Summer Contest

Photographs of Missouri scenes are reproduced courtesy of Lee Ann Russell, poet from Springfield, Missouri.

*WINNERS OF SUMMER CONTEST 2007 ARE GIVEN BELOW

Missouri State Poetry Society Summer Contest 2008

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:

Poems may be 40 or fewer lines. They may be unpublished or previously published if the poet retains the rights to the poem. Poets may enter each category as many times as they wish. No poems will be returned.

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:

Non-members pay $1.00 per poem. Members pay $1.00 for two entries in the same category. Make money order or check payable to MSPS and mail to

Billy Adams
12600 McKinstry Road
De Soto, MO 63020
Include an SASE or your e-mail address on a 3x5 index card for a list of the winners.

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

1^st “Confessions of a War Veteran”
2^nd “Wild Thing”
3^rd “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

1^st “France, November 11, 1918”
2^nd “Choosing a Casket”
3^rd “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

1^st “Dog’s Life”
2^nd “Sir Thomas”
3^rd “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

1^st “Summer Saga”
2^nd Haiku: “receding thunder”
3^rd “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

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

1^st “Cat’s-Paw”
2^nd “The Heron”
3^rd “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