The Booth Museum would like to congratulate the winners of the 2008 Youth Cowboy Poetry Contest. The contest, held in conjunction with the Booth Cowboy Gathering in April, was open for students in three age groups: grades five and six, grades seven and eight and grades nine through twelve.
Students selected from topics relative to the theme The Spirit of the American West and submitted their entries to a panel of judges. The top fifteen finalists in each age group competed at the Booth Western Art Museum on Saturday, March 8 as part of the Cowboy Gathering.
The finalists returned to the Booth to compete for cash prizes in the final competition on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in honor of National Cowboy Poetry Week. Congratulations to the winners:
Grades 5 – 6
1st Place: Joseph Nease
2nd Place: Lauren Seymour
3rd Place: Victoria Staley
Grades 7 – 8
1st Place: Maria Cabanas
2nd Place: Ben Vagase
3rd Place: Mallory Fleming
Grades 9 – 12
1st Place: Kayla Frazier
2nd Place: Rachel Potter
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