Louisa Loveridge Gallas won first place in the OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Poetry Contest for her piece, "The Estate of Grace." Catherine Averill nabbed runner up, for her poem entitled "Milwaukee: Leaving."
Gallas won a $100 gift certificate to Schwartz Bookshops, and Averill received a gift certificate to Bartolotta Restaurant Group and two tickets to the Hotel Cafe Tour at The Pabst Theater.
OnMilwaukee.com will publish the winning poems, along with articles about the authors, later this week.
Thanks to everyone who submitted to the contest.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
