Congrats, YARN Poetry Contest Winners!

Earlier this summer, I was completely thrilled when the great folks at the Young Adult Review Network (YARN) asked if I’d be interested in submitting something to them, regarding After the Kiss. After a few emails back and forth, we determined together that on top of seeing some of the poems that didn’t make it into the final book, it’d be cool for YARN fans to participate in a poetry contest.

Entrants were to write a poem, like Becca does in After the Kiss, using an already-existing poem by a famous poet as the base structure. They were encouraged to make the poem their own (changing the subject, and even essential words), but to also retain some of the voice of the original poet.

This was tricky stuff, but there were some truly fantastic entries. You can see the winning poems on the YARN website.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered, to the winner and runner up, and to the awesome people at the Young Adult Review Network! This was a lot of fun!