane Rosenstock, Natalie Rovello
Thayse Souza dos Santos
Giselly Kamily de Jesus Santos
Katherine Vandermel, Narine Verdiyan
Faith Emily Victoria, Somya Wadhwa,
Rialin S. Yasay
The World is Waking Up: Poetry of Resistance from Youth Around the World, a collection of the best poems submitted to the Poetry of Resistance Contest can be purchased HERE
Thank you so much to those who participated in our contest. We had more than 250 submissions from 18 US States and 12 countries around the world: Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, England, Mozambique, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Philippines and China. We were humbled and honored to read your poems and witness their power and beauty.
Ten judges, members of the SJC and a local poet, Annie Newcomer, deliberated for two weeks and the top 13 poems were sent to Slam Poetry World Champion, Joaquin Zihuatanejo. Below are this year’s winners:
1st place: “Between Dawn and Indigo” by Joanna Lau, New York
2nd place: “Baba in My Dream” by Ava Minu-Sepehr, Oregon
3rd place: “Thanksgiving” by Chloe Jane Rosenstock, California, “Fruit Fly Thoughts” by Krishi Desai, New Jersey, and “Arma das Minorias” by Priscila Oliveira Nascimento, Sergipe, Brazil.
Besides English, poems were submitted in French, Spanish and Portuguese