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WINNERS OF 2011 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,
2012, postmark for their deadline. Note contests 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12,
13,
19, 21, 25, 31, 32, 34, 36, 40, 42, 46, 48 and 49 are open to members of NFSPS only. Click here for complete contest rules
Current Contest Information
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 Prize winners in
Contest 1-NFSPS Founders Award: Kaye Bache-Snyder, Helen Keith Beaman,
Elaine Christensen, Shirley Elliott Cosby, Charmaine Pappas Donovan, Ida Fasel, Diane Glancy,
Harriet Stoval Kelley, Margo LaGattuta, Anne McCradyl, Polly Opsahl,
Marion Brimm Rewey, N. Colwell Snell, Clarence P. Socwell, Pat Stodghill, Pat Underwood,
Pat Underwood, and Jeanne Wagner.
1st
Prize: $500, 2nd Prize: $300, 3rd Prize: $200.
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. DONALD R. STODGHILL MEMORIAL AWARD (Members Only)
To honor the memory of Don Stodghill, who served as President of the
Poetry Society of Texas and Legal Advisor of NFSPS. Any subject. Any form.
40 line limit. Sponsored by Pat Stodghill.
1st prize: $200, 2nd prize: $100, 3rd Prize: $50.
*5. GEORGIA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (Members Only)
Theme: The American South--historical events, cultural aspects, landscapes,
weather, etc. Any traditional Rhymed and Metered form (state form on entry).10
to 75 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: $100, 2nd Prize: $60, 3rd Prize: $40.
*7.
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.
8. 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.
*9. ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (Members Only)
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.
*10. CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (Members Only)
A poem written in response to viewing a painting, photograph, sculpture,
drawing or any other piece of visual art. Any form. 50 line limit. Sponsored
by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $75 2nd Prize: $50 3rd Prize $25
11.
LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA POETS AWARD
Any subject. Form: Free Verse. 45 line limit. Sponsored by the League of
Minnesota Poets
1st Prize: $60, 2nd
Prize: $40, 3rd Prize: $30.
*12.
TWO LADIES FROM TEXAS AWARD (Members Only)
Subject: Domestic Cats - their endearing
habits, intelligence, loyalty, beauty, etc. ( no reference to cruelty or
abuse) Form: Any. 40 line limit. Sponsored by Nancy Baass and Mildred
Vorpahl Baass.
1st Prize: $60, 2nd
Prize: $40, 3rd Prize: $20.
*13. MAX C. & BEVERLY KEITH GOLIGHTLY MEMORIAL AWARD (Members Only)
Max C. Golightly served as President of NFSPS and Utah State Poetry
Society. Beverly Keith Golightly was the epitome of art. They were both
poets. Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit.
Sponsored by Mary Keith Boyack, Helen Keith Beaman and Karen Keith Gibson.
1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
14. INDIANA STATE FEDERATION OF POETRY CLUBS
Any subject. Any Rhymed form. 42 line limit. Sponsored by the Indiana
Federation of Poetry Clubs. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd
Prize: $20.
15. ARIZONA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Sunset. Any form. 41 line limit. Sponsored by the Arizona
State Poetry Society
1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize:
$30, 3rd Prize: $20.
16. WILLIAM STAFFORD MEMORIAL AWARD
In memory of William Stafford, Oregon's last Poet Laureate and twice
Honorary Chancellor of NFSPS. Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit.
Sponsored by the Oregon State Poetry Association and the friends of William
Stafford
1st Prize: $50, 2nd
Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
17. NEVADA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Any subject. Form: Cinquain sequence. 30 line limit. Sponsored by the
Nevada Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20
18. 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.
*19. COLUMBINE POETS OF COLORADO AWARD (Members Only)
Subject: Snow. Any form. 28 line limit. Sponsored by the Columbine
Poets of Colorado.
1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
20. 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.
*21. POETS ROUNDTABLE OF ARKANSAS AWARD (Members Only)
Any subject. Any form. 40 line
limit. Sponsored by the Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas.
1st Prize: $50,
2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.
22. 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.
23. LOUISIANA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Let the Good Times Roll. Any form. 40 lines or less.
Sponsored by Pat Sipes Juelg, LSPS Past President.
1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize $15.
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 (*Members Only)
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. Minute Award
A Minute, created by Verna Lee Hinegardner, 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 Sharon Martin Turner.
1st Prize: $35, 2nd Prize: $25,
3rd Prize: $15.
28. JESSE STUART MEMORIAL AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Kentucky State
Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20,
3rd Prize: $15.
29. MISSOURI STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Games. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored
by the Missouri State Poetry Society. 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. 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.
*32. POETRY SOCIETY OF OKLAHOMA AWARD (Members Only)
In honorof PSO Centenarian, Maxine Austin. Theme: To Life!. Any Form. 24 line
limit Sponsored by the Poetry
Society of Oklahoma.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
33.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.
*34. BEN LOMOND POETS AWARD (Members Only)
Subject: Mountains. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Ben Lomond
Poets, a chapter of Utah State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
35. 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.
