2010 PENNSYLVANIA POETRY CONTEST
WINNERS’ LIST
Category #1 Grand Prize 87 entries
Judge: Dana Sonnenschein, Bethany, CT
1st Prize: Joseph L.Witten, Odenville, AL “Fire and Ice”
2nd Prize: Marie-Louse Meyers, Oxford, PA “The Priest Release”
1st HM: Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA “Sideshow”
2nd HM: Shirley S. Stevens, Pittsburgh, PA “Tribute to Lady Murasaki”
3rd HM: Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC “Rairoad Man”
1st Citation: Doris DiSavino, Lancaster, PA “To My Nephew On the Death....”
2nd Citation: Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR “Asking The Questions”
Category #2 Jack Gillespie Memorial Award 32 entries
Judge: Phillip Billings, Annville PA
1st Prize: Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR “Cat In The Tree”
2nd Prize: Lucille Morgan Wilson, DesMoines, IA “In Survival Mode”
1st HM: Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA “The Book Man”
2nd HM: Jim Barton, Huttig, AR “Love and the Curvature of the Earth”
3rd HM: Dr. M.P.A. Sheaffer, New York, NY “Weiss-Blau”
1st Citation: Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA “Fate of A First Love”
2nd Citation: Ray Fulmer, Quakertown, PA “ Cinderella Winked”
3rd Citation: Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA ”Morning At the Twi-lite Motel”
Category #3 H. Edward Canon Memorial Award 27 entries
Judge: Carole Somerville, Woodridge, VA
1st Prize: Debberae Streett, Stewartstown, PA “Symphony”
2nd Prize: Dennis R. Patton, Alexander, AR “Featherly Advice”
1st HM: Ray Fulmer, Quakertown, PA “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses”
2nd HM: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL “The Violin”
3rd HM: Doris DiSavino, Lancaster, PA “The Flute Player”
1st Citation: Glenna Glee, Anderson, IN “God’s Gift”
2nd Citation: Marie-Louse Meyers, Oxford, PA “Plain Song From A Lady In
Waiting”
3rd Citation: Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA ”Musical Accompianment for
An Impending Divorce”
Category #4 Janes D. Caparosa Memorial Award 30 entries
Judge: Shaun Koont, Brooklyn, NY
1st Prize: Anne Pierre Spangler, Lebanon, PA “ The Herald”
2nd Prize: Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA “The Secret Shining Heart”
1st HM: Mark Starkweather, Gettysburg, PA “Supporting Stone”
2nd HM: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “Cemetery”
3rd HM: Dr. M.P.A. Sheaffer, New York, NY “Yet”
1st Citation: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL “Stones”
2nd Citation: Richard Lake, New Cumberland, PA “Winter Solstice Soup”
3rd Citation: Carla Christopher, York, PA “Genealogy”
Category #5. Carlisle Poets’ Workshop Award 40 entries
Judge: Nancy Baass, Victoria, TX
1st Prize: Jim Barton, Huttig, AR “Night Watchman”
2nd Prize: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL “Accidental Art”
1st HM: Janet Lohr, New Oxford, PA “When Lilacs Bloom”
2nd HM: Lucille Morgan Wilson, DesMoines, IA “Cheap Crystal”
3rd HM: Isobel H. Beaston, Media, PA “Vernal Equinox”
1st Citation: Marilyn Downing, Hershey, PA “Dinner Party of Three”
2nd Citation: Lynn Fetterolf, York, PA “Hankies”
3rd Citation: Ray Fulmer, Quakertown, PA “In Defense of Parsley”
Category #6 Marjorie Thompson Cheney Memorial Award 30 entries
Judge: Mildred Vorpahl Baass, Victoria, TX
1st Prize: Mary Mullen, Reading, MA “Sunset and Evening Star”
2nd Prize: Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL “Sunshine and Storm Clouds”
