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POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA 2010 Annual Adult Contest Awards Program April 17, 2010 1. EDGAR ALLAN POE MEMORIAL, Henry Hart, Judge. First Place: My Fathers Ties , Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. 1st HM: Blackmail. Noun, Verb, Adjective, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA. 2nd HM: Losing Parents, Susan Summer, Kutztown, PA. 3rd HM: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cloud, Guy Terrell, Richmond, VA. (83 entries) 2. SARAH LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL, Kelly Cherry, Judge. First Place: The Scent of Oranges, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. 1st HM: April Moon, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM: The Deadbeats, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. 3rd HM: Moving Day, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. (46 entries) 3. BESS GRESHAM MEMORIAL, Jennifer Atkinson, Judge. First Place: An Untended Garden in New Jersey, Conrad Geller, Ashburn, VA. Second Place: Duck Pond at Duke Gardens, Judy Whitehill Witt, Glen Allen, VA. Third Place: Tomato Harvest, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. 1st HM: Afternoon in the Garden, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. 2nd HM: Gardeners Dream in the Desert, Diana Woodcock, Midlothian, VA. 3rd HM: Now That I am Old, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. (50 entries) 4. CARLETON DREWRY MEMORIAL, Lucinda H. Roy, Judge. First Place: Prayer, W. F. Lantry, Silver Spring, MD. 1st HM: Hiking Brokeback Mountain, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. 2nd HM: Santorini Heights, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. 3rd HM: String Trio in the San Juans, Ann Sheils, Savannah, GA. (17 entries) 5. BRODIE HERNDON MEMORIAL, Dr. Bruce Guernsey, Judge. First Place: Flow, W. F. Lantry, Silver Spring, MD. Second Place: Swimming Offshore in the Rain, Michael Mc Namara. Springfield, VA. 1st HM: Mermaid, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 2nd HM: Just North of Porto Charcabuco, Chile, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. 3rd HM: Beyond the Sea, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. 4th HM: Breathing In, Kathleen Markowitz, Richmond, VA. (46 entries) 6. NANCY BYRD TURNER MEMORIAL, Claudia Emerson, Judge. First Place: Riding the Pere Marquette 1225 Steam Engine During Railroad Days Festival in Hamburg, Michigan, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. Second Place: Bon Voyage, Ruth Holzer, Herndon, VA. Third Place: Years Later, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. 1st HM: Egypt, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 2nd HM: Aerialists, Beverly Foote, Virginia Beach, VA. 3rd HM: Tribute to an Old Friend, Debra B. Adler, Reston, VA. (40 entries) 7. JUDAH, SARAH, GRACE AND TOM MEMORIAL, Luisa Igloria, Judge. First Place: Biscuits, Clara Silverstein, Auburndale, MA. Second Place: To Teach a Child, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. Third Place: Evanescence, W. F. Lantry, Silver Spring, MD. 1st HM: First Snow, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM: Haskell Moore: Redwing, 1888, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 3rd HM: October 10, 2007, Gillian Dawson, Williamsburg, VA (25 entries) 8. CENIE H. MOON PRIZE, Emma Bolden, Judge. First Place: Matrushka, Conrad Geller, Ashburn, VA. Second Place: Journeys of Two Women, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. Third Place: The Blues of her Eyes, M.J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 1st HM: Once More a Merchants Wife Waits, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. 2nd HM: The Hypnotic Mrs. Little, Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI. 3rd HM: Tired, Beverly Subudhi, Richmond, VA. (80 entries) 9. HANDY ANDY PRIZE, Joshua Poteat, Judge. First Place: Long Distance, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Blair, OK. Second Place: The Funny Old Woman from Mars, Kathleen Caster Mace, Louisville, KY. Third Place: Change of Venue, Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL. 1st HM: Miss Lilys Dilemma, Ann Marie Boyden, Williamsburg, VA. 2nd HM: Wild geese sailed from Eire , (first line) Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. 