WINNERS OF THE 2007 CONTESTS:

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WINNERS OF 2007 CONTESTS

NFSPS Poetry Contests for 2008

2008 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, 2008, postmark for their deadline. Note contests 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 21, 23, 32, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 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 2008 contest brochure, send an SASE to
Madelyn Eastlund
310 S. Adams St.
Beverly Hills, FL 34465

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, Michael Baldwin, Susan Chambers, Mary Christine Delea, Ida Fasel, 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
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. 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: $75, 2nd Prize: $50, 3rd Prize: $25.

11. 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.

12. MUSIC AWARD
A sonnet expressing the spiritual impact of great music. Sponsored by Pearl Hand Cockrell. 1st Prize: $75, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.

*13. 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.

14. INDIANA STATE FEDERATION OF POETRY CLUBS AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 42 line limit. Sponsored by the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs, the Anderson Poetry Club, and anonymous donors. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $35, 3rd Prize: $25.

15. 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 form. Any subject. 40 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 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.

17. NEVADA POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
A poem in which one assumes the persona of and speaks as any person in the Old Testament of the Bible. Sponsored by the Nevada Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.

18. ALL POETS AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 75 line limit. Sponsored by Lakeshore Publishing. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $25, 3rd Prize: $15, 2 Honorable Mentions: $5 each.

19. 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.

20. 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.

*21. 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.

22. 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.

*23. COLUMBINE POETS OF COLORADO AWARD (Members Only)
Any subject. Any form. 28 line limit. Sponsored by the Columbine Poets of Colorado. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $30, 3rd Prize: $20.

24. 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.

25. OHIO AWARD
Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association. 1st Prize: $50, 2nd Prize: $25, 3rd Prize: $15.

26. HUMOROUS POETRY AWARD
Any subject. Form: Rhymed. 16 line limit. Sponsored by Colleen Stanley Bare. 1st Prize: $35, 2nd Prize: $25, 3rd Prize: $15.

27. 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.

28. MISSOURI STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Games. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Missouri State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $35, 2nd Prize: $25, 3rd Prize: $15.

29. LOUISIANA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD
Subject: Recovery. Any form. 40 lines or fewer. Sponsored by the Louisiana 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. kentucky state poetry society award
Any subject. Any form. 28 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
Subject:: A Road. Any form. 40 line limit. 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 AWARD (Members Only)
A spooky or scary poem. Must be in good taste. Any form. 40 line limit. 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. POETS ROUNDTABLE OF ARKANSAS AWARD (*Members Only)
Any subject. Any form. 40 line limit. Sponsored by the Poets Roundtable of Arkansas. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.

*43. 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.

44. 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.

*45. 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.

*46. NEBRASKA STATE POETRY SOCIETY AWARD (*Members Only)
Subject: Storms. Any form. 30 line limit. Sponsored by the Nebraska State Poetry Society. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.

47. 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 texte, 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 texte, with four original lines added in a rhyme scheme of one's own choosing, and closing with the same line from the texte. Sponsored by the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc. 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $20, 3rd Prize: $15.

48. 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.

*49. 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.

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.)

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);

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 2008). 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, 7, 8, 10, 13, 21, 23, 32, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 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)
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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, 2008:

Contest deadline: entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2008.

“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, 2008, 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 Madelyn Eastlund, Strophes Editor, 310 S. Adams Street, Beverly Hills, FL 34465.
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). Should be 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:

Theda Bassett
NFSPS Contest Chairman
30 W. Lester Avenue, #D-27
Salt Lake City, UT 84107

NFSPS, Inc. will not assume mailing costs and will not be responsible for any entries lost or delayed in the mail.

2007 NFSPS WINNERS:

NFSPS Founders Award [to honor Mary B. Wall] ($1500, $500, $250), 484

entries. Judge: Lewis Turco, P.O. Box 161, Dresden, ME 04342

1st Daniel Fernandez, , Brooklyn, NY, Classics Scholar in a Hospital

2nd Katherine Roppel, Louisville, KY, Stealing Beauty

3rd Polly Opsahl, Rochester, MI, The Night I was Conceived

1 HM Vivian R Stewart, Piedmont, OK

2 HM Helen S Jones, Fort worth, TX

3 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX

4 HM Marilyn Bushman-Carlton, Draper, UT

5 HM Bob Harston, Montague, MI

6 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA

7 HM David Hedges, West Linn, OR

2. Winners' Circle Award ($450, $320, $245), ), 287 entries, Judge: Donna

Salli, 407 Tyrol Drive, Brainerd MN 56401

1st Ginny Lowe Connors, West Hartford, CT, They Are Smaller Now

2nd Susan Norris, Andover, NH, To Eva in India

3rd Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX; Off the Coast of Sifnos

