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*WINNERS OF THE 2008 CONTESTS:
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below for a complete list of this year's contest winners.
WINNERS OF 2008 CONTESTS
NFSPS Poetry Contests for 2009
2009 ANNUAL CONTESTS
The NFSPS conducts poetry contests in the spring of each year. Given
below are descriptions of the contests. These contests have a March 15,
2009, postmark for their deadline. Note contests 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13,
20, 22, 28, 32, 33, 38, 42, 44, 45, 48, and 49 are open to members of
NFSPS only. Additional contest rules,
such as the format required, follow the descriptions of the contests.
For a copy of the 2009 contest brochure, send an SASE to
Caroline Walton
6176 W. Pinedale Circle
Crystal River, FL 34429
1. nfsps
founders award [to honor Mary B. Wall]
Any subject. Any form. 100 line limit. Sponsored by NFSPS, Inc. 1st
Prize: $1500, 2nd Prize: $500, 3rd Prize: $250. Entry fee for members and
non-members: $5 per poem. Limit: 4 poems per contestant.
2. WINNERS’ CIRCLE AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 80 line limit. Sponsored by previous winners in
Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award: Kaye Bache-Snyder, Susan Stevens Chambers,
Mary Christine Delea, Ida Fasel, David Fernandez, Diane Glancy, Anne McCrady,
Martha P. Morrise, Marion Brimm Rewey, N. Colwell Snell, Clarence P.
Socwell, Pat Stodghill, Carlee Swann, Pat Underwood, and Jeanne Wagner. 1st
Prize: $500, 2nd Prize: $355, 3rd Prize: $255.
3. ALMEDA BOULTON MEMORIAL AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 28 lines maximum. Sponsored by
the Almeda Boulton Memorial Fund. 1st Prize: $500, 2nd Prize: $300,
3rd Prize: $200.
4. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AWARD
In memory of Barbara Stevens. Subject: Mothers and daughters.
Any form. 50 line limit. Sponsored by Susan Stevens Chambers and
Christina Flaugher. 1st prize: $160, 2nd prize: $75, 3rd Prize: $50.
*5. GEORGIA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (*Members Only)
Theme: The American South--historical events, cultural aspects, landscapes,
weather, etc. Any traditional form (state form on entry).
Between 10-100 lines. Sponsored by the Georgia Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $150, 2nd Prize: $75, 3rd Prize: $25.
*6. POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS AWARD (*Members Only)
Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of
Texas. 1st Prize: $125, 2nd Prize: $50, 3rd Prize: $25.
*7. JACK MURPHY MEMORIAL AWARD (*Members Only)
In memory of Jack Murphy, who served as President of NFSPS and the
Poetry Society of Texas. Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by
Pat and Don Stodghill. 1st Prize: $100, 2nd Prize: $60, 3rd Prize: $40.
*8. UTAH STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: Heritage. Any form. 50 line limit. Sponsored by the Utah State
Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $100, 2nd Prize: $60, 3rd Prize: $40.
9. FLORIDA STATE POETS ASSOCIATION, INC. AWARD
A Spoon River poem--a soliloquy on any subject delivered from the grave.
40 line limit. Sponsored by the Florida State Poets Association, Inc.
1st Prize: $100, 2nd Prize: $50, 3rd Prize: $25.
10. ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Death by . . . (Poet's choice: Water, Chocolate, etc.).
Any form. 50 line limit. Sponsored by the Alabama State Poetry Society. 1st
Prize: $75, 2nd Prize: $50, 3rd Prize: $25.
*11. TWO LADIES FROM TEXAS AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: Domestic Cats -- their endearing habits, intelligence, loyalty,
beauty, etc. (no reference to cruelty or abuse). Any form. 40 line limit.
Sponsored by Nancy Baass and Mildred Vorpahl Baass. 1st Prize: $60, 2nd
Prize: $40, 3rd Prize: $20.
12. INDIANA STATE FEDERATION OF POETRY CLUBS AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 42 line limit. Sponsored by the Indiana State
Federation of Poetry Clubs. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $35, 3rd Prize: $25.
*13. PLAINS POETS AWARD (Members Only)
In memory of Yuri J. Hause (1980-1999), only son and grandson of Sy
Swann and Carlee Swann. Subject: Teenager. Any form, 30 line limit.
Sponsored by Sy Swann and Carlee Swann. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $35, 3rd
Prize: $15.
14. ARIZONA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
In memory of the many fine ASPS poets who gave so much of
themselves to us and whose poetry continues to inspire us. Any
subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Arizona State
Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
15. WILLIAM STAFFORD MEMORIAL AWARD
In memory of William Stafford, Oregon’s late Poet Laureate and twice
Honorary Chancellor of NFSPS. Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit.
Sponsored by the Oregon State Poetry Association. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize:
$30, 3rd Prize: $20.
16. NEVADA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: A Gift. Form: Sonnet (Shakespearean or Petrarchan
[Italian]). Sponsored by the Nevada Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd
Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
17. NEW YORK POETRY FORUM AWARD
Subject: The Art of Poetry. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the
New York Poetry Forum. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
18. LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA POETS AWARD
Any subject. Form: Free Verse, 45 line limit.
Sponsored by the League of Minnesota Poets. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30,
3rd Prize: $20.
19. WEST VIRGINIA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Appalachia--history, heritage, home life or gifts of nature.
Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the West Virginia Poetry Society. 1st
Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
*20. COLUMBINE POETS OF COLORADO AWARD (Members Only)
Subject, Trees. Any form. 28 line limit. Sponsored by the Columbine
Poets of Colorado. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
21. MORTON D. PROUTY & ELSIE S. PROUTY MEMORIAL AWARD
In memory of Morton D. Prouty, Jr., who served as NFSPS Treasurer and
Poet Laureate of Alabama, and Elsie S. Prouty. A Nature poem. Any
form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by daughters Catherine P. Horn and
Carol P. Ostberg and their families. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd
Prize: $20.
*22. POETS ROUNDTABLE OF ARKANSAS AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: Anything that fits in a drawer. Any form. 40 line
limit. Sponsored by the Poets Roundtable of Arkansas. 1st Prize: $50,
2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
23. CSPS JAMES E. MacWHINNEY MEMORIAL AWARD
Any subject. Form: Blank verse--iambic pentameter. 50 line limit.
