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POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA 2009 Annual Adult Contest Awards Program April 18, 2009 1. Edgar Allan Poe Memorial, David Wojahn, Judge. First Place: “Things”, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. 1st HM “Handyman”, Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. 2nd HM “Planting Bitterroot”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 3rd HM “A Modern Fairy Tale”, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. (97 entries) 2, Sarah Lockwood Memorial, Claudia Emerson, Judge. First Place: “Where the Earth Makes New From Old”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 1st HM “Wherein I am Again a Mother”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. 2nd HM “Rerun”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 3rd HM “The Porpoises”, James McNally, Norfolk, VA. (62 entries) 3. Bess Gresham Memorial, Vivian Teter, Judge. First Place: “Labyrinth”, Carol A. Landy, Gordonsville, VA. Second Place: “My Garden Is a Jungle”, Elizabeth Solomon, Barboursville, VA. Third Place: “Garden Maze”, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. 1st HM “Ground”, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Lexington, MA. 2nd HM “Gardens”, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA. 3rd HM “The Scheme of Work”, Laura LeHew, Eugene, OR. (59 entries) 4. Carleton Drewry Memorial, Andrew Kaufman, Judge. First Place: “To Hold Mountains That Have Held Me”, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. Second Place: “Gabrileño Souls”, Virginia O’Keefe, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: “Climbing Crickhowell”, Ruth Holzer, Herndon, VA. 1st HM “Thunder in Winter”, Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach, VA. (32 entries) 5. Brodie Herndon Memorial, Joshua Poteat, Judge. First Place: “Seascape”, Kathleen Markowitz, Richmond, VA. Second Place: “Pure Winter Comes”, Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: “Evening Sea”, Susan Patrick, Charlottesville, VA. 1st HM “Pacific Coast and Highway”, Tim Lewis, Charlottesville, VA. 2nd HM “End of Summer on Plum Island”, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. 3rd HM “Seaside Cemetery,” Ray Abell, Newport News, VA. (59 entries) 6. Nancy Byrd Turner Memorial, Bruce Guernsey, Judge. First Place: “Portrait at Dusk”, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. Second Place: “Blue by Intention”, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. Third Place: ”Resolutions” Melissa Johnson, Richmond, VA. 1st HM “Disorder of the Sacred”, Pete Freas, Chesapeake, VA. (35 entries) 7. Judah, Sarah, Grace and Tom Memorial, Henry Hart, Judge. First Place: “What His Gift of Flowers Said”, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. Second Place: “The Garden at Cabbages and Condoms”, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. Third Place: “Not just another Maria”, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. 1st HM (tie) “New World Spices”, Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI. 1st HM (tie) “Frutas del Diablo”, Bill Glose, Poquoson, VA. 2nd HM (tie) “Amman, August 7, 1994”, Christy Lumm, Chesapeake, VA. 2nd HM (tie) “Reading About Lunch in Miller & Rhoads’ Tearoom”, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. 3rd HM “Baptism”, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. (37 entries) 8. Cenie H. Moon Prize, Sharon Weinstein, Judge. First Place: “4 days, 3 nights in Eden”, James Garrett, Richmond, Va. Second Place: “Mother on the Run”, Heather Davis, Front Royal, VA. Third Place: “To the Woman in the Marketplace”, Marylee Anderson, Powhatan, VA. 1st HM “Penance”, Ron Landa, Williamsburg, VA. 2nd HM “Summer Kitchen: New Orleans, 1953”, Elizabeth Solomon, Barboursville, VA. 3rd HM “Miriam’s Song”, Helen Eano, Richmond, VA. (88 entries) 9. Handy Andy Prize, Donna Denizé, Judge. First Place: “Mother Turtle”, Laura Bobrow, Leesburg, VA. Second Place: “All Alone With a Stubborn Deckchair”, Shelia K. Barksdate, Gainesville, FL. Third Place: “The Big Myth”, Ann Marie Boyden, Williamsburg, VA. 1st HM “The Purr-Fect Squelch”, Richard Raymond, Roanoke, VA. 2nd HM “If Life Gives You Lemons…”, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA. 3rd HM “A Weak Moment”, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. (33 entries) 10. Ada Sanderson Memorial, Grace Cavalieri, Judge. First Place: “After a Poem by Barbara Crooker”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 1st HM “Broken Spell”, Jim Barton, Huttig, AK. 2nd HM “Raccoon in Moonlight”, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. 