*36. POETRY SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE AWARD (Members Only) In
memory of Dr. Malra Treece. A Narrative poem on any humerous theme. 40 line
limit. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Tennessee.
1st
Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
37. 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.
38. LIGHTEN YOUR LIFE AWARD
In memory of Wanda Blaisdell. Any humorous subject. Any
rhyming form, up to 12 lines. Sponsored by the Dixie Chapter of the Utah
State Poetry Socieity.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
39. 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.
*40.
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.
41. WYOPOETS AWARD
Subject: Wildlife. Any form. 50 line limit. Sponsored
by the Wyopoets of Wyoming. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize:
$15.
*42. NEBRASKA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: When trouble came to visit. Any form. 30 line
limit. Sponsored by the Nebraska State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.
43. 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.
44. ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Theme: Melting Pot. Any form. Between 40 - 60 lines. Sponsored
by the Illinois State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20,
3rd Prize: $15.
45. GINGERBREAD POETS AWARD
Subject: Music or a Musician(s). Any form. 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.
*46. SAN ANTONIO POETS ASSOCIATION AWARD (Members Only)
Subject: Circles or Rings. Any form. 32
line limit. Sponsored by Valerie Martin Bailey on behalf of the San
Antonio Poets Association, a chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas to honor
SAPA's 33 years of stimulating, cultivating and perpetuating the art of
poetry writing and its appreciation.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
47. MAINE POETS SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: The Sea or Seacoast. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by
the Maine poets Society.
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize:
$15.
*48. MIRIAM S. STRAUSS MEMORIAL AWARD (Members Only)
An Acrostic poen - first letter of each line must be capitalized and
must spell out a word or phrase that relates to the chosen subject of the
poem. 20 - 30 lines. Sponsored by Russell H. Strauss
1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
*49. JOSEPH V. HICKEY MEMORIAL AWARD (Members Only)
Subject: Bridges, the real or metaphorical. Any form. 40 line limit.
Sponsored by his wife, Madelyn Eastlund.
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
Nancy Baass.
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 and placed on exhibition, 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;
- 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 2013). 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. (initials
sufficient) 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 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 21, 25, 31, 32, 34,
36, 40, 42, 46,
48, or 49 (those marked with an asterisk, * and Members Only).
- Members may enter up to 10 contests for $1.00 per poem or $10.00 total
for entries in more than 10 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. (NFSPS Founders Award only)
- 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, 2012:
- Contest deadline: entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2012.
- Members Only eligible if a paid-up member of a state society, listed
in alphabetical membership roll mailed by a state society along with NFSPS
dues to:
Lucille Morgan Wilson, NFSPS Treasurer
2325 61st Street
Des Moines, IA 50322
by January 15, 2012 and updated as required by the Contest deadline.
(E-Mail: lucille_e_wilson@hotmail.com)
- 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:
Paul Ford, Strophes Co-Editor
10239 Hickory Point Drive
Sandy, UT 84092
11. How to submit poems:
- Send two clear copies of the poem, typed, photocopied, or
computer-generated, on 8-1/2 inch x 11 inch white paper (no onionskin or tissue)
in black ink, single-spaced. If poem is over 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 (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
or any form of delivery NOT requiring a signature upon receipt to the Contest Chairman.
Mail entries to:
Mikki Pennington
NFSPS Contest Chairman
P. O. Box 7842
Moore, OK 73153
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 2011 CONTESTS
Contest: 1. NFSPS Founders Award [to honor Mary B. Wall]
($1500, $500, $250) 440 entries
Judge: Judith Roche, Seattle, WA
1st George Handy, Asheville, NC ~Last Letter From Grandfather
2nd Barbara J. Kalm, Solon, IA ~ Harvest A Trilogy
3rd Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT ~ Hoffman Knows
1 HM Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London On, Canada
2 HM Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
3 HM Susan Summer, Kutztown, PA
4 HM Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX
5 HM Stephanie Andrews, Melbourne Beach, FL
6 HM Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT
7 HM Carol Willette Bachofner, Rockland, ME