Sponsored by the California State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $50.
2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
24. OHIO AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Ohio Poetry
Association. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $25, 3rd Prize: $15.
25. HUMOROUS POETRY AWARD
Any humorous subject. Form: Rhymed. 16 line limit. Sponsored by Colleen
Stanley Bare. 1st Prize: $35, 2nd Prize: $25, 3rd Prize: $15.
26. OUR AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE AWARD
A poem relating to American Indians, past or present. Any form. 40 line
limit. Sponsored by the New Mexico State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $35, 2nd
Prize: $25, 3rd Prize: $15.
27. MISSOURI STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Weather. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored
by the Missouri State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $35, 2nd Prize: $25, 3rd
Prize: $15.
*28. JOSEPH V. HICKEY MEMORIAL AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: Bridges, real or metaphorical. Any form. 40 line limit.
Sponsored by his wife, Madelyn Eastlund. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20,
3rd Prize: $15.
29. LOUISIANA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Future Matters. Any form. 40 lines or fewer.
Sponsored by Pat Sipes Juelg. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize:
$15.
30. BARBARA STEVENS MEMORIAL AWARD
Any serious theme. Any form. 12 line limit. Sponsored by the South
Dakota State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
31. kentucky state poetry
society award
Theme: Country-Corny humor. Any form. 24 line limit.
Sponsored by the Kentucky State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize:
$20, 3rd Prize: $15.
*32. DORMAN JOHN GRACE MEMORIAL AWARD (*Members Only)
Any subject. Form: Traditional Sonnet (state sonnet pattern on the
entry). Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Inc. 1st Prize: $25,
2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
33. POETRY SOCIETY OF OKLAHOMA AWARD
An ode on any recent or current event. 100 line limit. (To study
specific types of odes, refer to pp. 216-20 in The Book of Forms, 3rd
ed., by Lewis Turco.
On entry in a headnote to the poem, state the type of ode chosen and
describe its structure clearly, including meter/s, line length, stanza
length and type, plus rhyme scheme if any.) Sponsored by the Poetry
Society of Oklahoma. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
34. MINUTE AWARD
A Minute is a 60 syllable 12 line poem written in strict iambic meter;
syllable count 8, 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 4; rhymed a, a, b, b, c, c,
d, d, e, e, f, f; capitalized and punctuated like prose and capturing a
slice of life. Sponsored by Verna Lee Hinegardner. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd
Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
35. SAVE OUR EARTH AWARD
In memory of David F. Balph. Subject: Environmental issues. Any form. 40
line limit. Sponsored by Martha H. Balph. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20,
3rd Prize: $15.
36. BEN LOMOND POETS AWARD
Subject: Mountains. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Ben Lomond
Poets. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
37. MASSACHUSETTS STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Massachusetts
State
Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
*38. POETRY SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE DORSIMBRA AWARD (Members Only)
In memory of Frieda Beasley DORis, Robert SIMonton,and Eve BRAden Hatchett.
Any subject. Form: Dorsimbra, consisting of 12 lines: 4 lines of
iambic pentameter rhymed abab, 4 lines of short and snappy free verse,
and 4 lines of iambic pentameter blank verse. The last line repeats
the first line. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Tennessee. 1st
Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
39. POETRY SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN AWARD
Any subject. Form: free verse. 50 line limit.
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Michigan. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd prize: $20,
3rd Prize: $15.
40. LIGHTEN YOUR LIFE AWARD
Any humorous subject. Any rhyming form, up to 12 lines. Sponsored by
Wanda Blaisdell. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
41. IOWA POETRY ASSOCIATION AWARD
Subject: Poetry for children. Any form. 32 line limit. Sponsored by the
Iowa Poetry Association. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
*42. NEW JERSEY POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (*Members Only)
Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the New Jersey Poetry
Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
43. CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Lunch. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by
the Connecticut Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd
Prize: $15.
*44. WYOPOETS AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: Wildlife. Any form. 50 line limit. Sponsored
by the WYOpoets of Wyoming. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize:
$15.
*45. NEBRASKA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: What's Inside. Any form. 30 line limit.
Sponsored by the Nebraska State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd
Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
46. MISSISSIPPI POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Any subject. Form: Gloss. An expansion of a well-known
poet's quatrain in iambic tetrameter or iambic pentameter. This
quatrain, the text, must be given as an epigraph under the title of one's
poem, along with the title of the poem it is from and the name of the poet
who wrote it. Following are four sextet stanzas. 24 lines, each
stanza beginning with a line from the text, with four original lines added
in a rhyme scheme of one's own choosing, and closing with the same line from
the text. Sponsored by the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc. 1st
Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
47. ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Any subject. Any form. Between 40-100 lines. Sponsored
by the Illinois State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20,
3rd Prize: $15.
*48. GINGERBREAD POETS AWARD (*Members Only)
Any subject. Form: Villanelle. Sponsored by the Gingerbread
Poets, a chapter of the Florida State Poets Association, Inc. and Caroline
Walton, chapter president. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize:
$15.
*49. SAN ANTONIO POETS ASSOCIATION AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: Something that comforts or inspires. Any form. 40
line limit. Sponsored by the San Antonio Poets Association, a chapter
of the Poetry Society of Texas and Valerie Martin Bailey, chapter president.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
50. STUDENT AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 32 line limit. Sponsored by Kay Kinnaman Sims and
Ralph Hammond. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20, 7 Honorable
Mentions: $5 each. No entry fee required. Open only to students in Grades 9
through 12. (Include Grade with name and summer mailing address on second
copy only. See Contest Rule 11.)
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CONTEST RULES (Any violation will
disqualify entry.)
- Any poem submitted must
- be the original work of the contestant, unpublished in any form,
including electronically, not under consideration or accepted for
publication. (Award will be recalled if a winning poem is found to be in
violation of rules before publication in the NFSPS anthology of prize
poems, and lower prizes and honorable mentions will move up in
classification);
- be written in English, be titled, unless a haiku, but not use the
exact words of contest subject or theme as poem title;
- have a 40 line limit for all contests not stating line limit;
- be typed or computer generated (not handwritten or hand printed)
without illustrations.