1 HM T L Hensel, Alpharetta, GA

2 HM Michael Strosahl, Elwood IN

3 HM Rynell Lewis, Provo, UT

4 HM Janet Henderson, Windsor, CT

5 HM Anne McClaughery, Santa Barbara, CA

6 HM Sherman Pearl, Santa Monica, CA

7 HM Claudine Harris, Iowa City, IA

3. Mothers & Daughters Award, ($160, $75, $50), 285 entries, Judge:

Kathleen Pederzani, 121 Grande Blvd., Sinking Spring, PA, 19608

1st Margo LaGattuta, Rochester, MN, Peace with Crows Winter

2nd Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN, Emerging

3rd Charmaine Pappas Donovan, Brainerd, MN, Rendered Peachless

1 HM Naomi Stroud Simmons, Fort Worth, TX

2 HM Maria Weber, Buena Vista, CO

3 HM Meredith R Cook, Blue Earth, MN

4 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA

5 HM Alexandrina Sergio, Glastonbury, CT

6 HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS,

7 HM Barbara J. Kalm, Solon, IA

4. Georgia Poetry Society Award ($150, $75,$25), 252 entries, Judge:

Debbie Parvin, P O Box 363, Fancy Gap, VA 24328

1st Russell H Strauss, Memphis, TN, Gumbo

2nd Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA Georgia

3rd Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT, Near the End of the War

1 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL

2 HM Steven Leitch, West Jordan, UT

3 HM, 4 HM, 5 HM, 6 HM, 7 HM - No awards given

5. Poetry Society of Texas Award ($125, $50, $25), 261 entries. Judge: Elaine

W. Christensen, 2568 E. Sego Lily Drive, Sandy, UT 84092

1st Amy L. Dengler, Gloucester, MA, Sanctuary

2nd Rynell Lewis, Provo, UT, Farm Road #1788

3rd Alvin T. Laster, Southbury, CT, Dear Theo . . .

1 HM Marilyn Bushman-Carlton, Draper, UT

2 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN

3 HM Rosalyn Ostler, Salt Lake City, UT

4 HM Vivian R Stewart, Piedmont, OK

5 HM Rebecca Bailey, Campton, KY

6 HM Kitty Cingan Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR

7 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA

6. Jack Murphy Memorial Award ($100, $60, $40,) 227 entries. Judge: Amy

Jo Zook, 3520 State Route 56, Mechanicsburg, Oh 43044

1st Coleen T Ward, Melbourne, FL Sixty-Three Years of Gardening Together

2nd Rose Ann Spaith, Columbus, OH, Vincent Finds a Model for "Poet Against Starry Sky”

3rd Jeremy Downes, Auburn, AL, The Book of Lot

1 HM Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX

2 HM Lynn Huber, Beverly MA

3 HM Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT

4 HM Jeanne S Resnick, Scottsdale, AZ

5 HM Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL

6 HM Faye Boyette Wise, Benton, AR

7 HM Rebecca Bailey, Campton, KY

7. Utah State Poetry Society Award ($100, $60, $40), 172 entries. Judge:

Susan Stevens Chambers, 57310 166^thLane, MN 56037

1st Meredith R Cook, Blue Earth, MN, Pattern: From Hearsay

2nd Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX, Triad

3rd Helen S. Jones, Fort worth, TX, My Mother’s Life

1 HM Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT

2 HM Roberta Marggraff, Waterbury, CT

3 HM Janet Hurzeler, Midvale, UT,

4 HM N Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT

5 HM Patricia Grimm, Sunset, UT

6 HM Carol Lavelle Snow, Tulsa , OK

7 HM Esther M Leiper, Jefferson, NH

8. Florida State Poets Association, ($75, $50, $25), 260 entries, Judge: David

Hedges, 20750 S. Sweetbriar Rd., West Linn OR 97068

1st Margo LaGattuta, Rochester, MI, Muse in the Night

2nd Jeanie Carter, Hot Springs, AR, Suppers with Sylvia

3rd Marney Hilton Zambrano, Tooele, UT, The Bird Feeder

1 HM Eunice Glenn, Indianapolis, IN

2 HM Emery L Campbell, Lawrenceville, GA

3 HM Pat King, Albia, IA

4 HM Polly Opsahl, Rochester, MI

5 HM Carlee Swann, Lebanon, SD

6 HM Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN

7 HM Alison Chisholm, Birkdale, England

9. Joseph V. Hickey Memorial Award ($75, $50, $25), 218 entries. Judge:

Sharon Chmielarz,, 8527 Adair Lane N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443-2195

1st Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN, Fra Pandolf Reminisces

