05/28/2026

Congratulations to the Winners of the 60th Annual Poetry & Art Contest

Thank you for celebrating National Career Development Month! The 60th Annual Poetry & Art Contest showcased the evolution of work. View the winning entries here. Be inspired today!

The theme for the 60th annual Poetry & Art contest was "The Evolution of Work: Careers in the past, present and future".

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

  Ella Hill (AL)
2nd   Rosemary Carr Saucier (MS)
3rd   Suleiman Ali (AL)
Intermediate 3-5  
1st   Riley Phillips (SC)
2nd

  Lilyana Mostafavi (AL)
3rd

  Grayson Lewey (AL)
Middle 6-8  
1st   Shaurya Lohia (MI)
2nd   Grayson Wells (NC)
3rd   Oliver Ehmke (MI)
Senior HS 9-12  
1st   Maggie Cogburn (SC)
2nd
  Tanner Watkins (MS)
3rd

  Aiden Robertson  (MS)
Adult -student  
1st   Gabrielle Thomas (NC)
2nd   Auquanna Brooks (NC)
3rd

 -
Adult -open  
1st   Sherry Russell Williams (SC)
2nd   Ruby Anne T. Sapitan (SC)
3rd   Jessica Thomas (SC) 
   
 Art : Category C-1
 View the slideshow of winning entries on the
Primary Grades K-2  NCD Month webpage.
1st  Bates Perry (MS)
2nd  Asher Hinton (MS)
3rd  -
Intermediate 3-5  
1st  Lottie Carpenter (AL)
2nd  Jillian Medina-Garcia (MS)
3rd  Sam Methvin (AL)
Middle 6-8  
1st
 Xavier Gattus (SC)
2nd  Laila Lee (MS)
3rd
 -
Senior 9-12  
1st  Anushka Mundhra (NC)
2nd
 -
3rd  -
Adult Student
  
1st  -
2nd  -
3rd  - 
Adult -open  
1st  Nicolette Johnson (NC)
2nd  -
3rd

 -
 Art : Category C-2
 View the slideshow of winning entries
Primary K-2 on the NCD Month webpage.
1st  Dax Martin (AL)
2nd  -
3rd  -
Intermediate 3-5  
1st  Evelyn Bryant (AL)
2nd
 Charlotte Fisher (AL)
3rd
 -
Middle 6-8  
1st
 Caiden Christmas (AL)
2nd
 Hailey Ray (NC)
3rd  Anna Haley (SC)
Senior 9-12  
1st  Seth Sowell (SC)
2nd
 Ashby Robinson (MS)
3rd  -
Adult -student
  
1st  Bambi Bogue (NC)
2nd  William Gambill (NC)
3rd  -
Adult - open
  
1st  Kacithia Wright (SC)
2nd  Angela Watson (NC)
3rd  Ronda Branch (NC)

Watch for the 61st Poetry and Art contest to be announced
on the National Career Development Month webpage in November.

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