- Poets give NFSPS exclusive first printing rights to all
poems entered in the NFSPS Annual Contests. Poems winning a cash prize of
$15.00 or more will be printed in the NFSPS prize poems anthology,
Encore, at the discretion of the editor. (The editor reserves
the right to alter line breaks in poems having more than 50 characters per
line, including spaces.) Printing rights revert to the poet after the
anthology is published (June 2010). Printing rights to poems winning less
than $15.00 (or no prize) revert to the poet after the list of winners is
published in the NFSPS newsletter, Strophes (See Rule 10). No poems
will be returned, so poets should retain copies.
- An eligible poem may not be withdrawn after submission.
- Except as indicated in Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award, a contestant
may submit only one entry in any contest, and may not submit the same poem
in any other contest.
- Check or money order enclosed must be made to NFSPS, Inc. rather than
to any individual.
- Non-members may enter most contests at $1.00 each (except $5.00 for
each entry in Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award). Non-members may not
enter Contests 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 20, 22, 28, 32, 33, 38, 42, 44, 45,
48, or 49 (those marked with an asterisk, “ * ”. and “Members Only”).
- Members may enter up to 8 contests for $1.00 per poem or $8.00 total
for entries in more than 8 contests (except for Contest 1-NFSPS Founders
Award which is $5.00 per poem)
.
- Entrants from outside the U.S. must send checks drawn on U.S. banks
or branches, payable in U.S. funds, or send U.S. currency.
- First Prize winner in Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award is not eligible
to enter the following year's Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award.
- Judges will be selected by NFSPS, Inc. No ties will be awarded, and
the decisions of the judges will be final.
- When to submit poems:
- Contest starting date: entries must not be postmarked before January
1, 2009:
- Contest deadline: entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2009.
- “Members Only” eligible if a paid-up member of a state society, listed
in alphabetical membership roll sent to the Contest Chairman by January
15, 2009, and updated as required by the Contest deadline.
- A list of winners will appear in 3rd quarter Strophes (August).
All prize winners will be notified, and others may obtain a list of
winners in August by sending $1.00 and a #10 SASE to Caroline Walton,
Strophes Editor, 6176 W. Pinedale Circle, Crystal River, FL 34429.
11. How to submit poems:
- Send two clear copies of the poem, typed, photocopied, or
computer-generated, on 8-1/2” x 11” white paper (no onionskin or tissue)
in black ink, single-spaced. If poems run longer than one page, staple
together all pages of each copy.
- On both copies, place number and name of contest in upper left
corner.
- On second copy only, name and address of poet, state society
membership or “NON-MEMBER NFSPS” in upper right corner. If a poem is
over one page, number pages also on upper right corner (both copies).
- Separate originals from duplicates and stack in numerical order
(1-50) with originals on top. Count them.
- Prepare a 3x5 file card with your name, address, phone number,
e-mail address (if available), state/society membership (or
“NON-MEMBER”). List on the card the number but not the whole title of
each contest you are entering. List the total number of poems sent (from
your count). Do not staple the card to entries or entry fees.
- Mail all entries at one time, unfolded, in a large envelope,
including file card and entry fee. Send First Class or Priority Mail
only (not Registered Mail or any form of delivery requiring a signature
upon receipt) to the Contest Chairman.
Mail entries to:
Christine Beck
NFSPS Contest Chairman
90 High Farms Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
NFSPS, Inc. will not assume mailing costs and will not be responsible for
any entries lost or delayed in the mail.
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WINNERS OF 2008 CONTESTS
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1. NFSPS FOUNDERS AWARD
- Judge: Peter Huggins, AL
1.1 1ST Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT, You
Sing Your Brothers
2
2ND N Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT, Dark Swallows
3
3RD Shirley
Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX, Over Easy
1HM
Lee Carroll, Fort Worth, TX;
2HM
Georgette Perry, Huntsville, AL;
3HM
Christine Beck, West Hartford, CT;
4HM Claire
van Breeman Downes, St. Cloud, MN;
5HM
Mikal Lofgren, Salt Lake City, UT;
6HM
Elaine Zimmerman, West Hartford, CT;
7HM
Barbara Test, Denver, CO;
2. WINNERS CIRCLE AWARD
- Judge: Sandra Soli, OK
1ST Gail Waldstein, Denver, CO, Qualify
2ND Donna
Pucciani, Wheaton, IL, The Color of the Universe
3RD Kathryn E Clement, Mesa
AZ, Skeleton Poem
1HM Joseph LeFevre, Escanaba, MI;
2HM Anne Jones, Arlington, TS
3 HM Margo LaGattuta, Rochester, MI;
4HM Marianne Klekacz, Eddyville, OR;
5HM Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT;
6HM Trina Lee, Oklahoma City, OK
7HM Martha P. Morrise, Roy, UT
3. ALMEDA BOULTON MEMORIAL AWARD
- Judge: Diane Glancy, KS
1st
3. 1st1ST N. Colwell Snell, Salt Lake
City, UT, Withdrawal,
2nd 2ND Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL, Ironing in the Basement
3RD Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI, The Coming of Wild Hours
1 IHM
Mary Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR;
2 2HM Gail Waldstein,
Denver, CO;
3 3HM Anita M Krotz, Salt Lake City, UT;
4 4HM Albert R Horrell, St. Charles, MO;
5 5HM Daniel Fernandez, Brooklyn, NY;
6 6HM C Louise (Merillat), Delta, OH;
7 7HM Yvonne Nunn, Hermleigh, TX
4
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4 . MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AWARD
- Judge: Helen S. Jones, TX
14. 1ST Roberta
Marggraff, Waterbury, CT, Hydra=s
Daughters
2ND Rita Bowles, Washougal, WA, Counting a Life by
Yellows
rd
3RD Heather Duncan, Provo, UT, Things with Wings
1HM Molly Saty, Newport, WA;
2HM
Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR;
3HM James F Ahearn, Rochester, MI;
4HM Melinda Hipple, Toledo, OH;
5HM Katherine Roppel, Louisville, KY;
6HM Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT;
7HM Colette Tennant, Salem, OR
5. GEORGIA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: Katherine Perry, Al
5. 1 1st Russell H
Strauss, Memphis, TN, The Southern Poets at Miss Higbee=s
Finishing School, 1895
2nd Coleen T Ward, Melbourne, FL, To My Dear Husband=s
Dear Sister
3rd
Edith Baker, Bountiful, UT, Kudzu Might Feed Your Cows, But It=s
Become Quite a Zoo!
