Coordinated by Ashley Lumpkin
ALICE OSBORN POETRY WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN AWARD
Judge Lizz Straight
1. Marie Fayssoux, “The Plight Of The Saturnian Poet”
2. Julie Ann Cook, “Video Games and Cheese”
Honorable Mention Joanne Durham , “Star Visit”
Honorable Mention Eric Weil, “At Mrs. Marble‘s House”
Honorable Mention Rose-Mary Harrington, “Growing Up”
CAROL BESSENT HAYMAN POETRY OF LOVE AWARD
Judge Evelyn Berry
1. Kathie Collins, “Miss You. Would Like To Pitch A Tent With You.”
2. Maria Rouphail, “Horses”
Honorable Mention Jane Shlensky, “Night Fishing”
Honorable Mention Connie Ralston, “Molly”
Honorable Mention Mary Hennessy, “Time Together Is Not To Bide”
KATHERINE KENNEDY MCINTYRE LIGHT VERSE AWARD
Judge Jennifer Boykin
1. Caren Stuart, “Revelry”
2. Steph Jeffries, “Carolina Wren”
MARY RUFFIN POOLE AMERICAN HERITAGE AWARD
Judge Eddie Vega
1. Richard Allen Taylor, “This Is Not The Scenic Side”
2. Marie Fayssoux , “For Clair”
Honorable Mention Peggy Heitmann, “Why I Don’t Like Car Noises”
Honorable Mention Joanne Brown, “In America You Can Be a Bounty Hunter”
Honorable Mention Joseph Mills, “Democracy: Cake or Yeast”
POETRY OF COURAGE AWARD
Judge Asiah Mae
1. Crystal Simone Smith, “Civil Twilight”
2. Mary Spadoni, “Inheritance Tax”
Honorable Mention Bradley Samore, “ENGL 261—Seminar In Writing Poetry—Wednesdays 6:00–9:50”
Honorable Mention McKinley Johnson, “Refraction”
BRUCE LADER POETRY OF WITNESS AWARD
Judge Glenis Redmond
1. Ralph Earle, “Another Video”
2. David Dixon, “We All Live In A Yellow Submarine”
Honorable Mention Barbara Conrad, “I Don’t Want To Think Of The Children”
Honorable Mention Chrissie Anderson Peters, “Knowing How To Lose”
JEAN WILLIAMS POETRY OF DISABILITY, DISEASE, AND HEALING AWARD
Judge Catherine Zickgraf
1. Julie Ann Cook, “Calm As Grief And Half As Right”
2. Christine Baumis, “Cantaloupe”
Honorable Mention Chris Abbate, “Setting You Free”
Honorable Mention Lao Rubert, “Parking Garage”
Honorable Mention Jane Shlensky, “Pain Management”
BLOODROOT HAIKU AWARD
Judge Jerri Hardesty
1. Michael Henry Lee, “labeled”
2. Kelly White Arnold, “Promise”
Honorable Mention Richard L. Matta, “home schooling”
Honorable Mention Danny Blackwell, “a rainy day in Harlem”
Honorable Mention Jay Friedenberg, “soft breeze”
CHARLES EDWARD EATON AWARD FOR SONNET OR TRADITIONAL FORM
Judge Amanda Johnson
1. Brooke Lehmann, “Thanksgiving Psalm”
2. Valerie Nieman, “Affiliations”
Honorable Mention Benjamin Thorne, “The Angel Of Re’im”
Honorable Mention Richard L. Matta, “Garden Pond Sonnet”
ROBERT GOLDEN AWARD
Judge Suzi Q. Smith
1. Jean McKinney, “After The Fall”
2. Lucinda Trew, “If You Wish To Grow A Garden, First Seed Your Soul With Sadness”
Honorable Mention Emily Davis-Fletcher, “When I Was”
Honorable Mention Richard L. Matta, “Deep Dive”
Honorable Mention Irene Blair Honeycutt, “Pandemic Tea Time At My Potter Friend’s Wind Gather Cabin, Jonas Ridge NC”