Thank you to everyone who submitted their poems this year!! The judges had a hard time choosing the winners this year, as there were so many beautiful submissions this year. But after some discussion, the following winners were chosen:
Group 1
1st Place: I Am A Woman by Nida A.
2nd Place: The Beauty Of My Skin by Amna S.
Group 2:
1st Place: The Ravings of Plight by Angela Y.
2nd Place: To My Inner Child by Astra Y.
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Annual Teen Poetry Contest 2021! Read all their poems here!
Its a bit deep and dark and I was taken aback that even though Nida started her schooling in Canada, she understands the unfortunate reality that women in the sub-continent of South-East Asia (Pakistan-India) face as a norm in their male dominating society and culture and she was able to capture and put it into words.