Event Recap!
Thank you to Shaler North Hills Library (and Ms. Ing!), City of Asylum (Alexis!), judges (Alexa & Doralee), Saturday Light Brigade Radio Productions, and all competitors & families for making this event a success.
Please meet our
2024 Pittsburgh Teen Poetry Slam Winners!
Lillia Strickland
First Place - Senior Division
Lillia Strickland is a 15-year-old sophomore at Montour High School. She considers music and literature to be two of the greatest parts of of being a human and loves to explore the intersection of those two passions through poetry and song writing. She often draws inspiration from some of her favorite writers including Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Daniel Johnston, and Steven Chbosky. Lillia’s own poetry draws from her life and explores a widespread variety of topics including girlhood, growing up, mental illness, feminism, love and loss.
Gianni Davis
Second Place - Senior Division
Bio coming soon.
Linda Kong
Third Place - Senior Division
Bio coming soon.
Olive DiLeonardi
First Place - Junior Division
Olive DiLeonardi is a 6th-grade literary arts student at CAPA, in downtown Pittsburgh, PA. She was born in Denver, Colorado, but quickly moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. At 10 years old, Olive moved to Pittsburgh where she had the opportunity to start her diverse and across-state horror zine, CHILLS. Olive hopes to become a published author of horror, mystery, and fiction and a unique and well-known singer/dancer.