3rd HM “Shady Acres”, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. (108 entries) 11. Charlotte Wise Memorial, Remica Bingham, Judge. First Place: “Moshe Lieberman: Redwing, 1888”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. Second Place: “Saturday Mornings”, Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. Third Place: “Walking Stick”, Elizabeth Solomon, Barboursville, VA. 1st HM “Dupont Circle, Washington DC”, M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. 2nd HM “Outside Glory: Tent Revival, 1959”, Jim Barton, Huttig, AK. 3rd HM “Household Chores”, Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL. (42 entries) 12. J. Franklin Dew Award, Luisa Igloria, Judge. First Place: “On a wild plum tree sprouting in the dunes”, Lynn Dean Hunter, Virginia Beach, VA. Second Place: “Havana, 1958”, Beverly Foote, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: “Winter Wishes for the Fishes”, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. (54 entries) 13. Ole Fred Prize, honoring Fred Chappell, Tim Suermondt, Judge. First Place: “Tour Guide in the Musée du Louvres”, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. Second Place: “Catch and Release”, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. Third Place: “Brothers in Sound”, Ron Landa, Williamsburg, VA. 1st HM “Kudzu“, Lewis H. Morgan, Williamsburg, VA. 2nd HM(tie) “Landforms at the Pump (Country school, 1935)”, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. 2nd HM(tie) “On ‘Men of the Docks’, a Painting by George Bellows (1912)”, David J. Partie, Lynchburg, VA. 3rd HM “Why I Didn’t Do My Homework”, Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. (93 entries) 14. Alfred Gary Memorial, Katherine Soniat, Judge. First Place: “Vietnam and Iraq”, Joseph Lonero, Marina del Rey, CA. Second Place: “Viet Nam”, Sara White, Winchester, VA. Third Place: “Swept Away”, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA. 1st HM “Meeting the Challenge”, Gretchen Fletcher, Ft. Lauderdate, FL. (17 entries) 15. Laura Day Boggs Bolling Memorial, Mary Ann Hoberman, Judge. First Place: “Almost”, Catherine Edwards, Norfolk, VA. Second Place: “Celestial Music”, Sharon Harris, Richmond, VA. Third Place: “Webelo”, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. (42 entries) 16. Miriam Rachimi Memorial, Melissa Tuckey, Judge. First Place: “Rehearsal”, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. Second Place: “The Doctor’s Watch”, Leonel F. Valle, Roanoke, VA. Third Place: "My Days of Wine for Breakfast", Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. 1st HM “Still Tending the Pyre (Two Years Later)”, Mary Magoon DeLara, Williamsburg, VA. 2nd HM “Burnet Park Zoo”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 3rd HM “A Sister’s Loss”, Dalene Stull, Danville, OH. (75 entries) 17. Robert S. Sergeant Memorial, Myrna Mesa, Judge. First Place: ”Migratory Habits of Birds”, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. 1st HM “Leda’s Legacy”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 2nd HM “Heralds of the Evening”, Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL. (72 entries) 18. Joe Pendleton Campbell Narrative Contest, Gordon Van Ness, Judge. First Place: “A Late Crossing”, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. Second Place: “Ulysses of the Bars”, Mark Tarallo, Washington, DC. Third Place: “Like the Sweet Gum Leaves in Autumn”, Maria Wingfield Butler, Richmond, VA. (80 entries) 19. Vibrant Villanelle Award, David Rivard, Judge. First Place: “Old Cemetery”, Joan Mazza, Mineral , VA. Second Place: ” Sleeping On It”, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA . Third Place: ”The Stream”, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. (16 entries) 20. Come Out Swinging Prize, Tim Henderson, Judge. First Place: “A Crackerbarrel Sunshine Day”, Laura J. Bobrow, Leesburg, Va. Second Place: ”Lonesome Lover Blues”, William Carroll, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: “Forever Home To Me”, Fred Larmore, Richmond, VA. 1st HM “Daddy’s Growing Too”, Dennis Norville, Lattimore, NC. 2nd HM “Nightmare for Two”, Frieda W. Landau, Virginia Beach, VA. 3rd HM “Always, Forever, and Never”, James Garrett, Richmond, VA. (37 entries) 21. Marco Polo Travel Poem Award, Sarah Kennedy, Judge. First Place: “Tuscany Tourist”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. Second Place: "James Town Journey”, Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: "Genoa by Sail”, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. (66 entries) 22. Raymond Levi Haislip Memorial, Thorpe Moeckel, Judge. First Place: “Chorus”, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. Second Place: “Fresnel Lens Lighthouse”, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. Third Place: “Windlass Chanty”, Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach, VA. (22 entries) 23. Epimenio Ibañez & Maria Delia Muñoz Memorial, Sofia Starnes, Judge. First Place: "9:45 A.M. at the Willard Hotel”, Mark Tarallo, Washington, DC. Second Place: “My Mother’s Sunflower”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. Third Place: “El Libro Que Fue Mi Madre”, Flor Aguilera, Col. Roma, MX. 1st HM “Among Burning Wheels My Mother Prays for Water”, John Flynn, Charlottesville, VA. 2nd HM "Brillantes", Leonel F. Valle, Roanoke, VA. (41 entries) 24. Virginia Craddock Southwest Virginia Mountain Award, Carolyn Foronda, Judge. First Place: “Star”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. Second Place: “Snakes”, Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: "From Hollows”, Ann Marie Boyden, Williamsburg, VA. 1st HM “Sheppe Pond”, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM “Home to Clinch Mountain”, Wayne A. Brindle, Lynchburg, VA. 3rd HM "Dandelion Wine”, Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA. (22 entries) 25. The Anne Spencer Memorial Award, R. T. Smith, Judge. First Place: "Death Comes to the Archbishop”, Richard Raymond, III, Roanoke, VA. Second Place: “Tulip Whitewood-Felled”, Maria Wingfield Butler, Richmond, VA. Third Place: “Schendel Margosis’ Lukshen”, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. 1st HM "Babette’s Bench”, Bea DuRette, Hampton, VA. 2nd HM "auschwitz”, Trilla Ramage, Hampton, VA. (50 entries) 26 Yehuda Hayut Award, Dorothy Shelly, Judge. First Place: "Transfiguration”, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. Second Place: “While Reading Mary Oliver in the Car”, Mary Magoon DeLara, Williamsburg, VA. Third Place: “And He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over You….”, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. (70 entries) 27. Emma Gray Trigg Memorial, Derek Kannemeyer, Judge. First Place: “Contretemps”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. Second Place: “White Springs”, Joanne Scott Kennedy, Toano, VA. Third Place: “The Ritual”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. 1st HM “The Stirring Spoon”, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. (51 entries) 28. Karma Deane Ogden Memorial, Sandra Beasley, Judge. First Place: “Closing Shop”, Kathleen Markowitz, Richmond, VA. Second Place: “Geometry Lesson”, Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. Third Place: “Series of Grocery lists belonging to a certain couple”, Jack Trammell, Mineral, VA. 1st HM “The Fish Counter at the Hoover Dam”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. 2nd HM “When You Lived in Hong Kong”, Shann Palmer, Richmond, VA. (103 entries) 29. A Poem with a Point of View, Susan Heroy, Judge. First Place: “Plum”, Beverly Subudhi, Richmond, VA. Second Place: “Three”, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. Third Place: “Clara”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. 1st HM “Finish Lines”, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. 2nd HM “Closure”, Michael J. McNamara, Springfield, VA. 3rd HM “Parting”, Beverly Foote, Virginia Beach, VA. (84 entries) 30. Loretta Dunn Hall Memorial, Emily Bolden, Judge. First Place: “Working Mother’s Confession”, Heather Davis, Front Royal, VA. Second Place: “Thanksgiving at Silver Lake”, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA Third Place: “Melody Unheard”, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. 1st HM “Junk”, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. 2nd HM “Mother, Mother”, Joanne Scott Kennedy, Toano, VA. 3rd HM “Jack at the Blacksmith’s Shop”, Mary Magoon DeLara, Williamsburg, VA. (57 entries) The Poetry Contest Committee on behalf of the Poetry Society of Virginia acknowledges and greatly appreciates the time, efforts, and support of the sponsors, judges, and volunteers who have made the 2009 Annual Adult Contest and Awards Program great successes. Thank you! Poetry Society of Virginia Adult Contest April 18, 2009 |
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