Contest: 2. Winners Circle Award
($500, $375, $260) 278 entries
Judge: Alan Birkelbach, Plano, TX
1st Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT ~ Ordinary Time
2nd Chuck Salmons, Canal Winchester, OH ~ Horology 101
3rd Jane Pettibone Homan, Littleton, CO ~ Three Wishes
1 HM Nancy Ryan, East Greenwich, RI
2 HM Catherine Katey Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK
3 HM Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT
4 HM Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO
5 HM Lois Muehl, Iowa City, IA
6 HM Andrea L. Watson, Taos, NM
7 HM Carolyn Walker, Clarkston, MI
Contest: 3. Almeda Boulton Memorial Award
($500, $300, $200) 300 entries
Judge: Jeremy Downes, Auburn, AL
1st Andrew David King, Haywood, CA ~ Elegy
2nd Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT ~ Earthbound
3rd Margo LaGattuta, Rochester, MI ~ The Way Things Are
1 HM Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
2 HM Jay D. Schroder, Talent, OR , Talent, OR
3 HM Melody Jane Moore, New Britain, CT
4 HM John McBride, Bettendorf, IA
5 HM Robert LaFleur, Ponsford, MN
6 HM Lucas Jacob, Fort Worth, TX
7 HM Betty Prisendorf, Merritt Island, FL
Contest: *4. Donald R. Stodghill Memorial Award
($200, $100, $50) 230 entries
Judge: N. Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT
1st Dr. Alvin M. Laster, Southbury, CT ~ Regeneration...on the
beach
2nd Barbara J. Funke, St. George, UT ~ Ode to the Eraser
3rd Kathryn E. Clement, Mesa, AZ ~ Sarys Letter
1 HM Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX
2 HM Ron Self, Columbus, GA
3 HM Jay Schroder, Talent, OR
4 HM T. L. Hensel, Alpharetta, GA
5 HM Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR
6 HM Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden, UT
7 HM Wilda Morris, Bolingbrook, IL
Contest: *5. GEORGIA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($150, $75, $25) 79 entries
Judge: Vivian Ramsey Stewart, Oklahoma City, OK
1st Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL ~ Green Grass of Happiness
2nd Russell Strauss, Memphis, TN ~ The Ghosts of Vicksburg
3rd Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT ~ My Cherokee Grandmother
1 HM Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY
2 HM Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT
3 HM Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX
4 HM Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR
5 HM LaVerna B. Johnson, St. George, UT
6 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA
7 HM Valerie Martin Bailey, San Antonio, TX
Contest: *6. POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS AWARD
($100, $60, $40) 222 entries
Judge: Sandra Soli, Edmond, OK
1st Jeremy M. Downes, Auburn, AL ~ Last Battles
2nd Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT ~ Burn
3rd Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL ~ An Invitation from the
Moon
1 HM Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
2 HM Russell Strauss, Memphis, TN
3 HM Donna Pucciani, Wheaton, IL
4 HM Lisa M. Salinas, Spring, TX
5 HM Jay Chollick, Jamaica, NY
6 HM N. Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT
7 HM Debbi Miller Gutierrez, Belen, NM
Contest: *7. UTAH STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($100, $60, $40) 196 entries
Judge: Valerie Bailey, San Antonio, TX
1st Dian S. Barnett, Marietta, GA ~ Guardians of the Flame
2nd Charmaine Pappas Donovan, Brainerd, MN ~ Missing The
Connection
3rd Julie Nelson, Orem, UT ~ Lest We Forget
1 HM Betty Leake, West Chester, OH
2 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN
3 HM Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
4 HM Mary A. Couch, Noblesville, IN
5 HM B.J. Alligood, Port Orange, FL
6 HM Candy Lish Fowler, St. George, FL
7 HM Ron Self, Columbus, GA
Contest: 8. FLORIDA STATE POETS ASSOCIATION, INC.
AWARD
($100, $50, $25) 159 entries
Judge: John Rezmerski, Mankato MN
1st Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT ~ Sarah Cunningham
2nd Eric H. Read, Brigham City, UT ~ Arthur Thompson
3rd Janice Canerdy, Potts Camp, MS ~ Felix Seeley
1 HM Janice Freytag, Souderton, PA
2 HM Claire van Breemen Downes, St. Cloud, MN
3 HM Dian S. Barnett, Marietta, GA
4 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA
5 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN
6 HM Juanita B. Watts, Layton, UT
7 HM Tommy Little, Pearl, MS
Contest: *9. ALABAMA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($75, $50, $25) 140 entries
Judge: Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX
1st Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT ~ Confession of a Firstborn
Girl, a Virgo, with a Red Personality and Mormon Parents
2nd Jeanne Couvillon-Powell, Spring, TX ~ A Happening In
Spring
3rd Janet S. Henderson, Windsor, CT ~ Lifeless
1 HM Mary Willette Hughes, Waite Park, MN
2 HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS
3 HM Karen Gibson, Provo, TX
4 HM Glenn Pruden, Draper, UT
5 HM Mary Cimarolli, Richardson, TX
6 HM J.C. Reilly, Atlanta, GA
7 HM Juanita B. Watts, Layton, UT
Contest: *10. CONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($75, $50, $25) 204 entries
Judge: Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL
1st Lisa M. Salinas, Spring, TX ~ A Lesson in Trust at the
Feet of Millet
2nd Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL ~ Life in an Apron
3rd Karen Gibson, Provo, TX ~ What We Hunger For
1 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
2 HM Vera Ogden Bakker, W. Bountiful, UT
3 HM Geraldine C. Felt, Layton, UT
4 HM Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT
5 HM Lee Barry Priete, Citrus Springs, FL
6 HM David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ
7 HM Russell Strauss, Memphis, TN
Contest: *11. MAX AND BEVERLY KEITH GOLIGHTLY
MEMORIAL AWARD
($75, $50, $25) 202 entries
Judge: Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
1st Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT ~Dancing
Fingers--- Fossil, Wyoming
2nd Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT ~ If The Moon Can Float
3rd Mary Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR ~What I Wish I'd Said to the Cop Who Pulled Me Over for Speeding on a Highway Somewhere in
Central Kentucky
1 HM Rose Ann Spaith, Columbus, OH
2 HM Anita M. Krotz, Salt Lake City, UT
3 HM Doann Houghton-Alico, Nathrop, CO
4 HM Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX
5 HM Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL
6 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX
7 HM Margo LaGattuta, Rochester, MI
Contest: 12. LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA POETS AWARD
($60, $40, $30) 238 entries
Judge: Kathryn E. Clement, Mesa, AZ
1st Barbara J. Funke, St. George, UT ~ Mother's Dictionary
2nd Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT ~ If Picasso Had Come To
Church
3rd Merrijane Rice, Kaysville, UT ~ Paper Boats
1 HM Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT
2 HM Janet S. Henderson, Windsor, CT
3 HM Crystie Cook, Sandy, UT
4 HM Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT
5 HM Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London On, Canada
6 HM Susan Maxwell Campbell, Mansfield, TX
7 HM Martha P. Morrise, Roy, UT
Contest: *13. TWO LADIES FROM TEXAS
($60, $40, $20) 133 entries
Judge: Dana Sonnenschein, Bethany, CT
1st Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence, SD ~ Gimmel the Dreidle
Cat
2nd Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT ~ Poetry for Two
3rd Gail Teachworth, Crystal River, FL ~ Warmed Toes
1 HM Loretta D. Walker, Odessa, TX
2 HM Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
3 HM Vera Bakker, W. Bountiful, UT
4 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
5 HM Janice Hornburg, Johnson City, TN
6 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA
7 HM Marilyn Stacy, Dallas, TX
Contest: 14. JESSE STUART MEMORIAL AWARD
($60, $30, $20) 211 entries
Judge: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
1st Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR ~ Meeting My Adult Child
2nd Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT ~ Thirst for Light
3rd Aaron E. Holst, Sheridan, WY ~ Recipe for Dragonfly
Chicken
1 HM Juanita Mays, Milford, OH
2 HM Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT
3 HM Valerie Martin Bailey, San Antonio, TX
4 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN
5 HM Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT
6 HM Audrey Cooke, Daytona Beach, FL
7 HM Ray Reeder, Albuquerque, NM
Contest: 15. INDIANA STATE FEDERATION OF POETRY
CLUBS AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 216 entries
Judge: Margo LaGattuta, Rochester Hill, MI
1st Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO ~ Practice
Makes
2nd Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX ~ What Is Here, What
Was There (Circa 1943)
3rd Rose Ann Spaith, Columbus, OH ~ Laughing At Gilded
Butterflies
1 HM Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London On, Canada
2 HM Viktor Tichy, Fairfield, IA
3 HM James F. Ahearn, Rochester, MI
4 HM Betty Ann Whitney, Wesley Chapel, FL
5 HM Pat Jordan, Pearl, MS
6 HM LaVerna B. Johnson, St. George, UT
7 HM Beryle Williams, Estes Park, CO
Contest: 16. ARIZONA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 197 entries
Polly Upsahl, 270 Brewster Rd., Rochester Hills, MI 48609-1507
1st Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX ~ You Ask How Old Am
I...
2nd Margo LaGattuta, Rochester Hill, MI ~ The Art of Seeing
3rd Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT ~ I Refuse to
Participate in Any More Mondays
1 HM Ron Burt, Athens, TX
2 HM Alison Chisholm, Merseyside, England
3 HM Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA
4 HM Dian S. Barnett, Marietta, GA
5 HM John Calvin Rezmerski, Mankato, MN
6 HM Pat Durmon, Norfork, AR
7 HM T.L. Hensel, Alpharetta, GA
Contest: 17. WILLIAM STAFFORD MEMORIAL AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 215 entries
Judge: Cathy Moran, Little Rock, AR
1st Loretta Diane Walker, Odessa, TX ~ Renegotiation
2nd Anthony Fusco, West Haven, CT ~ An Artist's Portrait
3rd Barbara J. Funke, St. George, UT ~ Ambush
1 HM Anita M. Krotz, Salt Lake City, UT
2 HM Ron Self, Columbus, GA
3 HM Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT
4 HM Viktor Tichy, Fairfield, IA
5 HM Jeremy M. Downes