3rd HM: Teaching, Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL. (26 entries) 10. ADA SANDERSON MEMORIAL, Katherine Soniat, Judge. First Place: Hunger Moon, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. 1st HM: Rainstorm, Tom Morris, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM: Bird Calls, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Lexington, MA. 3rd HM: Dream, Saudi Arabia, Ray Abell, Newport News, VA. (77 entries) 11. CHARLOTTE WISE MEMORIAL, David Gewanter, Judge. First Place: Crenulations Discovered Within Veins, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. Second Place: Homage to the Cardiff Giant, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA. Third Place: Erato at the Laundromat, James McNally, Norfolk, VA. 1st HM: Abraham Lincoln Visits Richmond, Clara Silverstein, Auburndale, VA. 2nd HM: The Collector of Ceramic Owls, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 3rd HM: The Oak at Springfield, Virginia, Michael Mc Namara, Springfield, VA. (38 entries) 12. J. FRANKLIN DEW AWARD, Sarah Kennedy, Judge. First Place: Haiku of the High Seas, Richard Raymond, III, Roanoke, VA. Second Place: A Trio of Haiku on Science, Tabor Elizabeth Flickinger, Charlottesville, VA. Third Place: Campus Haiku, Janet McCann, College Station, TX. 1st HM: Haiku: Spring, (Snow begins to melt) Douglas Hill, Vienna, VA. 2nd HM: Sima Under Khmer Rouge, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. 3rd HM: Haiku, (Circle of quartz rocks) Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. (38 entries) 13. THE ADAGIO PRIZE, Hermine Pinson, Judge. First Place: Tortola, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. Second Place: Why Did I Pay for Your Shoe Repair, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. Third Place: Green Pepper Blues, Laura J. Bobrow, Leesburg, VA. 1st HM: The Street Singer, Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL. 2nd HM: Aint No Use Blues, Ron Landa, Williamsburg, VA. 3rd HM: Nothing But the Blues, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. (19 entries) 14. ELIZABETH NEUWIRTH MEMORIAL, Michael Collier, Judge. First Place: Guardians of the Secret, Guy Terrell, Richmond, VA. Second Place: The 21st Century, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. Third Place: Into Woods, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 1st HM: Mendelssohn, W. F. Lantry, Silver Spring, MD. (23 entries) 15. LAURA DAY BOGGS BOLLING MEMORIAL, Sharon Weinstein, Judge. First Place: A Fruity Ode, Conrad Geller, Ashburn, VA. Second Place: Jonathon remembers only important stuff, Elizabeth McWethy, Annapolis, MD. Third Place: The Cougar, Wayne A. Brindle, Lynchburg, VA. 1st HM: Snack Attack, Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL. 2nd HM: To Ana, Debra B. Adler, Reston, VA. 3rd HM: Duck Bumps, E. A. Credgington, Arlington, WA. (39 entries) 16. MIRIAM RACHIMI MEMORIAL, R. T. Smith, Judge. First Place: Lacewings, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. Second Place: Daedalus and Icarus: A Roman Frieze, Richard Raymond, III, Roanoke, VA. Third Place: Baizi tu, M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. 1st HM: Winding Away from Me, M.J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 2nd HM: Spiraling, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. 3rd HM: The Table, Laura J. Bobrow, Leesburg, VA. (56 entries) 17. THE ROBERT S. SERGEANT MEMORIAL, Barbara Crooker, Judge. First Place: The Parrot, Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI. 1st HM: Birds, Elizabeth McWethy, Annapolis, MD. 2nd HM: Great White Heron, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. 