1HM Rose Ann Spaith, Columbus, OH;
2HM
Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA;
3HM
Catherine L=Herisson,
Garland, TX;
4HM
Shirley Blackwell, Las Lunas, NM;
5HM
Geneva Fulgham, Bellaire, TX;
6HM
Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA;
7HM
Elaine Zimmerman, West Hartford, CT
6.
POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS AWARD
-
Judge: N. Colwell Sneed, UT
6. 1st
Ginny Lowe Connors, West Hartford, CT, What the Beautiful Bird
Revealed
2nd Ron Wallace, Durant, OK, October Rising
3rd
Kathryn E Clement, Mesa, AZ, Whipped Cream, Summer 1965
1HM
Georgette Perry, Huntsville, AL;
2HM
Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX;
3HM
Elaine W Christensen, Sandy, UT;
4HM
Samantha Le, San Jose, CA;
5HM
Julie Nelson, Orem, UT;
6HM
Mikal Lofgren, Salt Lake City, UT;
7HM
James F Gaines, Fredericksburg, VA
7. JACK MURPHY MEMORIAL AWARD
- Judge: Helen K. Beaman, UT
1st Karen Gibson, Provo, UT, So That's What It's Called
2
2nd Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN, Last Supper
3rd
Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT, Knowing the Steps
1HM
LaVerna B Johnson, St. George, UT;
2HM Sarah Hull Gurley, Germantown, TN;
3HM L C
Snell, Highland, UT;
4HM
Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT;
5HM Mary
Ann Meiling, Midvale, UT;
6HM
Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX;
7HM Gail
Waldstein, Denver, CO
8. UTAH STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: Carol Hamilton, OK
1st Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT, Disinterring the Civil War Dead
2nd Coleen
T Ward, Melbourne, FL, Walking with Ruby Bridges
3rd
Kathleen Campbell, West Valley, UT, The Quiltwalk
1HM David Hedges, West Linn, OR;
2HM Edith Baker, Bountiful, UT;
3HM Kaye Voigt Abikhaled, Austin, TX;
4HM John Ottley, Jr, Alpharetta, GA;
5HM Robert G Vessey,
Brookings, SD;
6HM Judy Johns, Pleasant View, UT;
7HM Russell H Strauss,
Memphis, TN
9. FLORIDA STATE POETS ASSOCIATION, INC. AWARD
- Judge: Christine Delea, OR
1st Dorothy J Williams, Golden, CO, Haddie Bess Townsend
2nd Coleen
T Ward, Melbourne, FL, A Small Town Prostitute Speaks to the
Small Town Women
3rd
Edith Baker, Bountiful, UT, John Davidson
1HM Shirley Valencia, Dayton, OH;
2HM Susan S Chambers, Good
Thunder, MN;
3HM Vivian R Stewart,
Piedmont, OK;
4HM Lucille Morgan Wilson,
Des Moines, IA;
5HM Budd Powell Mahan,
Dallas, TX;
6HM Colette Tennant, Salem,
OR;
7HM Patricia Bruen Tacelli,
Winthrop, MA
10. JOSEPH V. HICKEY MEMORIAL AWARD
- Judge: Janice Freytag, PA
1st Patricia Grimm, Layton, UT, Leaning Out
2nd Colette
Tennant, Salem, OR, Spelling Test
3rd
Marianne Klekacz, Eddyville, OR, Imagining Li Po Crossing
1HM LaVerna B Johnson, St. George, UT;
2HM Patricia Hale, West
Hartford, CT;
3HM Sue Ranglack, Murray,
UT;
4HM Loretta Diane Walker,
Odessa, TX;
5HM Eleanor Berry, Lyons,
OR;
6HM Robert J Frederickson, West Valley City, UT;
7HM Beth Honeycutt, Denton,
TX
11. ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: J. Paul Holcomb, TX
1st Glenna Holloway, Naperville, IL, Victims of a Murderous Queen
2nd Catherine L=Herisson,
Garland, TX, Too Curious
3rd
Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX, Cutting Wood
1HM Constance E Boyle, Arvada, CO;
2HM Carol Christy White, Cave Creek, AZ;
3HM T L Hensel, Alpharetta, GA;
4HM Lee Carroll, Fort Worth, TX;
5HM Edith Baker, Bountiful,
UT;
6HM Ann Gasser, West
Reading, PA;
7HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS
12. MUSIC AWARD
- Judge: Lee Carol, TX
1st Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL, Symphonic Improvisations
2nd Rosemerry
Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO, Kokopelli=s
Girlfriend
Speaks with Dr. Ruth
3rd Debra Kuss,
Corbin, KY, From 1964 Till Death Do Us Part
1HM
LaVerna B Johnson, St. George, UT;
2HM David
Hedges, West Linn, OR;
3HM Budd
Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX;
4HM David
L Byrn, Prescott, AZ;
5HM
William J Wilson, Huntsville, AL;
6HM Mary Mullen,
Reading, MA;
7HM
Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX
13. TWO LADIES FROM TEXAS AWARD
- Judge: Lucille Morgan Wilson, IA
1st Marney Hilton Zambrano, Tooele, UT, Master of Disguise
2nd Ann
Gasser, West Reading, PA, My Great Adventure, Which My Mistress
Calls A Cat-astrophe
3rd Michael E Strosahl, Elwood, IN, Waking to Velcro
1HM Budd
Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX;
2HM Evelyn
Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX;
3HM
Laurence W Thomas, Ypsilanti, MI;
4HM Mary
Mullen, Reading, MA;
5HM Larry
Hand, Woodstock, GA;
6HM Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN
7HM Martha Morrise, Roy, UT
14. INDIANA STATE FEDERATION
OF POETRY CLUBS AWARD
- Judge: Madelyn Eastlund, FL
1st Beverly
Monestier, San Antonio, TX, Spreading the Gospel
2nd Alison Chisholm, Birkdale, Southport, UK,
Housewarming Gift
3rd Gay N
Blanchard, Holladay, UT, Island
1HM
Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR;
2HM Esther
Towns, Selma, IN;
3HM Larry
Hand, Woodstock, GA;
4HM
Geraldine Felt, Layton, UT;
5HM Elaine
Christensen, Sandy, UT;
6HM
Marilyn J Stacy, Dallas, TX;
7HM Ron
Wallace, Durant, OK
15. ARIZONA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: Laurel Winter, NC
1st Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT, A Boy and a Bear
2nd Susan
Maxwell Campbell, Mansfield, TX, Lazarus
3rd
Meredith R Cook, Blue Earth, MN, Another Type of Hoarding Obsession
1HM
Elaine L Ipson, Stansbury Park, UT;
2HM Alison
Chisholm, Birkdale, Southport, England;
3HM Amy L Dengler, Gloucester, MA;
4HM Diana Festa, New York, NY;
5HM Margaret Gleave, Ainsdale, Southport, England;
6HM Marilyn Larrabee, Bountiful, UT;
7HM Kathryn E Clement, Mesa, AZ
16. WILLIAM STAFFORD MEMORIAL AWARD
- Judge: Juanita
Torrence-Thompson, NY
1st Sue Ranglack, Murray, UT, Acceleration
2nd Carolyn
Walker, Clarkston, MI, Watching My Father Clean Fish
3rd
Virginia Mortenson, Des Moines, IA, You Can=t
Save Cotton Candy
1HM Martha P. Morrise, Roy, UT
2HM Joseph Shaffer,
Yuma, AZ
3HM David L. Byrn,
Prescott, AZ
4HM Melinda B.