6 HM Kathryn E. Clement
7 HM Lynne Benson, Taylorsville, UT
Contest: 18.NEVADA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 111 entries
Judge: Meredith R. Cook, Blue Earth, MN
1st Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX ~ Uneasy In The Dark
2nd Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL ~ On the Edge of the Marsh
3rd Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR ~ Southern Woods
1 HM Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
2 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
3 HM Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA
4 HM Alison Chisholm
5 HM Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden, UT
6 HM Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT
7 HM Cecil Tresslar, Indianapolis, IN
Contest: 19. NEW YORK POETRY FORUM AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 119 entries
Judge: Christine Beck, W. Hartford, CT
1st Arnold Perrin, Union, ME ~ The Wizard's Guide to Writing a
Poem
2nd Donna Pucciani, Wheaton, IL ~ Losing the Words
3rd Dennis Patton, Alexander, AR ~ How I Find the Words
1 HM Edith L. Baker, Bountiful, UT
2 HM Ron Self
3 HM Karla von Ammon Weeks, Tuscon, AZ
4 HM Susan Maxwell Campbell, Mansfield, TX
5 HM Pat King, Albia, IA
6 HM Michael Bourgo, Cedar Rapids, IA
7 HM Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL
Contest: *20. COLUMBINE POETS OF COLORADO AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 187 entries
Judge: Nancy Baass, Victoria, TX
1st Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX ~ Private Brown
2nd Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL ~ Dogwood Time
3rd Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX ~ Surviving Bataan
1 HM Vera Bakker, W. Bountiful, UT
2 HM Robert L. Lynn, Duluth, GA
3 HM Glenn Pruden, Draper, UT
4 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
5 HM Jean A. Hanfelt, Salida, CO
6 HM Robert V. Davis, Ogden, UT
7 HM Tommy Little, Pearl, MS
Contest: 21. MORTON D. PROUTY & ELSIE S. PROUTY
MEMORIAL AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 261 entries
Judge: Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL
1st Beryle Williams ~ For The Man Who Hates Rocks
2nd Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA ~ Autumn in the Adirondacks
3rd Arthur G. Elser, Denver, CO ~ Two Weeks After the Vernal
Equinox
1 HM Judy Davies, Gautier, MS
2 HM Sheila Tingley Moore, San Antonio, TX
3 HM Kathryn E. Clement, Mesa, AZ
4 HM James F. Ahearn, Rochester, MI
5 HM Jeanne Losey, Shelbyville, IN
6 HM Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
7 HM Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX
Contest: 22. POETS ROUNDTABLE OF ARKANSAS AWARD
($50, $30, $20) 227 entries
Judge: Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR
1st Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN ~ Little
Nighthawk Speaks
2nd Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT ~ Driving Down From Shiprock, New
Mexico
3rd Jim Barton, Huttig, AR ~ The Mooncalf
1 HM John Calvin Rezmenrski
2 HM Mary Willette Hughes
3 HM Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT
4 HM James F. Ahearn, Rochester, MI
5 HM Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT
6 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA
7 HM Evelyn Corry Applebee, Henderson, TX
Contest: 23. CSPS JAMES E. MacWHINNEY MEMORIAL AWARD
(50, $30, $20) 90 entries
Judge: Budd Powell Mahan, DALLAS, TX
1st Barbara J. Funke, St. George, UT ~ More Than a Half-life*
Ago
2nd Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT ~ Night in Monterey
3rd Claudia Van Gerven, Boulder, CO ~ A Rose Is a Rose
1 HM Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL
2 HM Edith L. Baker, Bountiful, UT
3 HM Lois Sargent, Salem, MA
4 HM Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL
5 HM Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
6 HM David Hedges, West Linn, OR
7 HM Glenna Glee, Anderson, IN
Contest: 24. OHIO AWARD
($50, $25, $15) 221 entries
Judge: M. Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR
1st Robert LaFleur, Ponsford, MN ~ Inside Another China of My
Mind
2nd Janice Freytag, Souderton, PA ~ Hansel and Gretel
3rd Betty Leake, West Chester, OH ~ Sleeping Dogs
1 HM Stephanie Andrews, Melbourne Beach, FL
2 HM Sister Rafael Tilton, Rochester, MN
3 HM Annie Neugebauer, Denton, TX
4 HM Trina Lee, Oklahoma City, OK
5 HM Jo Barbara Taylor, Raleigh, NC
6 HM Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT
7 HM Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL
Contest: *25. HUMOROUS POETRY AWARD
($35, $25, $15) 156 entries
Judge: Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN
1st Susan Whitley Peters, Lenexa, KS ~ Emergency Poems
2nd Tommy Little, Pearl, MS ~ Stopping By E-Z Serve on a
Sultry Evening
3rd David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ ~ Time Conversion
1 HM LaVerna B. Johnson, St. George, UT
2 HM Susan Randall, Orem, UT
3 HM Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
4 HM Alexandra Moss Zannis, Fort Wayne, IN
5 HM Marianne McNeil Logan, Amarillo, TX
6 HM Lynda La Rocca, Twin Lakes, CO
7 HM Martha P. Morrise, Roy, UT
