The winners of Chatham Area Transit’s first Poetry in Motion contest were recognized during CAT’s monthly Board meeting on June 23, which again was a virtual meeting due to Covid-19.

Jacob Salazar, a 12-year-old student at Georgetown K-8, and Jayla Lawton, an 18-year-old graduate of Woodville Tompkins High School, are the winners of the contest that drew more than 150 submittals from talented students throughout Chatham County.

Salazar was selected for his poem, “When Spring Comes” and Lawton was selected for her poem “Fruit Basket”.

The contest was open to all of Chatham County’s public and private middle-school and high-school students.

Georgia Southern University English professors and a representative from Deep Center judged the contest and selected the winners.