Hipple,Toledo, OH
5HM Sharon Lask Munson, Eugene OR;
6HM Anne Pierre Spangler, Lebanon, PA;
7HM Diane
Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS
17. NEVADA STATE POETRY SOCIETY
- Judge: Colette Tennant, OR
1st Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO, In the
Name of...
2nd Meredith R Cook,
Blue Earth, MN, Gabriel Explains
3rd Jane Logan,
Sparks, NV, The Anguish of Darius the Median
1HM
Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX;
2HM Larry
Hand, Woodstock, GA;
3HM
LaVerna B Johnson, St. George, UT;
4HM Gay N
Blanchard, Holladay, UT;
5HM
Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI;
6HM Carol
Christy White, Cave Creek, AZ;
7HM Joan
Terry, Dallas, GA
18. ALL POETS AWARD
- Judge: Russell H. Strauss, TN
1st Polly Opsahl, Rochester Hills, MI, TightRope
2nd Pat Jordan, Pearl,
MS, Eng. Lit. 102
3rd Barbara Ford,
Poncha Springs, CO, The Smoke Break
1HM
Julie Nelson, Orem, UT;
2HM Susan
Maxwell Campbell, Mansfield, TX;
3HM David
L Byrn, Prescott, AZ;
4HM Thomas
M Levy, Kingswood, TX;
5HM Joseph
Shaffer, Yuma, AZ;
6HM
Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX;
7HM Regina
Murray Brault, Burlington, VT
19. NEW YORK POETRY FORUM AWARD
- Judge: Eleanor Berry, OR
1st Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS, PO-MS
2nd Susan S Chambers,
Good Thunder, MN, Telling My Son about the Reader
3rd Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO, And This Is Why
1HM
Ron Self, Columbus, GA;
2HM Doris
Stengel, Brainerd, MN;
3HM Claire
van Breeman Downes, St. Cloud, MN;
4HM Audrey
Cooke, Daytona Beach, FL;
5HM James
F Ahearn, Rochester, MI;
6HM Mary
Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR
7HM Donna
Pucciani, Wheaton, IL
20. LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA POETS AWARD
- Judge: Jeremy Downes, AL
1st Sue Ranglack, Murray, UT, Made in the Phillippines
2nd
Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR, The Taste of Salt
3rd
Pepper Trail, Ashland, OR, The Icicle
1HM
Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT;
2HM Gail Teachworth, Crystal River, FL;
3HM
Alexandrina Sergio, Glastonbury, CT;
4HM Lee
Carroll, Fort Worth, TX;
5HM
Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT;
6HM Helen
S Jones, Fort Worth, TX;
7HM Leslie
Shields, Savannah, GA
21. PLAINS POETS AWARD
- Judge: Susan Stevens Chambers, MN
1st Ron Self, Columbus, GA, Eighteen
2nd Janet
Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL, The Hub
3rd Elaine
Christensen, Sandy, UT, Second Son
1HM
Viktor Tichy, Iowa City, IA;
2HM Helen
S. Jones, Fort Worth, TX;
3HM Joshua
Conklin, Oxford, CT;
4HM Mark F
Evans, Bethany, OK;
5HM Edith
Baker, Bountiful, UT;
6HM Pat
King, Albia, IA;
7HM
Russell H Strauss, Memphis, TN
22. WEST VIRGINIA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: James Ryan, AL
1st Rita Bowles, Washougal, WA, A Butterfly that Danced
Full-tilt
2nd Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS, Retroactive
3rd Edith Baker,
Bountiful, UT, Sister Missionary in West Virginia
1HM Donna
Pucciani, Wheaton, IL;
2HM Budd
Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX;
3HM Pat
Durmon, Norfolk, AR;
4HM Betty
Leake, West Chester, OH;
5HM E P
Fisher, Pine Bush, NY;
6HM
Kathryn E Clement, Mesa, AZ ;
7HM Betty
A Whitney, Wesley Chapel, FL
23. COLUMBINE POETS OF COLORADO AWARD
- Judge: Kathleen
Pederzani, PA
1st Susan S Chambers, Good Thunder, MN, I Sleep a Crow
Dream
2nd Diane
Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS, The Radish
3rd
Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT, Marigold Night
1HM Faye
Williams Jones, Little Rock, AR;
2HM Sue
Ranglack, Murray, UT;
3HM Mary
Ann Meiling, Midvale, UT;
4HM
Margery Dorfmeister, Buena Vista, CO;
5HM
Rosalyn Ostler, Salt Lake City, UT;
6HM
Christine Valentine, Birney, MT
7HM
Shirley Blackwell, Los Lunas, NM
24. MORTON D. PROUTY & ELSIE
S. PROUTY MEMORIAL AWARD
- Judge: Carole Timin, FL
1st Kathryn E Clement, Mesa, AZ, Mockingbird at Midnight
2nd Rosemerry Wahtola
Trommer, Placerville, CO, While Trying to Fit in a Hike
Before Arriving on Time to my Meeting
3rd Patricia Whiting, West Palm Beach, FL, Christmas Letter
I Didn=t Write
1HM
Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX;
2HM Amy
Dengler, Gloucester, MA;
3HM
Stephanie Andrews, Melbourne Beach, FL;
4HM
Shirley Ensrud, Blue Earth, MN;
5HM Pat
King, Albia, IA;
6HM
Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT;
7HM David
Hedges, West Linn, OR
25. OHIO AWARD
- Judge: Elaine W. Christensen, UT
1st Kathryn E Clement, Mesa, AZ, Asking for Directions
2nd Sue Ranglack,
Murray, UT, Trade-off
3rd Steven Penticuff,
Cincinnati, OH, To Jane Kenyon
1HM
Margo LaGattuta, Rochester, MI;
2HM
Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA;
3HM Amy
Dengler, Gloucester, MA;
4HM L C
Snell, Highland, UT;
5HM Dennis
Herschbach, Two Harbors, MN;
6HM James
F Gaines, Fredericksburg, VA;
7HM Diane
Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS
26. HUMOROUS POETRY AWARD
- Judge: Jerri Hardesty, AL
1st Darla Dee Burris, Alliance, OH, I Figure It=s
Lost
2nd Jeannette L
Strother, Mansfield, TX, Midnight Feasts
3rd Carl J
Farmer, Arvada, CO, hydraulics
1HM
Virginia Frey, Taft, TX;
2HM Esther
Towns, Selma, IN;
3HM
Marianne Klekacz, Eddyville, OR;
4HM Geneva
Fulgham, Bellaire, TX;
5HM Naomi
S Simmons, Fort Worth, TX;
6HM Grace
Diane Jessen, Glenwood, UT;
7HM Jim Barton,
Huttig, AR
27. OUR AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE AWARD
- Judge: Emma Bolden, AL
1st Gail Waldstein, Denver, CO, ER anemia
2nd Russell H Strauss,
Memphis, TN, Hi Ho, Tonto
3rd Betty Leake, West
Chester, OH, Reservation
1HM
Markay Brown, Springville, UT;
2HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN;
3HM Marcia
Molay, Wenham, MA;
4HM Gilda
Kreuter, DelRay Beach, FL;
5HM Budd
Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX;
6HM Claire
van Breeman Downes, St. Cloud, MN;
7HM Wanda
Sue Parrott, Springfield, MO
28. MISSOURI STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: Larry E. Hand, GA
1st Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL, Childhood Days
2nd Lucille Morgan
Wilson, Des Moines, IA, The Foreshadowing
3rd Marilyn J Stacy,
Dallas, TX, Good Planning Produces Positive Results
1HM
Noel J Doyle, Jr., Leesburg, VA;
2HM
Roberta Pipes Bowman, Haltom City, TX;
3HM Kathy
Larson, Salt Lake City, UT;
4HM
Catherine L=Herisson,
Garland, TX;
5HM Anne
Pierre Spangler, Lebanon, PA;
6HM Malu
Graham, Memphis, TN;
7HM
Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX
29. LOUISIANA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: Margo LaGattuta, MI
1st Dorothy J Williams, Golden, Colorado, Gathering
Sawdust
2nd Rosemerry
Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO,
And if I Were There I Would
Hold You
and not Say Anything
3rd Helen
S Jones, Fort Worth, TX, Lunch with Nancy
1HM
E P Fisher, Pine Bush, NY;
2HM
Cordelia Jensen, Newport, PA;
3HM Coleen
T Ward, Melbourne, FL;
4HM
Pauline Mounsey, Sun City West, AZ;
5HM Sue
Ranglack, Murray, UT;
6HM Sharon
Lask Munson, Eugene, OR;
7HM Ann
Gasser, West Reading, PA
30. BARBARA STEVENS MEMORIAL AWARD
- Judge: Christina
Flaugher, MN
1st Michael E Strosahl, Elwood, IN, Disturbing the Pond
2nd Shirley Handley,
Harlingen, TX, Sudden Death
3rd Mikal Lofgren,
Salt Lake City, UT, Geriatric
1HM
Catherine L=Herisson,
Garland, TX;
2HM Becky
Alexander, Cambridge, ONT, Canada;
3HM Juanita
Watts, Layton, UT;
4HM Rita
Bowles, Washougal, WA, ;
5HM Trina
Lee, Oklahoma City, OK
6HM J Paul
Holcomb, Double Oak, TX;
7HM Regina
Murray Brault, Burlington,
31. KENTUCKY STATE POETRY SOCIETY
- Judge: Elaine Ipson, UT
1st Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT, A Poem About Nothing
2nd Martha P. Morrise, Roy, UT,
Calm Bird
3rd Joyce Kohler,
Midway, UT, Saying Goodbye
1HM
Pauline Mounsey, Sun City West, AZ;
2HM Grace
Diane Jessen, Glenwood, UT
3HM Carol
Mauriello, Olive Hill, KY
4HM Janet
Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL
5HM Kitty
Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR
6HM Marion
Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI;
7HM Mable
Jean Caylor, Pennville, IN;
32. DORMAN JOHN GRACE MEMORIAL
- Judge: Kolette Montague, UT
1st Merrijane Rice, Bountiful, UT, Sonnet for an Infant
2nd Alexandrina
Sergio, Glastonbury, CT, Going in Style
3rd Shirley Valencia,
Dayton, OH, Toad with a Tale
1HM
Emery L Campbell, Lawrenceville, GA;
2HM
Marilyn Larrabee, Bountiful, UT;
3HM Joyce
Shiver, Crystal River, FL;
4HM Helen
Keith Beaman, Provo, UT;
5HM Joyce
Kohler, Midway, UT;
6HM
Mikal Lofgren, Salt Lake City, UT;
7HM Lee
Ann Russell, Springfield, MO
33. POETRY SOCIETY OF OKLAHOMA AWARD
- Judge: Polly Opsahl, MI
1st Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX, Road West of Bagdad