Contest: 26. OUR AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE AWARD
($35, $25, $15) 132 entries
Judge: Diane Glancy, Prairie Village, KS
1st Mary Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR ~ Wacipi
2nd Colette Tennant, Salem, OR ~ Due North
3rd Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL ~ Searching Souls
1 HM John Calvin Rezmerski, Mankato, MN
2 HM Anthony Fusco
3 HM Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT
4 HM Susan I. Paquet, Corrales, New Mexico
5 HM Joshua Conklin, Oxford, CT
6 HM Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT
7 HM Geraldine R. Pratt, Murray, UT
Contest: 27. Minute Award
($35, $25, $15) 113 entries
Judge: Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
1st Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR ~ The Shroud of Turin
2nd Vera Bakker, W. Bountiful, UT ~ Desert Evening
3rd Jim Barton, Huttig, AR ~ I Have the Audience Eating Out of My
Hand
1 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
2 HM Alice King Greenwood, Odessa, TX
3 HM Catherine L’Herisson, Garland, TX
4 HM Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX
5 HM Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY
6 HM J. Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX
7 HM Charmaine Pappas Donovan, Brainerd, MN
Contest: 28. MISSOURI STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 114 entries
Judge: Cathy Tenzo, Seattle, WA
1st Pat Underwood, Colfax, IA ~ Rain
2nd Edith L. Baker, Bountiful, UT ~ New Christmas Toy
3rd Claire van Breeman Downes, St. Cloud, MN ~ Top Spinning
Through Dry Leaves
1 HM JoAnne Bauer, Hartford, CT
2 HM Beverly Cook, Sandy, UT
3 HM Charlotte Abernathy, Ashland, OR
4 HM Joanne Faries, Bedford, TX
5 HM Janet S. Henderson, Windsor, CT
6 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
7 HM Vera Bakker, W. Bountiful, UT
Contest: 29. LOUISIANA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 137 entries
Judge: Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City, UT
1st Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX ~ Without Bells
2nd Shirley Ensrud, Blue Earth, MN ~ To A Fisherman Soon To Marry
3rd Julie Nelson, Oren, UT ~ Just the Wok, Please
1 HM Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden, UT
2 HM Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT
3 HM Anita M. Krotz, Salt Lake City, UT
4 HM Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY
5 HM Margaret Gleave, Southport UK
6 HM Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX
7 HM Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR
Contest: 30. BARBARA STEVENS MEMORIAL AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 250 entries
Judge: Phil Billings, Annville, PA
1st Janice Freytag, Souderton, PA ~ The Lie I Do Not Tell
2nd Wilda Morris, Bolingbrook, IL ~ To Junior
3rd Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL ~ Fingerprints
1 HM Karen Bradberry, Albuquerque, NM
2 HM Shirley Balance Blackwell, Los Lunas, NM
3 HM Molly Saty, Peoria, AZ
4 HM Glenn Pruden, Draper, UT
5 HM Sally M. Ortiz, Denver, CO
6 HM Betty Leake, West Chester, OH
7 HM Kaye Bache-Snyder, Longmont, CO
Contest: *31. DORMAN JOHN GRACE MEMORIAL AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 146 entries
Judge: Dena Gorrell, Edmond, OK
1st Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR ~ Snake-skin Boots
2nd Valerie Martin Bailey, San Antonio, TX ~ Blind Trust
3rd Barbara J. Funke, St. George, UT ~ Fishing Expedition
1 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX
2 HM Marilyn Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT
3 HM Grace Diane Jessen, Glenwood, UT
4 HM Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT
5 HM Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL
6 HM Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
7 HM Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX
Contest: *32. POETRY SOCIETY OF OKLAHOMA AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 205 entries
Judge: David Hedges, West Linn, OR
1st John Calvin Rezmerski, Mankato, MN ~ Primavera
2nd Rose Ann Spaith, Columbus, OH ~ Spring: Magnificent in Second
Place
3rd Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN ~ Spring Cleaning
1 HM Juanita B. Watts, Layton, UT
2 HM Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City, UT
3 HM Susan T. Moss, Evanston, IL
4 HM Sister Rafael Tilton, Rochester, MN
5 HM Valerie Martin Bailey, San Antonio, TX
6 HM Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL
7 HM Claire van Breeman Downes, St. Cloud, MN
Contest: 33.SAVE OUR EARTH AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 141 entries
Judge: Shaun Koont, NEW YORK, NY
1st Beverly Cook, Sandy, UT ~ The River's Edge
2nd Shirley Balance Blackwell, Los Lunas, NM ~ Legacy
3rd Chuck Salmons, Canal Winchester, OH~ Malabar Pond
1 HM Donna Pucciani, Wheaton, IL
2 HM LaVerna B. Johnson, St. George, UT
3 HM Margaret Gleave, Southport UK
4 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
5 HM Carol Willette Bachofner, Rockland, ME
6 HM Mary A. Couch, Noblesville, IN
Contest: *34. BEN LOMOND POETS AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 128 entries
Judge: Carolyn Walker, Clarkston, MI
1st Margo LaGattuta, Rochester Hill, MI ~ Holding The World