3rd HM: Counting Desert Birds, Diana Woodcock, Midlothian, VA. (50 entries) 18. JOE PENDLETON CAMPBELL MEMORIAL, Vivian Teter, Judge. First Place: Upon Being Asked Why I Write So Few Poems About My Father, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. Second Place: Inheritance, Judy Whitehill Witt, Glen Allen. VA. Third Place: Totem, Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach, VA. 1st HM: The Lexican of Streets, Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI. 2nd HM: The Foreclosure, M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. (73 entries) 19. VIBRANT VILLANELLE AWARD, Marian Haddad, Judge. First Place: Because Therell Always Be Another War, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. Second Place: Pyrra Defends her Mother, Michele Battiste, Boulder, CO. Third Place: Vive La Villanelle, Richard Raymond, III, Roanoke, VA. 1st HM: In the Pages of a Book, Bill Glose, Poquoson, VA. 2nd HM: Dream Words, Guy Terrell, Richmond, VA. 3rd HM: The Poems I Return To, Dalene Stull, Danville, OH. 4th HM: Where Are You? , Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. (25 entries) 20. COME OUT SWINGING PRIZE, Tim Henderson, Judge. First Place: Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch, Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL. Second Place: They Never Came Back, Elizabeth D. Solomon, Barboursville, VA. Third Place: Caveat Suitor, Richard Raymond, III, Roanoke, VA. 1st HM: Headington Roundabout, M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. 2nd HM: I Will Dance With You Again, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC. 3rd HM: Stand Tall, Sherry K. Richards, Mechanicsville, VA. (27 entries) 21. MARCO POLO TRAVEL POEM AWARD, David Wojahn, Judge. First Place: Stuthoff: 65 Years Later, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. Second Place: Last Espresso At Enzos Sestina, Janet McCann, College Station, TX. Third Place: Sounion, Bea DuRette, Hampton, VA. 1st HM: Ceilings, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM: Hatfield, Ruth Holzer, Herndon, VA. 3rd HM: Churchill, Manitoba, Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. (58 entries) 22. RAYMOND LEVI HAISLIP MEMORIAL, Thomas Gardner, Judge. First Place: Orb at Elk Run, Mary Magoon DeLara, Williamsburg, VA. Second Place: Fresnel Lens Lighthouse, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA. Third Place: An Illumination, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. 1st HM: Titan Cranes, Olga Kronmeyer, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM: Mandelbrot, Conrad Geller, Ashburn, VA. (31 entries) 23. EPIMENIO IBAΡEZ & MARIA DELIA MUΡOZ MEMORIAL, Sofia M. Starnes, Judge. First Place: Big Spring, Fifty Years After, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. Second Place: Small Child with a Cape, Lauren Rusk, Palo Alto, CA. Third Place: Pictures, Conrad Geller, Ashburn, VA. (18 entries) 24. CARLOS HUMBERTO IBAΡEZ ARIAS MEMORIAL, Anna Journey, Judge. First Place: Acknowledgement, Michele Battiste, Boulder, CO. 1st HM: Comfort Food, Janet McCann, College Station, TX. 2nd HM: Isabelle the (Almost) Great, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. 3rd HM: Planting Bitterroot, M.J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. (47 entries) 25. FRANK CRADDOCK MEMORIAL, Susan Heroy, Judge. First Place: Aubade, 1862, Michael Mc Namara, Springfield, VA. 1st HM: Seven Virginia Panels, Andy Fogle, Saratoga Springs, NY. (33 entries) 26. THE ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL, Donna Denize, Judge. First Place: Greenhorns, Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD. Second Place: I Know I Run Like a Girl: Try to Keep Up, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. Third Place: Rescued, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. 1st HM: Something Else, Michael Mc Namara, Springfield, VA. 2nd HM: Boardwalk, Hollywood Beach, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. 3rd HM: Just one more waltz with you, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. (49 entries) 27. EMMA GRAY TRIGG MEMORIAL, Thorpe Moeckel, Judge. First Place: Last Speech, from the Scaffold: Chant-Royal of Charles I of England, Richard Raymond, III, Roanoke, VA. Second Place: For Myself Alone, Ruth Holzer, Herndon, VA. Third Place: Stone Soup, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. 