A sestina is a poem of six lines of six stanzas and a final triplet. All stanzas have the same six words at the end of each line in six different sequences. All six words appear at the final triplet.
The form is as follows, where each numeral indicates the stanza position and the letters represent end-words:
1. ABCDEF
2. FAEBDC
3. CFDABE
4. ECBFAD
5. DEACFB
6. BDFECA
7. (Triplet) ECA or ACE
Winners:
First Place: "On The Silent Stage" by Rachel Taylor
Second Place: "The Performer" by Jonathan Wang
Third Place: "Citizens of the Sea" by Meghan Renaud
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