2nd Christine Beck,
West Hartford, CT, Princessville Road
3rd Sue Ranglack,
Murray, UT, Slow Cruise into September
1HM
Judy Johns, Pleasant View, UT;
2HM Susan
Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN;
3HM Helen Keith
Beaman, Provo, UT;
4HM Marie
Buckley, Hillsboro, OR;
5HM Edith
Baker, Bountiful, UT;
6HM Budd
Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX;
7HM Doris
Stengel, Brainerd, MN
34. MINUTE AWARD
- Judge: Budd Powell Mahan, TX
1st Edith Baker, Bountiful, UT, Visiting My Father
2nd Larry Hand,
Woodstock, GA, Walking Away
3rd Gail Teachworth,
Crystal River, FL, Big Ben
1HM
Catherine L=Herisson,
Garland, TX;
2HM Geraldine C Felt, Layton, UT;
3HM Esther M Leiper, Jefferson, NH;
4HM
Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL;
5HM
Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX;
6HM
Lee Carroll, Fort Worth, TX;
7HM
Pat Durmon, Norfolk, AR
35. SAVE OUR EARTH AWARD
- Judge: David Hedges, OR
1st Martha P Morrise, Roy, UT, Song for the Boomers
2nd Beverly Monestier,
San Antonio, TX, Mulch Mountain
3rd Larry Hand,
Woodstock, GA, >Hotlanta@
Musters Up a Cloud
1HM
Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL;
2HM Pat
King, Albia, IA;
3HM Wilda
H Gallagher, Rockaway Park, NY;
4HM Regina
Murray Brault, Burlington, VT;
5HM Marion
Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI;
6HM
Russell H Strauss, Memphis, TN;
7HM
Marilyn Stacy, Dallas, TX
36. BEN LOMOND POETS AWARD
- Judge: Gail Teachworth, FL
1st Helen S Jones, Fort Worth, TX, The Hills of
Hemingway
2nd Diane Glancy,
Shawnee Mission, KS, Unraveled: How Sound
Once Turned Into Light
3rd Glenna
Holloway, Naperville, IL, Homing in on the High Signs
1HM Susan
S. Chambers, Good Thunder, MN;
2HM
Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX;
3HM E P Fisher, Pine Bush, NY;
4HM Kitty
Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR;
5HM
Marilyn Larrabee, Bountiful, UT;
6HM Joyce
Shiver, Crystal River, FL;
7HM Elaine
L Ipson, Stansbury Park, UT
37. MASSACHUSETTS STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge:
John S.
Summerfield, AL
1st Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX, Charm String
2nd N Colwell Snell,
Salt Lake City, UT, Deadhead
3rd Jim Barton,
Huttig, AR, Final Fling
1HM
Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL;
2HM Donna
Pucciani, Wheaton, IL;
3HM L C
Snell, Highland, UT;
4HM Von S
Bourland, Happy, TX;
5HM Laura
A Lionello, Chicago, IL;
6HM Lou
Gatlin, Wichita Falls, TX;
7HM
Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR
38. POETRY SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE
- Judge: Meredith R. Cook, MN
1st John W Crawford, Arkadelphia, AR, Ballad of the Bog
2nd Frank DeCaria,
Ogden, UT, Werewolf
3rd Kitty Yeager,
Arkadelphia, AR, Ghost Rider
1HM
Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL;
2HM
Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX;
3HM
Catherine L=Herisson,
Garland, TX;
4HM Lou
Gatlin, Wichita Falls, TX;
5HM Mary
Mullen, Reading, MA;
6HM
Shirley Valencia, Dayton, OH;
7HM Audrey
Cooke, Daytona Beach, FL
39. POETRY SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN AWARD
- Judge: DeAnna Spurlock, PA
1st Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR, Tender Red
2nd Maurine
Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT, Labors of Love
3rd N
Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT, Cormorant
1HM Joyce Kohler,
Midway, UT;
2HM Mikal Lofgren, Salt Lake City,
UT;
3HM Jeanette Maes, Lynn, MA;
4HM Polly Opsahl, Rochester, MI;
5HM Heather Duncan, Provo, UT;
6HM Martha P Morrise, Roy, UT;
7HM Marianne Klekacz, Eddyville, OR
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40. LIGHTEN YOUR LIFE AWARD
- Judge: Valerie
Martin Bailey, TX
1st Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL, Rodin=s
The Thinker
2nd Geneva Fulgham, Bellaire, TX, La Plume De Ma
Tante
3rd
Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX, Without a Lesson
1HM Helene Stallcup, Conway, AR;
2HM Linda Banks, Mesquite,
TX;
3HM Martha P Morrise, Roy,
UT;
4HM Grace Diane Jessen, Glenwood, UT;
5HM Donna Jones,
Statesboro, GA;
6HM Alice King Greenwood,
Odessa, TX;
7HM Rachel Kulp, Gentry, AR
41. IOWA POETRY ASSOCIATION AWARD
- Judge: Nancy Baass, TX
1st Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR, A Little Stump House in a
Brier Patch
2nd Esther
Towns. Selma, AL, Wish or Not?