2nd Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA ~ A Lover's View from Upper Deck
3rd Tommy Little, Pearl, MS ~ Norwegian Cliffs
1 HM Elaine Christensen, Sandy, UT
2 HM Pat Jordan, Pearl, MS
3 HM Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL
4 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
5 HM Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London On, Canada
6 HM Chandra Bales, Albuquerque, NM
7 HM Joseph Shaffer, Yuma, AZ
Contest: 35. MASSACHUSETTS STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 197 entries
Judge: John Ottley, Alpharetta GA
1st Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL ~ Kyrielle to My Husband
2nd Jeanine Edwards Mah, Memphis, TN ~ Eden All Over Again
3rd Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence, SD ~ Greetings to an
Uzbekistan Torturer
1 HM Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT
2 HM Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
3 HM Jacqueline Williams, Mesa, AZ
4 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
5 HM Donna Pucciani, Wheaton, IL
6 HM Emma Cottrell, Duluth, GA
7 HM Marie C. Tollstrup, St.George, UT
Contest: *36. POETRY SOCIETY OF TENNESSEE AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 86 entries
Judge: Amy Jo Zook, Mechanicsburg, OH
1st Margo LaGattuta, Rochester Hill, MI ~ A Twist of a Dream
2nd Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL ~ Harriet Travels Alone
3rd Frances Cowden, Cordova, TN ~ Pantoum from a Broken Moon
1 HM Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
2 HM Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence, SD
3 HM Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
4 HM Melody Jane Moore, New Britain, CT
5 HM T.L. Hensel, Alpharetta, GA
6 HM Edith L. Baker, Bountiful, UT
7 HM Wilda Morris, Bolingbrook, IL
Contest:
37. POETRY SOCIETY
OF MICHIGAN AWARD
($25,
$20, $15) 184 entries
Judge: Robert Frederickson, West Valley City, UT
1st Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX ~ Mama
2nd Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL ~ Such Mourning Songs
3rd Marilyn Stacy, Dallas, TX ~ Fear of Flying
1 HM Grace Diane Jessen, Glenwood, UT
2 HM Jacqueline Williams, Mesa, AZ
3 HM Hilda F. Wales, Albuquerque, NM
4 HM Catherine L’Herisson, Garland, Tx
5 HM David Hedges, West Linn, OR
6 HM John Calvin Rezmerski, Mankato, MN
7 HM Stephanie Andrews, Melbourne Beach, FL
Contest: 38. LIGHTEN YOUR LIFE AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 156 entries
Judge: Ann Carolyn Cates, Southhaven, MS
1st Catherine L'Herisson, Garland, TX ~ Plant Sale
2nd Dian S. Barnett, Marietta, GA ~ The Postman Seldom Rings Twice
3rd Martha P. Morrise, Roy, UT ~ Hunger Pangs
1 HM Dena R. Gorrell, Edmond, OK
2 HM Marilyn Norton, Hot Springs, AR
3 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
4 HM Brenda Brown Finnegan, Ocean Springs, MS
5 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA
6 HM Marilyn Stacy, Dallas, TX
7 HM Mark Hudson, Evanston, IL
Contest: 39. IOWA POETRY ASSOCIATION AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 161 entries
Judge: Mildred Baass, Victoria, TX
1st Diane Dee Bowlin, Oklahoma City, OK ~ The Easter Egg Hunt
2nd Lee Barry Priete, Citrus Springs, FL ~ Bright New Shoes
3rd Esther Towns, Selma, IN ~ Smart Dog
1 HM Ray Reeder, Albuquerque, NM
2 HM Jane Logan, Sparks, NV
3 HM Shirley Ensrud, Blue Earth, MN
4 HM Joseph L. Whitten, Odenville, AL
5 HM Mike Corum, Pella, IA
6 HM Lori Shannon, Manning, IA
7 HM Marilyn Kratz, Yanktown, SD
Contest: *40. NEW JERSEY POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 170 entries
Judge: Naomi Stroud Simmers, Fort Worth, TX
1st Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN ~ Yoked
2nd Barbara Lewie Berry, Mansfield, TX ~ Prayer For Katherine
3rd Marilyn K. Smith, Fair Grove, MO ~ They Got It In The End
1 HM Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX
2 HM Barbara Green Powell, Beaumont, TX
3 HM LaVerna B. Johnson, St. George, UT
4 HM Dena R. Gorrell, Edmond, OK
5 HM James F. Ahearn, Rochester, MI
6 HM Molly Saty, Peoria, AZ
7 HM Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London On, Canada
Contest: *41. WYOPOETS AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 153 entries
Judge: Elaine Ipson, Stansbury Park, UT
1st Valerie Martin Bailey, San Antonio, TX ~ Raccoons Ate My Roof
2nd Edith L. Baker, Bountiful, UT ~ Dust to Dust – Spain's
Andalusian Vultures
3rd Marilyn Stacy, Dallas, TX ~ Some Things Can't be Explained
1 HM Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City, UT
2 HM Marilyn Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT
3 HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS
4 HM Sarah Hull Gurley, Germantown, TN
5 HM Richard Lake, New Cumberland, PA
6 HM Barbara Kalm, Solon, IA
7 HM Don Shook, Fort Worth, TX
Contest: *42. NEBRASKA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 164 entries
Judge: Mary Warner, Harrisburg, PA
1st Joshua Conklin, Oxford, CT ~ Asphyxiation
2nd Shirley Balance Blackwell, Los Lunas, NM ~ Occupant
3rd Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX ~ Ungrounded Facts
1 HM Margo LaGattuta, Rochester Hill, MI