1st HM: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “Home Place”
2nd HM: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL “Each Spring”
3rd HM: Susanna Roma, Birdsboro, PA “Behold the Iris”
1st Citation: Lynn Fetterolf, York, PA “Sonnet To June Twenty-One”
2nd Citation: Richard T. Lake, New Cumberland, PA “She’s Something Else”
3rd Citation: Joseph L.Witten, Odenville, AL “Grief On Grief”
Category #7 Mariah Quant Memorial Award 35 entries
Judge: Jim Bush, Ripley, WV
1st Prize: Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA “Autumn In Emily’s Amherst”
2nd Prize: Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA “The Hounds of Hell”
1st HM: Inge Logenburg Kyler, Eaton Rapids, MI “Ode to the Bobolink”
2nd HM: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “In Praise of Iris”
3rd HM: Dennis R. Patton, Alexander, AR “The Babies Never Knew”
1st Citation: Roberta Anna Heydenberk, Richlandtown, PA “Dawn Breaks”
2nd Citation: Carla Christopher, York, PA “Winter Lullaby”
3rd Citation: Anthony F. Gulotta, Phoenixville, PA “A Walk In The Woods”
Category #8 Gwen Darling Glassberg Memorial Award 30 entries
Judge: Billy Pennington, Moore, OK
1st Prize: Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR “Beneath the Layers”
2nd Prize: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “Playing Dress-Up 1946”
1st HM: Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA “True Poems Flee”
2nd HM: Marilyn Downing, Hershey, PA “Ellis Island Lullaby”
3rd HM: Isobel H. Beaston, Media, PA “9/11/1777”
1st Citation: Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT “Lake Afternoon”
2nd Citation: Ray Fulmer, Quakertown, PA “They Come”
3rd Citation: Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA “2:30 A.M.—for Peter”
Category #9 Haiku, Senryu, Tanka Award 38 entries
Judge: Jeffrey Mock, New Haven, CT
1st Prize: Dennis R. Patton, Alexander, AR “haiku”
2nd Prize: Lynn Fetterolf, York, PA “skid tracks zig zag”
1st HM: Nancy Kotkin, Secane, PA “barking up a storm”
2nd HM: Jim Barton, Huttig, AR “one crow flies alone”
3rd HM: Lucille M. Wilson, DesMoines, IA “outside the window”
1st Citation: Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA
“shortcut home from work”
2nd Citation: Doris DiSavino, Lancaster, PA “Sakura kana'
3rd Citation: Sarah Gipson, North Little Rock,. AR “hiaku”
Category #10 The Limerick Award 31 entries
Judge: Jeremy Downes, Auburn, AL
1st Prize:
Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL “Buoyancy”
2nd Prize: Carol Dee Meeks, Tulsa, OK
“A limerick flows like a stream”
1st HM: Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
“After Watching The Latest Game Shows”
2nd HM: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “Sold”
3d HM: Doris DiSavino, Lancaster, PA “Georgina Christina Rosetti”
1st Citation: J. Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX “Tolerance”
2nd Citation: Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT
“He Who Crows Loudest”
3rd Citation: Richard T. Lake, New Cumberland, PA “Out Dueled”
Category #11 Selina Cox Eshlemen Memorial Award 31 entries
Judge: Amy Jo Zook, Mechanicsburg, OH
1st Prize: Dennis R. Patton, Alexander, AR
“The Goose Stuffing Glaze of Bertha Hayes”
2nd Prize: Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA ”Punctuality”
1st HM: Shirley S. Stevens, Pottsburgh, PA “Yogatta Be Kitten”
2nd HM: Richard T. Lake, New Cumberland, PA “The Bully Girl”
3rd HM: Joseph L.Witten, Odenville, AL “Eureka”
