2013-2014 poets were selected anonymously by judges from outside the Mankato area.
Up to 3rd Grade
- First Place: Ripples on the Pond – Isaiah Heins
- Second Place: The River Blue – Lottie Holz and Kaya Berry
- Third Place: Spring – Quinn Mackie
Grades 4- 7
- First Place: Rain Song – Mikayla Rudolf
- Second Place: My Special Place – Maddie Ceminsky
- Third Place: Utensil Party – Anya Rodgers
- The Leaves are a Gateway – Kate Brinkert
- Listen to the Birds – Anya Rodgers
Grades 8-12
- First Place: The Beach – Lindsey Schaffer
- Second Place: The Sounds Of The Red Jacket Trail – Jacqui McGregor
- Third Place: The Margaric Moon – Jacqui McGregor
Adult – Humor
- First Place: I Had Them All – John Just
- Second Place: Parts Unknown – Ed Brekke-Kramer
- Third Place: For the Males – Esther Hoffmann
- Fudgsicle – Randy Dinsmore
- Alarm – John Calvin Rezmerski
- Gratitude Goes Only So Far – John Calvin Rezmerski
- Dreams of Coldstone – Yvonne Cariveau
- Reclamation of a Junked Wash Machine – Henry Panowitsch
Adult – Serious
- First Place: Everything is Sky Tonight – Angie Mason
- Second Place: Metal Dream – Henry Panowitsch
- Third Place: Hokyoji 02-05-13 – Henry Panowitsch
- Night Fishing – Angie Mason
- Off to Mankato to “get an education” – Audrey Kletscher Helbling
- The Thrill of Vertical – Audrey Kletscher Helbling
- mahkato – Donald Mead
- Wrens – Jason Zahn