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 166th Lane, 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 7th 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 166th 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