Words and Wonders Winners

Words & Wonders: Slice of Life Winners 2025

The City of Orlando, in partnership with Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, is thrilled to announce the "Words & Wonders - Slice of Life in Central Florida" Poetry Contest! Capture the sights, sounds, smells, and energy of our beautiful region in verse.

Words and Wisdom

For this round of our poetry contest, we invite your experiences with wisdom, a rare and often hard-earned quality to be treasured. Where do you find wisdom, and what wisdom would you offer to others?

Summer Edition Winners

Summer is always a time to slow down, look around and rediscover our beautiful surroundings and vibrant community in Central Florida. View the winners of the Summer edition of Words and Wonders.

Fall Edition Winners

Our Fall poetry challenge invited residents to create a poem that reflects the season of gourds and goblins, gratitude and service to others. View the winners of the Fall edition.

Winter Edition Winners

Winter in Central Florida is like no other place on earth. With our magical sunsets and winter-blooming flowers, even a rare cold day is filled with color and promise. View the winners of the Winter edition of Words and Wonders.

Spring Edition Winners

Spring is the season of renewal, hope and just going ahead. View the winning poems that commemorate our long season of spring.

Nature Edition Winners

For this round of our poetry contest for Central Florida wordsmiths, we welcomed poems about our unique natural surroundings. View the winners of the Nature edition of Words and Wonders.

Words and Wonders Music 2022

We challenged poets across Central Florida to submit written and spoken word poetry about music! Music has such a universal appeal and means different things to different people. We loved to see and hear that expressed through our amazing poets and celebrate the creative words and stories that arise out of this incredible community!

Words and Wonders Food Winners

We challenged poets across Central Florida to submit written and spoken word poetry about food! Yes, we eat to survive but there's so much to be said around the experience of food. What words can you make sizzle?! See, hear, and even smell what our winners came up with!

Words and Wonders: Service Winners

For this edition of Words and Wonders, we challenged poets to tell us about what does service look like for them.