2nd K. Fernelius Larson, El Dorado, CA, Cousin Melva’s Blossoming

3rd Elizabeth Richards, Springfield, OH, Seasons of Time

1 HM Lorraine Hoffower, Raytown, MO

2 HM Gilda Kreuter, Brick, NJ

3 HM Patricia Barnes, Grosse Ile, MI

4 HM Sharon Lask Munson, Eugene, OR

5 HM Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR

6 HM Ruth Hudson Savage, Arlington, TX

7 HM Alison Chisholm, Birkdale, Southport, England

10. Alabama State Poetry Society Award ($75 $50, $25), 132 entries. Judge:

Doris Stengel, 1510 S 7^th St, Brainerd, MN 56401

1st Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX, A Self-Immolation in Black and White

2nd Mary Willette Hughes, Waite Park, MN, Storm

3rd Helen S Jones, Fort Worth, TX, The Last Exam

1 HM M P A Sheaffer, New York, NY

2 HM Geraldine Felt, Layton, UT

3 HM Joseph Shaffer, Winnetka, CA

4 HM Russell H Strauss, Memphis, TN

5 HM Darleen R Butler, Fort Wayne, IN

6 HM Robert E Blenheim, Daytona Beach, FL

7 HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS

11. Music Award ($75, $30, $20), 75 entries. Judge: Susan Twiggs, 9977 W.

McMillan Street, Marshfield WI 54449

1st Kitty Clingan Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR Music at Ground Zero

2nd Emery L Campbell, Lawrenceville, GA, Piano Sonata No 11 in A Minor K331

3rd Sybella Beyer-Snyder, Inverness, FL, Freedom’s Flame

1 HM Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL

2 HM Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX

3 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA

4 HM Dennis Norville, Lattimore, NC

5 HM Cecil Tresslar, Indianapolis IN

6 HM Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX

7 HM Claire Ottenstein-Ross, Pinehurst, TX

12. Two Ladies From Texas Award ($60 $40, $20), 129 entries. Judge: Becky

Alexander, 453 Westminster Drive S. Cambridge, ON N3H IT5 Canada

1st Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN Odin Departs

2nd Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA, An Ode to Silent Paws

3rd Maria A. Costantini, Rochester, MI To Christopher, Cat of Cats

1 HM Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT

2 HM Marilyn Downing, Hershey, PA

3 HM Mary Christine Delea, Richard, KY

4 HM Beverly Monestier, San Antonio, TX

5 HM Valerie Esker, Beverly Hills, FL

6 HM Von S Bourland, Happy, TX

7 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA

13. Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs Award ($50, $35, $25), 227

entries. Judge: Beverly Monestier, 302 Olney, San Antonio, TX 78209

1st Betsy Packard, Shelbyville, KY, This is Not a Love Poem

2nd Janice L Freytag, Souderton, PA, Three-Stranded Cord

3rd Anita M Krotz, Salt Lake City, UT, The Letter

1 HM Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX

2 HM David Hedges, West Linn, OR

3 HM Stacy W Julin, Provo, UT

4 HM Sharon Price Anderson, Provo, UT

5 HM Naomi Stroud Simmons, Fort Worth, TX

6 HM Frances Brinkley Cowden, Cordova, TN

7 HM Mary Logan Sweet, Cedar Falls, IA

14. Futuristic Award ($50, $30, $20), 58 entries. Judge: Laurel Winter, P O

Box 1114, Asheville, NC 28802

1st Richard t. Lake, New Cumberland, PA, And Miles to go Before I Sleep

2nd Pearl Hand Cockrell, Columbus, GA, To Kinsmen of 2057

3rd Russell H Strauss, Memphis, TN, Too Many of Me (2057)