2 HM Melody Jane Moore, New Britain, CT
3 HM Caroline Johnson, Willow Springs, IL
4 HM Pauline Mounsey, Sun City West, AZ
5 HM Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence, SD
6 HM Grace Diane Jessen, Glenwood, UT
7 HM Arthur G. Elser, Denver, CO
Contest: 43. MISSISSIPPI POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 58 entries
Judge: Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA
1st Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX ~ Time, And Again
2nd Cecil Tresslar, Indianapolis, IN ~ Not at Peace with Snow
3rd Alice King Greenwood, Odessa, TX ~ Resilience
1 HM Ruth F. Harrison, Waldport, OR
2 HM Barbara J. Funke, St. George, UT
3 HM Susan Whitley Peters, Lenexa, KS
4 HM Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA
5 HM Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
6 HM Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
7 HM J. Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX
Contest: 44. ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 178 entries
Judge: Brian Woodham, Auburn, AL
1st Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL ~ A Bear of a Poem
2nd Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT ~ Hot Coffee to Keep You
Warm
3rd Elaine W. Christensen, Sandy, UT ~ I am Turning Sixty
1 HM LaVerna B. Johnson, St. George, UT
2 HM Alice E. Gross, Southbury, CT
3 HM Shirley Balance Blackwell, Los Lunas, NM
4 HM Pat King, Albia, IA
5 HM Donna Pucciani, Wheaton, IL
6 HM Darleen Butler, Fort Wayne, IN
7 HM Charmaine Pappas Donovan, Brainerd, MN
Contest: *45. GINGERBREAD POETS AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 176 entries
Judge: Maureen Lavender, Fayetteville, AR
1st Margaret Guthrie, Estes Park, CO ~ The Musicians
2nd Claire van Breemen Downes, St. Cloud, MN ~ High School
Orchestra
3rd Tommy Little, Pearl, MS ~ Dylan
1 HM Christine Beck, West Harford, CT
2 HM Elizabeth Lackmann, Albuquerque, NM
3 HM Emery L. Campbell, Lawrenceville, GA
4 HM Beth Staas, Westmont, IL
5 HM Shirley Ensrud, Blue Earth, MN
6 HM Valerie Martin Bailey, San Antonio, TX
7 HM Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT
Contest: *46. SAN ANTONIO POETS ASSOCIATION AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 119 entries
Judge: Colette Tenant, NW, Salem, OR
1st Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO ~ How Many Can You
Find
2nd Joyce Kohler, Midway, UT ~ Even Time
3rd Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX ~ Hurricanes and Vinyl LPs
1 HM John Calvin Rezmerski, Mankato, MN
2 HM Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR
3 HM Constance Chambers, Tolland, CT
4 HM Mary Cimarolli, Richardson, TX
5 HM Mary Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR
6 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA
7 HM Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL
Contest: 47. MAINE POETS SOCIETY AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 173 entries
Judge: Jory Mickelson, Moscow, ID
1st Janice Freytag, Souderton, PA ~ Easter Lilies
2nd Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX ~ Calving
3rd JoAnne Bauer, Hartford, CT ~ Sea Change
1 HM Charlotte Abernathy, Ashland, OR
2 HM Maurine Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT
3 HM Anthony Fusco, West Haven, CT
4 HM Annie Neugebauer, Denton, TX
5 HM Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR
6 HM Karen Gibson, Provo, TX
7 HM Mary Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR
Contest: *48. MIRIAM S. STRAUSS MEMORIAL AWARD
($25, $20. $15) 156 entries
Judge: Laurel Winter, Asheville, NC
1st Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO ~ Before we Can
Unlearn
2nd Andrea L. Watson, Taos, NM ~ Teaching the Tapestry
3rd Patricia Barnes, Grosse Ile, MI ~ Ten O'Clock Scholar
1 HM Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT
2 HM Michael Bourgo, Cedar Rapids, IA
3 HM Julie Nelson
4 HM Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL
5 HM Martha P. Morrisse
6 HM Susan Whitley Peters, Lenexa, KS
7 HM Donna Pucciani, Wheaton, IL
Contest: 49. TWO MAGGIES AND KATE AWARD
($25, $20, $15) 198 entries
Judge: April Line, Williamsport, PA
1st Mary Christine Delea, Oregon City, OR ~ The Stalker: Letter
#387
2nd Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA ~ Cheap Crystal
3rd John Calvin Rezmerski, Mankato, MN ~ Portrait of Disjunction
1 HM Polly Opsahl, Rochester Hills, MI
2 HM Loretta D.Walker, Odessa, TX
3 HM Robert L. Lynn, Duluth, GA
4 HM Viktor Tichy, Fairfield, IA
5 HM Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN
6 HM Meredith R. Cook, Blue Earth, MN
7 HM Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY
Contest: 50. STUDENT AWARD
($50, $30, $20, HMs: $5) 158 entriesJudge: Ann Copeland, Sayre, PA
1st Josephine Ada Just, Houston, TX ~ Eating the Sky
2nd Alex Stenzel, Cumming, IA ~ Broken
3rd Rowan Hinton, McKinney, TX ~ Firefly Hopes in a Wishing Well
Jar
1 HM Olivia Niles, Cresson, TX
2 HM Nicole Hunt, Bedford, TX
3 HM Nicole Clark, San Dimas, CA
4 HM Lila Cutter, Fairfield, IA
5 HM Meghana Vuyyuru, Plano, TX
6 HM BreeAnn Moerbe, Wolfforth, TX
7 HM Antony Jenkins, Wolfforth, TX
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