The Youth Art Competition, sponsored by the Malad Valley Welsh Festival, concluded with the presentation of award certificates and food booth coupons to all winners at the school awards assemblies during the last week of the school year. Students were very creative in designing works incorporating this year’s theme of CASTLES. The winning works of art will be displayed throughout the Welsh Festival on June 27-28 in the church building next to Malad City Park.

The Semi-Finalists for the Welsh Festival Youth Poetry Competition were also announced at the school awards assemblies. The Semi-Finalists are invited to become Finalists by coming to the Welsh Festival to read or recite their winning poems at 1:00 on Friday, June 27, in the chapel of the church building next to Malad City Park. Grade level winners will receive $50 and be crowned by the Bard of the Festival. Second and third place winners for each grade level will also receive cash prizes. All participants will receive coupons for the food and craft booths.

All art and poetry entries were judged without the professional artists or English teachers knowing the names of the students. Past Festival Bards and English teachers will judge the youth poets on their presentation style at the Festival.

Due to the numbers of kids involved, we will bring you the Poetry semi-finalists this week, and the names of the art finalists next week.

Everyone is invited to these Welsh Festival events that feature the very talented youth artists and poets in Oneida County.

Welsh Festival Poetry Semi-Finalists

These students will compete in person at the Welsh Festival

for the top places in their grades.

1st Grade

Rylan Price

Charlotte Werk

2nd Grade

Clara Barnes

Lydia Clark

Hutchison Hess

Rhett Price

Mollie Smith

Gatlin Steed

Bridger Jones

Porter Allen

Lillian Blaisdell

Robert Cotter

Maylee Hanks

Kinzley Hamilton

Hyrum Jenkins

Harper Hubbard

4th Grade

Aidyn Call

Aiyana Frankland

Anthony Hofman

Grayson Tooke

Wynn Werk

Titan Bealer

Hadlie Evans

Eva Henry

Lafe Huckaby

Aiden Ostrom

Taycee Smith

Parker Carson

Bea Chipman

Blakely Horsley

Piper Lewis

Brookell Nimer

McCall Summers

Zylee Titus

5th Grade

Millie Ekstrom

Haylen Kimberling

Whittney Roe

Britlyn Venable

Paisley Allen

Rowley Carter

Ali Hanks

Charlotte Teeples

Jagger Abeyta

Caroline Butler

Makayla Crowther

Mackley Hawkes

Reuben Hess

Olivia Shandrew

Dempsey Firth

Welsh Festival Poetry Finalists

6th Grade

Devin Ball 

Bryten Bastian 

Isaac Bird 

McCall Clark

Eva Coleman 

Madelyn Gonzalez

Zaira Hamilton

Sofia Hess

Jaylee Johnson

Lineni Lavaka

Kashtin Meadows

Annabelle Shandrew

Alyssa Seamons

Declan Summers

Thatcher Sweeten

Aidyn Weber

Ivy Wright

8th Grade

Sadie Hooste

Paisley Moyer

Khloe Munns

Katie Palmer

Jaxon Shandrew

7th Grade

Macey Bird

Rose Butler

Kadee Kim Daniels

Hadley Evanson

Tyker Hamilton

Sydney Hess

Riggin Jensen

Jason Kimberling

Aubry Price

Wheeler Smith

Arianna Stoddart

Ashlynn Stuart

Bentley Teeples

Logan Wayment

Draven Wise

Mariah Price

9th Grade 

Aspen Bingham 

Levi Angell

Kendrey Bywater 

April Haven 

Daisy Huckaby 

Samuel Jeppson 

Audrey Moss 

Valeria Oseguera 

Jaxton Price 

Samantha Schrenk

Ella Sperry

Tavanie Steed

Kallee Talbot

Charlie Threadgill

Kaiden Wagner

Kenadei Wise

11th Grade

Emma Bird

Brittania Butler

Alex Christensen

Jens Huckaby

Jaden Price

Miley Price

Beth Schardine

Adilyn Schow

Paisley Smith

10th Grade

Levi Balappa

Ryker Conger

Emree Ekstrom

Aevery Ellsworth

Easton Green

Addysin Murdock

Braun Nalder

Dawsyn Peterson

Kialey Pickett

Dutch Potter

Jayson Spencer

Kelty Thomas

Kaycee Venable

Kindergarten

Hadley Blaisdell

Chloe Daniels

Hazel Hollingsworth

Willow Hubbard

Vera Reel

Jackson Rentmeister

Julie Clark

Lily Clark

Blaze Eliason

Trinity Hodgkin

Thomas Locascio

Branch Martinsen

Everett Robbins

Kimber Sweeten