1 HM Martha P Morrise, Roy, UT

2 HM Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX

3 HM Janice L Freytag, Souderton, PA

4 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA

5 HM Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX

6 HM Valerie Esker, Beverly Hills, FL

7 HM Kitty Clingan Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR

15. Arizona State Poetry Society Award ($50, $30, $20), 148 entries. Judge:

Marvin Hirsh, 15573 Forest Creek Drive, Frisco, TX 75035

1st Helen Mar Cook, Argyle, TX, Forewarning

2nd Janice L Freytag, Souderton, PA, Bosnian Garden

3rd Michael E Strosahl, Elwood, IN, The Interrogation

1 HM Robert J Gaurnier, Syracuse, NY

2 HM Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson, Bountiful, UT

3 HM Grace Diane Jesson, Glenwood, UT

4 HM Lee Carroll, Fort Worth, TX

5 HM Geneva Fulgham, Bellaire, TX

6 HM Genevieve Sargent, Tempe, AZ

7 HM Esther Towns, Selma, IN

16. William Stafford Memorial Award ($50, $30, $20), 238 entries. Judge:

Mary Rudbeck Stanko, 313 Wharncliffe Road N, London, ON N6 G 1E1

Canada

1st Roberta Pipes Bowman, If I Were There

2nd Kay Bache-Snyder, Longmont, Co, Walking Papers

3rd Ruth Hudson Savage, Arlington, TX, Scarlet Flood

1 HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Misson, KS

2 HM Patricia Grimm, Layton, UT

3 HM Ellen Nicholson Walker, Spring City, UT

4 HM Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL

5 HM Steven Penticuff, Cincinnati, OH

6 HM Martha P. Morrise, Roy, UT

7 HM Rosalyn Ostler, Salt Lake City, UT

17. Nevada State Poetry Society Award ($50, $30, $20), 192 entries. Judge:

Christina Flaugher, 57310 166^th Lane, Good Thunder, MN 56037

1st Stacy W Julin, Provo, UT, Night Terror

2nd Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS, Amplified

3rd David L Byrn, Prescott, AZ, Contemplation of Darkness

1 HM Rebecca Bailey, Campton, KY

2 HM Margo La Gattuta, Rochester, MI

3 HM Helen Keith Beaman, Provo, UT

4 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX

5 HM Marilyn Stacy, Dallas, TX

6 HM Marilyn Gilbert Komechak, Fort Worth, TX

7 HM Mary S Crume, Scottsdale, AZ

18. All Poets Award ($50, $25, $15 plus 2 HM $5 each) 20), 272 entries.

Judge: John C Rezmerski, 215 Hazel St, Mankato, MN 56001

1st Ginny Lowe Connors, W. Hartford, CT, Back Seat, 1960

2nd John Ottley, Jr. Alpharetta, GA, When Trout Laugh

3rd Margo La Gattuta, Rochester, MI, Shock and Awe

1 HM Steve Penticuff, Cincinnati, OH

2 HM Karen Keith Gibson, Provo, UT

3 HM Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX

4 HM L C Snell, Highland, UT

5 HM Marillyn B Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT

6 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN

7 HM Maureen Lavender, Prairie Grove, AR

19. New York Poetry Forum Award ($50, $30, $20), 203 entries. Judge:

Janice Freytag, 122 N. School Lane, Souderton, PA 18964

1st Victor Tichy, Iowa City, IA, Ten Minute Paradise

2nd Candace Simar, Pequot Lakes, MN, Living breath, Dying Breath

3rd Meredith R Cook, Blue Earth, MN, Poetry is Taxidermy

1 HM Rosemerry Waktola Trommer, Placerville, Co

2 HM Janet Henderson, Windsor, CT

3 HM Amy L Dengler, Gloucester, MA

4 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder MN

5 HM Evelyn Corry Applebee, Henderson, TX

6 HM Susan Maxwell Campbell, Mansfield, TX

7 HM Steven Penticuff, Cincinnati, OH

20. League of Minnesota Poets ($50, $30, $20), 239 entries. Judge: Sue

Ranglack, 56 w. 5750 S, Murray, UT 84107

1st Margo La Gattuta, Rochester, MI It’s Not 1952

2nd Mary Christine Delea, Richmond, KY, How to Wear Water

3rd Peter Hansen, Homosassa, FL, The Man Who Was and Is

1 HM Marilyn Larrabee, Bountiful, UT

2 HM Helen S Jones, Fort Worth, TX

3 HM Janet Hurzeler, Midvale, UT

4 HM Patricia Grimm, Layton, UT

5 HM Amy L Dengler, Gloucester, MA

6 HM Margaret Gleave, Ainsdale, England

7 HM Gail Teachworth, Crystal River, FL

21. Plains Poets Award ($50, $35, $15), 146 entries. Judge: Polly Opsahl, P

O Box 80744, Rochester, MI 48308

1st Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX, Welcome Back

2nd J Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX, Sucking Straw

3rd Geraldine Felt, Layton, TX, Restless Spring

1 HM Sharon Lask Monson, Eugene, OR

2 HM Roberta Marggraff, Waterbury, CT

3 HM Valerie Martin Bailey, San Antonio, TX

4 HM Alison Chrisholm, Birkdale, England

5 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN

6 HM Meredith R Cook, Blue Earth, MN

7 HM Janet Hurzeler, Midvale, UT

22. West Virginia Poetry Society Award ($50, $35, $30), 93 entries. Judge:

Hannah Katie New, 5093 S 5100 West, Hooper, UT 84315

1st Juanita B Watts, Layton, UT, Ah! Me of Little Faith

2nd Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI, A Lesson Old as the Hills

3rd Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson TX, Always the Harvest