1st Citation: Doris DiSavino, Lancaster, PA “Reel In the Stars”
2nd Citation: Mary Mullen, Reading, MA “To Believe Him Or Not”
3rd Citation: Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
“Haiku Is Not My Thing”
Category #12 Dorman John Grace Memorial Award 45 entries
Judge: Jo Ann Breahm, Carlisle, PA
1st Prize: Jacqueline Moffett, Pittsford, NY “Life Marches On”
2nd Prize: Lee Pelham Cotton. Locust Hill, VA “Father’s Day”
1st HM: Carol Clark, Aidan, PA “Shock ”
2nd HM: Inge Logenburg Kyler, Eaton Rapids, MI
“Things Lost When Hills Were Mined”
3rd HM: Linda Clark, Gettysburg, PA “Travel Has Certainly Come A Long Way”
1st Citation: Lynn Fetterolf, York, PA “Lillian’s Love Song”
2nd Citation: Lucille Morgan Wilson, DesMoines, IA “Storage Places”
3rd Citation: Anthony F. Gulotta, Phoenixville, PA “Aunt Betty”
Category #13 William A. Hildebrandt Memorial Award 29 entries
Judge: Rebecca Cutchall, Carlisle, PA
1st Prize: Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA “Another Face”
2nd Prize: Lee Pelham Cotton. Locust Hill, VA “Arrival Of The Muse”
1st HM: Lynn Fetterolf, York, PA “What Is A Book?”
2nd HM: Susanna Roma, Birdsboro, PA “Mixed Media”
3rd HM: Marilyn Downing, Hershey, PA “Listening To The Petroglyphs”
1st Citation: Ray Fulmer, Quakertown, PA “Where Are You When I Need You,
Dylan Thomnas, Or Oh My God, I’ve Overdosed On T.S. Eliot!”
2nd Citation: Sarah Gipson, North Little Rock, AR “An American Artist”
3rd Citation: Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR “Still Life: Apples and
Grapes...”
Category #14 Andy Fetterolf Memorial Award 24 entries
Judge: Ann Cook, Carlisle, PA
1st Prize: Marie-Louse Meyers, Oxford, PA “Anointed Task”
2nd Prize: Marilyn Downing, Hershey, PA “Riches Beyond Measure”
1st HM: Lucille Morgan Wilson, DesMoines, IA “The Hawk Of Heaven”
2nd HM: Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR “As Part Of The Order”
3rd HM: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL “Drum Circle”
1st Citation: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “At Day’s End”
2nd Citation: Glenna Glee, Anderson, IN “Too Close To Reality”
3rd Citation: Susanna Roma, Birdsboro, PA “Blessed Assurance”
Category #15 Blanche Whiting Keysner
Memorial Award 28 entries
Judge: Margot Schlipp, New Haven, CT
1st Prize: Loretta Diane Walker, Odessa, TX “Shrine Of Hormones”
2nd Prize: Susanna Roma, Birdsboro, PA “Lonely Quest”
1st HM: Shirley S. Stevens, Pittsburgh, PA “Stealing Your Shadow”
2nd HM: Lucille Morgan Wilson, DesMoines, IA “My Favorite Things”
3rd H.M: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “Words Not Spoken”
1st Citation: Richard T. Lake, New Cumberland, PA “What Is A Man To Do?”
2nd Citation: Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA ”Young Love”
3rd Citation: Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA “Love 101”
Category #16 Lotus Knowlton Roberts Memorial Award 24 entries
Judge: Mary Joyce Love, Dover, PA
1st Prize: Dalene Stull, Danville, OH “Constant Change”
2nd Prize: Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR “A Teacher’s Gift”
1st HM: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL “Fickle”
2nd HM: Richard T. Lake, New Cumberland, PA “Best Friends”
3rd HM: Inge Logenburg Kyler, Eaton Rapids, MI “Last Shades Of Summer”
1st Citation: Glenna Glee, Anderson, IN “Love”
2nd Citation: Lynn Fetterolf, York, PA “Busy Life? Get A Wife!”
3rd Citation: Mary Mullen, Reading, MA “When The Deaf Man Died”