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Deadline:
- Postmarked September 1, 2008
Format:
- Submit two copies of each entry, category number and name in upper left-hand
corner of both copies, poet's name and address in upper right-hand corner
of one copy. If you are a member, put "Missouri State Poetry Society" below
your address. Put "Non-member" if you are not.
Limits:
Categories:
- Rhymed verse or blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter), any subject,
serious or humorous
- Free verse, any subject, serious or humorous
- Humorous verse, any subject
- Any form, summer subject, serious or humorous
- Poet's choice: any form (including open-field, shaped, or concrete
poetry), any subject, serious or humorous
Fees:
Prizes:
- $25, $15, $10, and three honorable mentions in each category.
Membership:
If you do not belong to one of our local chapters but wish to join Missouri
State Poetry Society, pay the $13 annual member-at-large fee and enter the
contests by paying a member's reduced contest fees. See
Membership Application.
*WINNERS' LIST FOR SUMMER CONTEST 2007
Category #1 Rhymed or Blank
Verse--Judge: Robert Jones,
Warrensburg, MO--72 Entries
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1st “Confessions of a War Veteran”
2nd “Wild Thing”
3rd “At the LA Purchase Gardens”
1HM “Apt Pupil”
2HM “Advice”
3HM “Sugarin’ Time" |
Kolette Montague
John McBride
Jim Barton
Jerri Hardesty
Anne Mallinson
Betty Spence |
Centerville, UT
Bettendorf, IA
Huttig, AR
Brier Field, AL
Centerview, MO
Mobile, AL |
Non-Member
Non-Member
Non-Member
Non-Member
The Write Place
Non-Member |
Category #2 Free Verse—Judge:
Mary-Lane Kamberg,
Olathe,
KS—127 Entries
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1st “France, November 11, 1918”
2nd “Choosing a Casket”
3rd “Ah, Lazarus”
1HM “Auschwitz Prisoner”
2HM “Old Shoes”
3HM “Choices” |
John McBride
Kolette Montague
Anna Roberts-Wells
Ruth Miller
Anna Roberts-Wells
Reese
Danley-Kilgo |
Bettendorf, IA
Centerville, UT
Festus, MO
Grandview, MO
Festus, MO
Huntsville, AL |
Non-Member
Non-Member
On the Edge
The Write Place
On the Edge
Non-Member |
Category #3 Humorous Verse—Judge: Rose Smith,
Warrensburg, MO—71 Entries
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1st “Dog’s Life”
2nd “Sir Thomas”
3rd “Ancient History”
1HM “Because I Could Not Stop ...”
2HM“Christhallothanksmassween…”
3HM “Bottom Line” |
Jim Barton
Edwin S. Rice
Dena R. Gorrell
Valerie Esker
Judy Lee Green
Kolette Montague |
Huttig, Ar
Kansas City, MO
Edmond, OK
Beverly Hills, FL
Murfreesboro, TN
Centerville, UT |
Non-Member
The Write Place
Member-at-Large
Thirty-Seven Cents
Non-Member
Non-Member |
Category #4 Summer Verse—Judge: David Andstandt, Lee’s Summit,
MO--92 Entries
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1st “Summer Saga”
2nd Haiku: “receding thunder”
3rd “Stolen”
1HM “Summer Storm”
2HM “Queen of Kings”
3HM “Sidewinder” |
W. H. Wallace
Timothy Russell
Anne Mallinson
Dena R. Gorrell
Jim Barton
Faye Adams |
Alta Loma, CA
Toronto, OH
Centerview, MO
Edmond, OK
Huttig, AR
De Soto, MO
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Non-Member
Non-Member
The Write Place
Member-at-Large
Non-Member
On the Edge, 37 Cts. |
Category #5 Poet’s Choice Verse—Judge: Maril Crabtree, Mission,
KS—121 Entries
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1st “Cat’s-Paw”
2nd “The Heron”
3rd “Bed”
1HM “The Secret Clan of Women”
2HM “How You Lose Your Mind”
3HM “My Father’s Woodpile” |
Joy Grogan
Jim Barton
Marian Shapiro
Faye Williams Jones
Catherine Moran
Nick Sweet |
Summersville, MO
Huttig, AR
Lexington, MA
N. Little Rock, AR
Little Rock, AR
Taft, OK |
Member-at-Large
Non-Member
Non-Member
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Non-Member |
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