1 HM Michael W Strosahl, Elwood, IN

2 HM Juanita Mays, Milford, OH

3 HM Catherine L’Herisson, Garland, TX

4 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA

5 HM Mary Stewart, West Liberty, KY

6 HM Russell H Strauss, Memphis, TN

7 HM E Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY

23. Amelia Reynolds Long Memorial Award ($50, $30, $20), 285 entries.

Judge: John K. Ottley, Jr, 4490 Old Burlington St, Alpharetta GA 30022

1st Delores van Keuren, Reno, NV, Arachniphobia

2nd Junette Fabian, Two Rivers, WI, Cornycopia

3rd Markay Brown, Springville, UT, Blushing in Girls’ Health Class,

1 HM Helene Stallcup, Conway, AR

2 HM Anne Pierre Spangler, Lebanon, PA

3 HM Barbara Richard, Yukon, OK

4 HM Carol Ogdon Floyd, Linton, IN

5 HM Linda S M Jacobs, Runnels, IA

6 HM Maxine K Russell, Brainerd MN

7 HM Russell H Strauss, Memphis TN

24. Columbine Poets of Colorado Award ($50, $30, $20), 206 entries. Judge:

Alan Birkelbach, 3005 Stanford Drive, Plano, TX 75075

1st Janet Henderson, Windsor, CT, One Tuscan October

2nd Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX, Fried Potatoes

3rd Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT, Think of This Poem as a Jar

1 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA

2 HM Maxine S Nicholson, Dunnellon, FL

3 HM Malu Graham, Memphis, TN

4 HM James F Ahearn, Rochester , MI

5 HM Meredith R Cook, Blue Earth, MN

6 HM Geneva Fulgham, Bellaire, TX

7 HM Janet Hurzeler, Midvale, UT

25. Don R. Stodghill Award ($50, $30, $20), 216 entries. Judge: Anne

McCrady, 1206 E. Main, Henderson, TX 75652

1st David L Byrn, Prescott, AZ, Tuscany

2nd Glenna Glee, Anderson IN, With Praise

3rd Stella Ward Whitlock, Fayetteville, NC, Plenty

1 HM Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR

2 HM Anetta Talbot Beauchamp, Helena, AR

3 HM Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA

4 HM Helen Mar Cook, Argle, TX

5 HM L C Snell, Highland, UT

6 HM Martha P Morrise, Roy, UT

7 HM Esther M Leiper, Jefferson, NH

26. Morton D. & Elsie S. Prouty Memorial Award ($50, $25, $15), 262 entries.

Judge: Margo LaGattuta, 3128 Walton #186, Rochester Hills, MI 48309

1st Rosemerrry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO The Familiar Pond

2nd Mary Willette Hughes, Waite Park, MN, Late May

3rd Jeremy M Downes, Auburn, AL, Vilas Zoo in Winter

1 HM Juanita Mays, Milford, OH

2 HM Katherine Roppel, Louisville, KY

3 HM Janet Hurzeler, Midvale, UT

4 HM Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London, ONT, Canada

5 HM Lee Carroll, Fort Worth TX

6 HM Glenna Holloway, Naperville, IL

7 HM T. L. Hensel, Alpharetta, GA

27. Ohio Award ($50, $25, $15), 194 entries. Judge: Russell Strauss, 18 S.

Rembert St, Memphis, TN 38104

1st Glenna Holloway, Naperville, IL, Anniversary, Driving the Olympic Peninsula

2nd Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson, Bountiful, UT, Courtyard at Jamestown

3rd Amy L Dengler, Gloucester, MA, Weekend with My Five Sisters

1 HM Janet Hurzeler, Midvale, UT

2 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX

3 HM Michael E Strosahl, Elwood, IN

4 HM Markay Brown, Springville, UT

5 HM David L Byrn, Prescott, AZ

6 HM Robert E Blenheim, Daytona Beach, FL

7 HM Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona WI

28. Humorous Poetry Award ($35, $25, $15),169 entries. Judge: Juanita

Torrence-Thompson, P O Box 671058, Flushing, NY 11367

1st Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI, Diction for Re-election