1st HM: Ironing the White Carp on My Husbands Japanese Robe, M.J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 2nd HM: The Writing Teacher Says Only Trouble is Interesting, Joan Mazza, Mineral, VA. 3rd HM: Our Remains, Claudia Gary, Leesburg, VA. (52 entries) 28. KARMA DEANE OGDEN MEMORIAL, Joshua Weiner, Judge. First Place: Edward Hopper's Mrs. Scott's House: Woman Alone, Doni C. Guggenheimer, Lynchburg, VA. Second Place: A Modern Fairy Tale, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. Third Place: The Last Debate, Tom Morris, Lynchburg, VA. 1st HM: Dispenser of Good Will and Spotless Garments, Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI. 2nd HM: Whose Bees? , Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach, VA. 3rd HM: Kites Escapade, Andrea Dietrich, Pleasant Grove, UT. (76 entries) 29. A POEM WITH A POINT OF VIEW, Katharyn Howd Machan, Judge. First Place: Desertification, Diana Woodcock, Midlothian, VA. Second Place: The Company of Trees, Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: Canticle, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville, VA. 1st HM Invisible, Ann Falcone Shalaski, Newport News, VA. 2nd HM Fair Balance, Helen Eano, Richmond, VA. 3rd HM The Last Visit, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. (65 entries) 30. LORETTA DUNN HALL MEMORIAL, George Bilgere, Judge. First Place: Shipwrecked, Sharron Singleton, Scottsville,VA. Second Place: The Gatekeeper, Joanne Scott Kennedy, Toana, VA. Third Place: Grandma Mamies Kitchen, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. 1st HM: Migration, Allen W. Weber, Hampton, VA. 2nd HM: Possessions, Michael Mc Namara, Springfield, VA. 3rd HM: Dragon Flies, Sherry K. Richards, Mechanicsville, VA. (47 entries) The Poetry Society of Virginia Annual Adult Contest Deadline: January 19, 2010 (postmark) Edgar Allan Poes Birthday RULES FOR 2010 CONTEST 1. Entries not compliant will be disqualified. No exceptions. 2. All entries except Category 23 must be in English, original, unpublished, and not scheduled for publication before April, 2010. Author retains copyright. Poems that have previously won a monetary award in a PSV contest are ineligible. 3. Only one poem per category. Any poem may be entered in only one category. 4. Submit two copies of each poem. Both copies must have the category name and number on top left of page. Only one copy must have poets name, address, e-mail address if any, and phone number on top right of page, as well as membership status in the PSV. 5. Entries must be typed. Use white 8.5 x 11 inch paper. 6. Entries will not be returned. 7. Entries must be postmarked between Nov.1, 2009, and Jan. 19, 2010, and must include entered poems and any fees required from non-members. Entries will NOT be accepted by e-mail, special delivery, certified, registered, FedEx or UPS. Entries which do not have a return address on the envelope will be discarded. 8. Non-members entry fee: $4.00 per poem. Checks should be made out to: The Poetry Society of Virginia. 9. Send all entries in one envelope. Please write a single check to cover all entered contest categories. If you are joining the PSV, your separate dues check allows you to waive nonmember entry fees. 10. If you wish to join the Society, you may send your separate dues check and application along with your entries to the Contest. Do NOT send contest entries to the Membership Chair, or by e-mail. 11. Winning entries will be announced at the Societys Awards meeting April 17, 2010 in Richmond. 12. Winners names will be posted on the PSV website. If you do not want your name posted, write Do Not Post with your address. CONTEST CATEGORY 1. E DGAR ALLAN POE MEMORIAL (Sponsored by The Poetry Society of Virginia) Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. Award: $100 ENDOWED SPONSORSHIPS: 2. SARAH LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL Any subject. Sonnet or traditional lyric form. 48 line limit. Award: $250 3. BESS GRESHAM MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: gardens. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 4. CARLETON DREWRY MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment) Lyric or sonnet. Subject: mountains. 48 line limit. Award: $50 5. BRODIE HERNDON MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: the sea. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30 6. NANCY BYRD TURNER MEMORIAL Sonnet. Any subject. Awards: $50, $30, $20 7. JUDAH, SARAH, GRACE AND TOM MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: encouraging reflection on inter-ethnic relations. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 8. CENIE H. MOON PRIZE (Sponsored by endowment and Patsy Anne Bickerstaff) Any form. Subject: a woman or women. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 9. HANDY ANDY PRIZE Limerick. Awards: $25, $15, $10 10. ADA SANDERSON MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: nature. 48 line limit. Award: $100 11. CH ARLOTTE WISE MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: Americas heritage or culture. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIPS: 12. J. FRANKLIN DEW AWARD (Sponsored by Annette Dew) Series of 3-4 haiku on a single theme. Awards: $50, $30, $20 13. THE ADAGIO PRIZE (Sponsored by Judith Bragg & Helen Eano) Poem or song lyric in American blues tradition. Any form. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 14. ELIZABETH NEUWIRTH MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Claudia Gary) Iambic pentameter. Subject: a specific work of art other than poetry (identify the work in title or poem, or in an epigraph.) 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 15. LAURA DAY BOGGS BOLLING MEMORIAL (Sponsored by her children, Jim, Alma, Flora, & Glade) Any rhymed form. Poem written by an adult for school-age children, ages 10-12 years. 20 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 16. MIRIAM RACHIMI MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Ben and Michal Mahgerefteh) Any form. Subject: the spiritual impact of losing (or almost losing) a loved one. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 17. THE ROBERT S. SERGEANT MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Amber, Alyssa & Annika Jenkins in memory of their teacher and poetry mentor) Any form. Subject: Birds. 48 line limit. Award: $50 18. JOE PENDLETON CAMPBELL MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Paula Savoy) Narrative poem. Any form. Any subject. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 19. VIBRANT VILLANELLE AWARD (Sponsored by Susan and Joe Metz) Traditional villanelle. Subject: lively celebration of being a poet. Awards: $50, $30, $20 20. COME OUT SWINGING PRIZE (Sponsored by H. Fairfax Conquest) Lyrics for a song. Any subject. Any rhythm. No musical score. 50 line limit. Awards: $100, $75, $25 21. MARCO POLO TRAVEL POEM AWARD (Sponsored by Peter H. Desmond, in honor of Jean H. Desmond.) Any form. Poem about travel. 60 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 22. RAYMOND LEVI HAISLIP MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Otis L. Haislip, Jr.) Any form. Subject: celebrating technology. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 23. EPIMENIO IBAΡEZ & MARIA DELIA MUΡOZ MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Denise DeVries and Alvaro Ibaρez) Any form, in Spanish or English. Subject: in honor of parents. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 24. CARLOS HUMBERTO IBAΡEZ ARIAS MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Denise DeVries and Alvaro Ibaρez) Any form. Subject: Love and forgiveness. 48 line limit. Award: $100 25. FRANK CRADDOCK MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Piedmont Literary Society- Lynchburg) Any form. Subject: Virginia life and culture. 64 line limit. Award: $100 26. THE ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL (Sponsored by: The Poetry Society of Virginia) Any form. Subject: overcoming adversity. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA MEMBERS ONLY: 27. EMMA GRAY TRIGG MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment and Edith White) Lyric Poem. Any subject. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 28. KARMA DEANE OGDEN MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment and Guy Terrell) Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 VIRGINIA RESIDENTS ONLY: 29. A POEM WITH A POINT OF VIEW (Sponsored by Angela Anselmo) Any form. Any subject that inspires the writer to express his or her strong or particular feelings. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 30. LORETTA DUNN HALL MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Phyllis Hall Haislip) Any form. Subject: family. 24 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20 |
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