3rd Doris
Swearingen, Weirton, WV, One Sunday Morning
1HM Helen Webb, South Point, OH;
2HM Malu Graham, Memphis,
TN;
3HM Inge Logenburg Kyler,
Eaton Rapids, MI;
4HM Junette Fabian, Two
Rivers, WI;
5HM Margaret Anderegg,
Odessa, TX;
6HM Shirley Elliott Cosby,
Emory, TX;
7HM Debbie C Lincoln,
Little Rock, AR
42. POETS ROUNDTABLE OF ARKANSAS AWARD
- Judge: Alan Birkelbach, TX
1st Pat King, Albia, IA, Hoppers=
ANighthawks@
2nd John McBride,
Bettendorf, IA, Elegant Tapestry of Autumn, with Figures
3rd Beth Honeycutt,
Denison, TX, Upon Seeing Her Shoe on the Boulevard
1HM Jerri Hardestry, Brierfield, AL;
2HM Viktor Tichy, Iowa
City, IA;
3HM Helen Keith Beaman,
Provo, UT;
4HM Joyce Kohler, Midway,
UT;
5HM Doris Stengel,
Brainerd, MN;
6HM Julie Nelson, Orem, UT;
7HM Helen S Jones, Fort
Worth, TX
43. NEW JERSEY POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: David
I. Byrn, AZ
1st M M Fisher, Salt Lake City, UT, Primary Layers
2nd Russell H Strauss,
Memphis, TN, Flying into OZ
3rd Geraldine C Felt,
Layton, UT, Out of the Blue
1HM Kathryn E Clement, Mesa, AZ;
2HM LaVerna B Johnson, St
George, UT;
3HM Kathleen Campbell, West
Valley, UT;
4HM Budd Powell Mahan,
Dallas, TX;
5HM Dr. M P A Sheaffer, New
York, NY;
6HM Shirley Elliott Cosby,
Emory, TX;
7HM Maxine Crapo-Flinders, Salt
Lake City, UT
44. CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY AWARD - Judge: John K. Ottley, GA
1st Catherine L=Herisson,
Garland, TX, At Golden Corral
2nd Kolette Montague,
Centerville, UT, Lunch Box Note
3rd Heather Duncan,
Provo, UT, Eat This
1HM Sandra Ann Kolinofsky, Birdsboro, PA;
2HM Von S Bourland, Happy,
TX;
3HM Jeanine Mah, Memphis,
TN;
4HM Susan S. Chambers, Good
Thunder, MN;
5HM Nad Richard Brown,
Springville, UT;
6HM Marianne Klekacz,
Eddyville, OR;
7HM Julie Nelson, Provo, UT
45. WYOPOETS AWARD - Judge: Sue Ranglack, UT
1st Rosemary Dunn Moeller, St. Lawrence, SD, Strange Patterns
2nd Joshua Conklin,
Oxford, CT, The Affect of Man?
3rd Gail Waldstein,
Denver, CO, fetal pig
1HM Patricia Barnes, Grosse Ile, MI;
2HM Alma Ritchie, Layton,
UT;
3HM Christine Beck, West
Hartford, CT;
4HM Susan S Chambers, Good
Thunder, MN;
5HM Larry Hand, Woodstock,
GA;
6HM David Hedges, West
Linn, OR;
7HM James F Gaines,
Fredericksburg, VA
46. NEBRASKA STATE POETRY AWARD
- Judge: Linda Banks, TX
1st Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT, Summer Rain
2nd Susan S Chambers,
Good Thunder, MN, Atmospheric Disturbance
3rd Elaine Fowler
Palencia, Champaign, IL, Flatlands
1HM Charlotte Abernathy, Ashland, OR;
2HM Helen Keith Beaman,
Provo, UT;
3HM Doris Stengel,
Brainerd, MN;
4HM Kolette Montague,
Centerville, UT;
5HM Valerie Esker, Beverly
Hills, FL;
6HM Marion Brimm Rewey,
Verona, WI;
7HM Shirley Elliott Cosby,
Emory, TX
47. MISSISSIPPI POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: Amy Jo Zook, OH
1st Ruth F Harrison, Waldport, OR, A granite stone to mark
this day
2nd Sue
Ranglack, Murray, UT, From an Empty Well
3rd Budd Powell Mahan,
Dallas, TX, The Need to Understand Unending Sky
1HM Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO;
2HM Rose Ann Spaith,
Columbus, OH;
3HM Helen S. Jones, Fort
Worth, TX;
4HM Marilyn J Stacy,
Dallas, TX;
5HM Jacqueline Williams,
Mesa, AZ;
6HM Grace Diane Jessen,
Glenwood, UT;
7HM Alison Chisholm,
Southport, Merseyside, UK (OH Poet)
48. ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
- Judge: Jory Mickelson, WA
1st Mikal Lofgren, Salt Lake City, UT, Rhubarb
2nd Joshua
Conklin, Oxford, CT, Dog Bones
3rd Kaye
Bache-Snyder, Longmont, CO, In Memory of Your Chassis
1HM Emery L Campbell, Lawrenceville, GA;
2HM Holly Cross, Nitro, WV;
3HM Evelyn Corry Appelbee,
Henderson, TX;
4HM Susan Maxwell Campbell,
Mansfield, TX;
5HM T L Hensel, Alpharetta,
GA;
6HM Nad Richard Brown,
Springville, UT;
7HM Verna Lee Hinegardner,
Hot Springs, AR
49. GINGERBREAD POETS
AWARD
- Judge: Claire van Breeman Downes, MN
1st Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT, Where Angels Pour the
Cornflakes
2nd Elaine
Christensen, Sandy, UT, The Meadowlark
3rd Lynda
La Rocca, Twin Lakes, CO, Leaving the Fold
1HM David Hedges, West Linn, OR;
2HM Wilda H Gallagher,
Rockaway Park, NY;
3HM Ann Gasser, West
Reading, PA;
4HM Grace Diane Jessen,
Glenwood, UT;
5HM Alison Chisholm,
Birkdale, Southport, England;
6HM Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY;
7HM Thomas L Bloor,
Shelbyville, IL
50. STUDENT AWARD
- Judge: Charmaine Donovan, MN
1st Lindsey Maxon, Arlington, TX, Pushing Back the Rain
2nd Meghan Court, Carol Stream IL, Brother of Mine
3rd Alex
Baur, Audubon, IA, 6.11.07, 1:43 AM
1HM Lisa Winston, Houston, TX;
2HM Tyler Barba, Carol
Stream, IL;
3HM Jacqueline Howell,
Wichita Falls, TX;
4HM Maura Hall, Wimberley,
TX;
5HM Courtney Graves, Austin,
TX;
6HM Brandon Taing, Wichita
Falls, TX;
7HM Hannah Waugh, Wichita
Falls,
Judge Charmaine Donovan also
selected 51 other student poems, and an
encouraging letter and small certificate will be sent to these to encourage
their
further writing.
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