2nd Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL, Cowtails

3rd Dena R Gorrell, Edmond, OK, Scary Ride

1 HM Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY

2 HM Barbara Longstreth-Mulkey, Little Rock, AR

3 HM Marty J Repp, Lompoc, CA

4 HM Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hills, VA

5 HM Patricia J North, Clinton, WA

6 HM Mary A Couch, Noblesville, IN

7 HM Vivian R Stewart, Piedmont, OK

29. Our American Indian Heritage Award ($35, $25, $15), 129 entries. Judge:

Diane Glancy, 3508 W. 73rd Terrace, Shawnee Mission, KS 66208

1st Louise T K Merkel, Flagstaff, AZ, Adopted Custom

2nd Flo Mason, Oklahoma, OK, Tomorrow

3rd LaVonne Schoneman, Seattle, WA, untitled haiku

1 HM N Colwell Snell, Salt Lake city UT

2 HM Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN

3 HM Eunice Glenn, Indianapolis, IN

4 HM Sharon Price Anderson, Orem, UT

5 HM Jean Calkins, Waynesville, NC

6 HM Rosemarie Goos, Kingwood, TX

7 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA

30. Missouri State Poetry Society Award ($35, $25, $15), 129 entries. Judge:

Rita Bowles, 818 Sunset Ridge Drive, Washougal, WA 98671

1st Katherine Roppel, Louisville, KY, Loser

2nd David Hedges, West Linn, OR, Olympic Games

3rd Pat King, Albia, IA, Pretending to Be Pretending

1 HM Patricia Barnes, Grosse Ile, MI

2 HM Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London, Ontario, Canada

3 HM Russell H Strauss, Memphis, TN

4 HM Virginia Buelke, Citrus Springs, FL

5 HM David L Byrn, Prescott, AZ

6 HM Jeremy M Downes, Auburn, AL

7 HM Valerie Bailey, San Antonio, TX

31. Louisiana State Poetry Society ($5, $20, $15), 91 entries. Judge: N

Colwell Snell,P O Box 520698, Salt Lake City, UT, 84152

1st Mary Rudbeck Stanko, London, Ont., Canada There Was a House in New Orleans

2nd Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT, Above the Storm

3rd Janet Watson, Wesley Chapel, FL, Hurricane Aubade

1 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas ,TX

2 HM Steven Schroeder, Chicago, IL

3 HM Stella Ward Whitlock, Fayetteville, NC

4 HM Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN

5 HM Lounell Whitaker, Beaumont, TX

6 HM James O Dobbs, Meadowlakes, TX

7 HM Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL

32. Barbara Stevens Memorial Award ($25, $20, $15),269 entries. Judge:

Coleen T. Ward, 955 Thompson Ct, Melbourne, FL 32935

1st Ethelyn Boddy, St. Peters, MO, Ghost and Jelly Bean

2nd Janet Henderson, Windsor, CT, Elegy

3rd Alice B. Couch, Noblesville, IN, Waiting for Daybreak

1 HM Georgette Perry, Huntsville, AL

2 HM Stella Ward Whitlock, Fayetteville, NC

3 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN

4 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX

5 HM Helene Stallcup, Conway, AR

6 HM Virginia Mortenson, Des Moines, IA

7 HM Angela Barker Thomas, Wellington KY

33. Kentucky State Poetry Society Award ($25, $20, $15), 227 entries. Judge:

Lee Carroll, 3909 Gable Lane 3611, Fort Worth, TX 76155

1st Ellen Nicholson Walker, Spring City, UT Dressage Lessons: Advice for Stacey

2nd Anne Jones, Arlington, TX, The Wind Among Roses

3rd John McBride, Bettendorf, IA, The Pond to Narcissus

1 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA

2 HM Steven Susan Chambers, Good Thunder , MN

3 HM Naomi Stroud Simmons, Fort Worth, TX

4 HM Pame Bosman, Bunnell, FL

5 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX

6 HM Marilyn Gilbert Komechak, Fort Worth, TX

7 HM Nick Sweet, Taft, OK

34. Dorman John Grace Memorial Award ($25, $20, $15), 130 entries. Judge:

Jeremy Downes, 832 Tacoma Drive, Auburn, AL

1st Lee Carroll, Fort Worth, TX, Dry Thoughts in Spring

2nd Juanita B. Watts, Layton, UT, Sonnet to Recovery

3rd Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN, On Paper Skin

1 HM Patricia Whiting, West Palm Beach, FL

2 HM Dena R Gorrell, Edmond, OK

3 HM N Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT

4 HM Helen Mar Cook, Argyle, TX

5 HM Russell Strauss, Memphis, TN

6 HM Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO

7 HM Meredith R Cook, Blue Earth, MN

35. Poetry Society of Oklahoma Award ($25, $20, $15), 179 entries. Judge:

Barbara Tomaine, 1408 Fog St, Scranton, PA, 18505

1st Pat Durmon, Norfolk,AR, Ozark Back Road

2nd Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI, Replacing Highway Signs

3rd Katherine Roppel, Louiseville, KY, Down Cana Road

1 HM Stella Ward Whitlock, Fayetteville, NC

2 HM Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL

3 HM Anna Manahan Bowman, Hanover, PA

4 HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS

5 HM Liz Ferguson, Baton Rouge, LA

6 HM Eugene Shea, Hanna, WY

7 HM Helen S. Jones, Fort Worth, TX

36. Minute Award ($25, $20, $15), 107 entries. Judge: Claire van Breeman

Downes, 1206 13th Ave, SE, St Cloud, MN 56304

1st Jeremy Downes, Auburn, AL, Writing the Carolina Wren

2nd Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX, Every Night a Minute of Pursuit

