2018 WINNERS!
Sidewalk Poetry Contest
Youth Division
1st PLACE
1st PLACE
 Aleyna Salas
Aleyna Salas
I go to school at Eagle Elementary and am in the 4th grade. I really love school and my favorite subjects are reading and writing. I have lived in Zionsville my whole life. I don’t really write poetry often but l love to write books in my free time. I entered the contest because I think writing of any kind is enjoyable and I wanted to try something new. J. K. Rowling is my role model and my Harry Potter House is Ravenclaw. Being a Ravenclaw means you are smart, creative, and clever! 1st PLACE POEM - YOUTH
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Youth Division
2nd PLACE
2nd PLACE
 Elia Makinson
Elia Makinson
Elia is currently an 8th grader at Zionsville West Middle School. She enjoys writing, photography, art, and theater. She also loves entering contests, so when she saw there was an opportunity to enter a poetry contest, she was in! “The inspiration for my poem came from my dog, Barley and my adventures taking pictures with my friends around the village.” 2nd PLACE POEM - YOUTH
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Adult Division
1st PLACE WINNER
1st PLACE WINNER
 Mary M. Brown
Mary M. Brown
I live with my husband Bill in Anderson, Indiana. I'm a Hoosier not by birth but by long residence and disposition who enjoys proximity to my children and six grandchildren. Retired now, I taught literature and creative writing at Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion) for many years. I was also an editor of The Steinbeck Review. Because I believe in public art, I wanted to participate in the sidewalk poetry project. I tried to write a poem accessible to children (as well as adults) in this public place. I have participated in several Brick Street Poets projects in the past and in the April celebration of poetry at the Artsgarden, Indianapolis. My poetry appears on the Poetry Foundation,American Life in Poetry, and Indiana Humanities websites and in many journals including Flying Island, JJournal, Quiddity, and Christian Century. Flying Island nominated two of my poems for a Pushcart Prize. 1st PLACE POEM - ADULT
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Adult Division
2nd PLACE
2nd PLACE
 S. Evan Walters
S. Evan Walters
S. Evan Walters, grew up in Michigan and graduated with a business communications degree from Eastern Michigan University. He and his wife Barbara moved to Massachusetts in 1980 to pursue further education. Evan earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1990. He has lived in Kentucky for a while and now resides in Lebanon, Indiana. Evan started writing poetry in ninth grade and received some coaching from one of his English teachers through the end of high school and into his college years. Evan married his high school sweetheart, Barbara, 40 years ago. Together they have seven children and 5 grandchildren. Evan is a former member of the Massachusetts State Poetry Society, and a current member of Nobel Poets, the Poetry Society of Indiana and the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). Evan has earned state and national recognition for his poetry. He has self-published three poetry collections (Possibilities, Sheep in a Bald Barber’s Chair & I Hope I have Teeth Up in Heaven) and one murder mystery (Two Faces of Death). He was a featured reader at one of the NFSPS national conventions, has served as a poetry judge, and has led seminars on poetry writing for children and on self-publishing. He has also served as an officer of the Poetry Society of Indiana. Evan is also the owner of Minuteman Press on Rockville Rd. in Indianapolis. He has worked in printing for more than thirty years. Evan has pastored two churches, and he has been on the founding board of two symphony orchestras. He also placed ninth in the world in the “2012 Settlers of Catan world championship.” 2nd PLACE POEM - ADULT
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