3rd N. Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT, Old Flame

1 HM Virginia Frey, Taft, TX

2 HM Geneva Fulgham, Bellaire, TX

3 HM Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL

4 HM Linda Banks, Mesquite, TX

5 HM Gail Teachworth, Crystal River, FL

6 HM Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Placerville, CO

7 HM Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL

37. Save Our Earth Award ($25, $20, $15), 143 entries. Judge: J. Paul

Holcomb, 235 Shady Hill Lane, Double Oak, TX 75077

1st David Hedges, West Linn, OR, The Hungry Eyes

2nd Alexandra Moss Zannis, Fort Wayne, IN, Drought

3rd Charmaine Pappas Donovan, Brainerd, MN, Mindless Clutter of Sky Junk

1 HM Nichoe D’Alessandro, S. Euclid, OH

2 HM Coleen T. Ward, Melbourne, FL

3 HM LaVerna Johnson, St George, UT

4 HM Shirley Tingley Moore, San Antonio, TX

5 HM David L Bryn, Prescott, AZ

6 HM Marillyn Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT

7 HM Anne Jones, Arlington, TX

38. Ben Lomond Poets Award ($25, $20, $15), 134 entries. Judge: Patricia

Grimm, 2038 N 400 W, Sunset, UT 84015

1st Helen S. Jones, Fort Worth, TX, Dirty Laundry

2nd Lynda LaRocca, Twin Lakes, CO, Late Winter Reverie

3rd Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX, Mountains of the Moon

1 HM Susan Stevens Chambers, Good Thunder, MN

2 HM A. Rose Hill, Sheridan, WY

3 HM LaVerna Johnson, St. George, UT

4 HM Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence, SD

5 HM Clela Reed, Athens, GA

6 HM Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX

7 HM Jon Sebba, Murray, UT

39. Massachussets State Poetry Society Award ($25, $20, $15), 208 entries.

Judge: Robert E. Blenheim, 515 Silver Beach Ave #10, Daytona Beach, FL 32118

1st Steven Penticuff, Cincinnati, OH, American Dream-Journal

2nd Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY, Good Mom Haunting

3rd Janet Henderson, Windsor, CT, My Brother and Me

1 HM Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX

2 HM Pat King, Albia, IA

3 HM Kitty Clingan Yeager, Arkadelphia. AR

4 HM Frances Brinkley Cowden, Cordova, TN

5 HM N Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT

6 HM Katherine Roppel, Louisville, KY

7 HM Dennis Herschbach, Two Harbors, MN

40. Poetry Society of Michigan Award ($25, $20, $15), 122 entries. Judge:

Steve Concert, 6 Kitchen Ave, Harveys Lake, PA 18618

1st Coleen T Ward, Melbourne, FL, The House Speaks

2nd Leona Welch, Denison, Taste of Tranquility

3rd L C Snell, Highland, UT , Muddy Serpent’s Bite

1 HM Robert “Amigo” DeWitt, Baton Rouge, LA

2 HM Betty Mol, Austin, TX

3 HM Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI

4 HM Phyllis C Clarke, Sandy, UT

5 HM Diane Auser Stefan, Mountain Home, AR

6 HM Naomi Stroud Simmons, Fort Worth, TX

7 HM Warren Jones, Owensville, IN

41. Poetry Society of Tennessee Award ($25, $20, $15), 144 entries. Judge:

Helen Keith Beaman, 1305 S. Alpine Loop, Provo, UT 84606

1st David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ, Van Gogh in Provence

2nd Karen Keith Gibons, Provo, UT, Keep Away the Cold

3rd Russell H. Strauss, Memphis TN, Walking Nat’s Memory Back home

1 HM Naomi Stroud Simmons, Fort Worth, TX

2 HM N Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT

3 HM Candy Fowler, St. George, UT

4 HM Lee Carroll, Fort Worth, TX

5 HM Roberta Pipes Bowman, Forth Worth, TX

6 HM Grace Diane Jessen, Glenwood, UT

7 HM Carol Ogdon Floyd, Linton, IN

42. Lighten Your Life Award ($25, $20, $15), 153 entries. Judge: Glenna Glee

,808 East 32nd St, Anderson, IN 46026

1st Claire Ottenstein-Ross, Pinehurst, TX, Tootin’ His Horn

2nd Shirley Elliott Cosby, Emory, TX, Wind Song

3rd Jim Morris, Tulsa, OK, Today’s Economics

1 HM Mary Mullen, Reading, MA

2 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA

3 HM Geneva Fulgham, Bellaire, TX

4 HM Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL

5 HM Jeanne Losey, Shelbyville, IN

6 HM Miriam L. Woolfolk, Lexington, KY

7 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX

43. Iowa Poetry Association Award ($25, $20, $15), 176 entries. Judge:

Charmaine Donovan, 18755 Tracide Road N, Brainerd MN 56401

1st Mo H Saidi, San Antonio, TX, Christmas Tree Notes from a Nearby School

2nd Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL, Watching Manatees

3rd Janice L Freytag, Souderton, PA, Down the Basement Steps

1 HM Barbara Richard, Yukon, OK

2 HM Candy Fowler, St. George, UT

3 HM Von S. Bourland, Happy, TX

4 HM Ray A. Reeder, Albuquerque, NM

5 HM Michael E Strosahl, Elwood, IN

6 HM Inge Logenburg Kyler, Eaton Rapids, MI

7 HM Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence, SD

44. Poets Roundtable of Arkansas Award ($25, $20, $15), 184 entries.

Judge: Elaine Ipson, 449 country Club Drive, Stansbury Park, UT 94074

1st Doris Stengel, Brainerd, MN, Behind the Screen

2nd Jean Calkins, Waynesville, NC, The Tales That Flowers Tell

3rd Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY, Walking with Wordworth

1 HM Naomi Stroud Simmons, Fort Worth, TX

2 HM Ann Gasser, West Reading, PA

3 HM Kitty Clingan Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR

4 HM Pame Bosman, Bunnell, FL

5 HM Pat King, Albia, IA

6 HM Maxine S. Nicholson, Dunnellon, FL

7 HM Sybella Beyer-Snyder, Inverness FL

45. New Jersey Poetry Society Award ($25, $20, $15), 156 entries. Judge:

Gina Tabasso, 3470 Villa Casa Court, Brunswick, OH 44212

1st Amy I Dengler, Gloucester, MA, This time in Rabat

2nd Charlotte Renk, Athens, TX; Fugitive Womb

3rd Frances Cogan Jackson, Westfield, IN, Relinquishment

1 HM Janet Hurzeler, Midvale, UT

2 HM Diane Glancy, Shawnee Mission, KS

3 HM Maxine K Russell, Brainerd, MN

4 HM Mary I Zachmeyer, Norfolk, NE

5 HM Anna DeMay, Orange Park, FL

6 HM Pat Durmon, Norfork, AR

7 HM Debra Thorpe, Sandy, UT

46. Connecticut Poetry Society Award ($25, $20, $15), 137 entries. Judge:

LaVern S. McCarthy, 25504 S Country Road 205, Blair OK 73526,

1st Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL, Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey, 1929

2nd Molly Saty, Newport, WA, Total Agreement

3rd Linda Knowlton Appel, West Linn, OR, Ode to PBJ

1 HM Valerie Esker, Beverly Hills, FL

2 HM Malu Graham, Memphis, TN

3 HM Mary A. Couch, Noblesville, IN

4 HM Dennis Norville, Lattimore, NC

5 HM Betty Mol, Austin, TX

6 HM Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA

7 HM Darleen R. Butler, Fort Wayne, IN

47. WyoPoets Award ($25, $20, $15), 148 entries. Judge: Meredith R. cook,

427 N Gorman St., Blue Earth, MN 56013

1st Coleen T Ward, Melbourne, FL, When Squirrels Scream

2nd Maurine E Haltiner, Salt Lake City, UT Praise the Star-nosed Mole

3rd Marion Brimm Rewey, Verona, WI, Snow White/Snow Red

1 HM James F Ahearn, Rochester, MI

2 HM Jeanette Hinds, Edina, MN

3 HM Von S. Bourland, Happy TX

4 HM Mary A Couch, Noblesville, IN

5 HM Robert E Blenheim, Daytona Beach, FL

6 HM Charlotte Renk, Athens, TX

7 HM John Ottley, Jr., Alpharetta, GA

48. Nebraska State Poetry Society, ($25, $20, $15), 145 entries. Judge: Pat

King, 218 S Main St. Albia, IA

1st Martha P Morrise, Roy, UT, Storm Sequel

2nd Larry Hand, Woodstock, GA, Seasonal Disturbances

3rd Jeremy Downes, Auburn, AL, The Woman Who Borrowed the Sun

1 HM Charlotte Abernathy, Ashland, OR,

2 HM Mary Christine Delea, Richmond, KY

3 HM Janice L Freytag, Souderton, PA

4 HM Kathleen M Campbell, West Valley City, UT

5 HM Helen S. Jones, Fort Worth, TX

6 HM Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX