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POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA CONTEST 2007 1. Members’ Prize, Claudia Emerson, Judge. First Place: “Field” Ruth Holzer, Herndon VA; Second Place: “The Ghosts of Mentiri, Pennsylvania” Amro Ramzi Naddy, Charlottesville, VA; Third Place: “While You Were Birdwatching”, Katie Lecher Lyle, Lexington VA; 1st HM “The Encounter” David Strait, Jackson, TN; 2nd HM “Barnacles” Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA; 3rd HM “Sudden Quarry” Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA (113 entries) 2. Edgar Allan Poe Memorial, Gregory Donovan, Judge. First Place: “Wandering” Kathleen Caster Mace, Louisville KY; 1st HM. “Sunday Morning” Mary McCue, Charlottesville VA; 2nd HM. “Poussin” Ruth Holzer, Herndon VA; 3rd HM “When I Was a Boy” Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville VA; 4th HM “The Ice Man” Elizabeth Doyle Solomon, Barboursville, VA; 5th HM “Flying Things” Linda Bosson, Pittsburgh PA (112 entries) 3. Bess Gresham Memorial, Tim Suermondt, Judge. First Place: “Among the Flowers” Lenny Lianne, Ramona CA; Second Place: “Gardening at Assisted Living” Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond VA; “The Grief of Gardens Third Place” Carol Seitchik, Beverly MA; 1st HM “Gretchen Stover: Redwing, 1888” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY 2nd HM “In the Garden of the Muses” Joan H. Brobeck, Bedford VA; 3rd HM (tie) “Roots” Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg VA; 3rd HM (tie) “Horticulture Hedonist” Terry Cox-Joseph, Newport News VA (70 entries) 4. Carleton Drewry Memorial, Chris O’Carroll, Judge. First Place: “Working at the Kum and Go” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY; 1st HM “The Three” Linda Bosson, Pittsburgh PA; 2nd HM “The Lions of Autumn” Leonel F. Valle, Roanoke VA; 3rd HM “Easter Sunrise, Cortona” Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond VA (23 entries) 5. Brodie Herndon Memorial, Paula Savoy, Judge. First Place: “Crabbing on the Chesapeake” Tim Lewis, Charlottesville VA, Second Place: “The Gulf of Maine” Tom Morris, Lynchburg VA; 1st HM. “Early Morning Seaport” Janice P. Egry, Verbank NY; 2nd HM “Sea Glass” Arlene Sanders, Flint Hill VA (62 entries) 6. Nancy Bird Turner Memorial, Tim Lewis, Judge. First Place: “The Ferry Whistle” Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk VA; Second Place: “September Apples” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; Third Place: “Splendor in a Five Foot Cage” Dalene Stull, Danville OH; 1st HM “Monochrome” Albert R. Horell, Saint Charles, MO; 2nd HM “The Carrier” John M. Steinbach, Williamsburg VA (50 entries) 7. Judah, Sarah, Grace and Tom Memorial, Jon Pineda, Judge. First Place: “International Security” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; Second Place: “Meeting Imam-Shua” Virginia O’Keefe, Virginia Beach, VA; Third Place: “In the 1870’s” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; 1st HM “Do Not Wash” Joan Mazza, Mineral VA; 2nd HM “In Line for Movie Tickets in L.A.” Mary Langer Thompson, Apple Valley, CA (41 entries) 8. J. Franklin Dew Award, James McNally, Judge. First Place: “Musicale” Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond VA; Second Place: “Changes” Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk VA; Third Place: “Mother’s Day” Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City, UT; 1st HM “Occohannock Road” Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach VA; 2nd HM “forsythia, a haiku sequence” Lynn Hoins, Bloomingburg NY: 3rd HM (tie) “brown leaves drifting down” Larry Turner, Fredericksburg VA; 3rd HM (tie) “Sorted A to Z” Joseph Maxwell, Blacksburg, VA (47 entires) 9. Cenie Moon Prize, Dorothy Shelly, Judge. First Place: “The Undressing Room” Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk VA (86 entries) 10. Handy Andy Prize, Ed Lull, Judge. First Place: “Last Supper” M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg VA; Second Place: “Futuristic Undies” Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL; Third Place: “Toad on the Road” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA; 1st HM “Kangaroo” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; 2ndHM “Limerick (Hostess)” Norma Richardson, Richmond; 3rd HM “Declaration of Independence” John B. Pleasants, White Stone VA (40 entires) 11. Ada Sanderson Memorial, Gordon VanNess, Judge. First Place: “The Return” Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk VA (104 entries) 12. Ole Fred Prize Honoring Fred Chappell, Joshua Poteat, Judge. First Place: “Anytime of Year, Peregrine Penthouse” Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville VA; Second Place: “What I Have Been Thinking About” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; Third Place: “Black Swallowtail” Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach VA; 1st HM “Recycle All Lines” Toni Tyler, Chesapeake VA; 2nd HM “Air Freshener” Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond VA; 3rd HM “Part I : Crete Part II; Athens” Jill Winkowski, Yorktown VA (102 enttries) 13. Evelyn Wade and Viette Sandbank Memorial, Reb Livingston, Judge. First Place: “When the Calendar Married the Dictionary” Larry Turner, Fredericksburg VA; Second Place: “So Poor Harry Whittington Thought” Christian Colvin, San Paolo, CA; Third place: “Lunchmeatatphobia” Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg VA; 1st HM “I Refuse to Deify Fat-Free” Helen Eano, Richmond VA; 2nd HM “Harriet Tubman” Nancy C. Allen, Glen Allen, VA (89 entries) 14. Alfred C. Gary Memorial, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Judge. First Place: “Depression, 1932” Clara Silverstein, Auburndale, MA; Second Place: “Hard Call (1948 Formation of Isra’el)” Toni Tyler, Chesapeake VA; Third Place: “On Board the MSO Gallant, WWII” Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT; 1st HM “An Ode for Sputnik” John M. Steinbach, Williamsburg VA; 2nd HM “Fuse of Justice” Yamilee Craven, Allenstown NH; 3rd HM “Mt. Carmel, April 1991” Maureen Lavender, Prairie Grove, AR (16 entries) 15. Laura Day Boggs Bolling Memorial, Shann Palmer, Judge. First Place: “Clouds” Madge Creasy, Garner, NC; Second Place: “Merry-Go-Round” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; Third Place: “Hey, Mom, Grandpa Told Me--” B.R. Culbertson, Blacksburg, VA; 1t HM “Up in My Trees Today” Elizabeth Doyle Solomon, Barboursville, VA; continued 2nd HM “Listen, My Wind” Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT; 3rd HM “The Water Cycle” Denise Thompson-Slaughter, South Bend, IN (56 entries) 16. Miriam Rachimi Memorial, Sofia Starnes, Judge. First Place: “Walking Backwards” Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton VA; Second Place: “Poem Talking in Its Sleep About a Lake” Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville VA; Third Place: “Lilac’s Sweet Scent” Elizabeth Doyle Solomon, Barboursville VA; 1st HM “The Last Time I Saw Him” Jill Winkowski, Yorktown VA; 2nd HM “In the Wake of Your Wild” Violeta Garcia Mendoza, Oakmont PA; 3rd HM “World War, Too” Jeanne Faulconer, South Hill VA (92 entries) 17. Robert S. Sergeant Memorial, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Judge. First Place: “Heron” Margaret E. Mcwethy, Annapolis MD; 1st HM “Wild Geese” Arlene Sanders, Flint Hill VA; 2nd HM “Mockingbird in Spring” Mary Magoon DeLara, Williamsburg VA; 3rd HM “Mourning Dove” Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg VA (69 entries) 18. Joe Pendleton Campbell Narrative, Marguerite Watkins, Judge. First Place: “Atlantic Slaver” Tim Lewis, Charlottesville VA; Second Place: “Beyond the Train” Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR; Third Place: “Questionable Question?” Toni Tyler, Chesapeake VA; 1st HM “Then I touched Grace (Sestina)” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA; 2nd HM “Demeter Mourns” Joanne Scott Kennedy, Toano, VA; 3rd HM “Pearls of Great Price (Blank Verse)” Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC (83 entries) 19. A Poem with a Point of View, Rose Elliott, Judge. First Place: “Afterwords” Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton VA; Second Place: “Waiting to Happen” Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville VA; Third Place: “First Meetings (a pantoum)” Joan Mazza, Mineral VA; 1st HM “Daughter” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; 2nd HM “The Hidden Fox” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA; 3rd HM “The Brave” Kamau Rucker, Fairfax VA (67 entires) 20. Loretta Dunn Hall Memorial, Kim Roberts, Judge. First Place: “Khaki Pants” Elizabeth Doyle Solomon, Barboursville VA; Second Place: “In minor Chord” Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg VA; Third Place: “Saturday Morning Music” Ronald Landa, Williamsburg VA; 1st HM “Heather with Henry” Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville VA; 2nd HM “Home Movie, Circa 1960” Claudia Gary-Annis, Leesburg VA; 3rd HM “Deep End” Jeanne Faulconer, South Hill VA (43 entries) 21. Epimenio Ibañez Honorary, Myrna Amelia Mesa, Judge. First Place: “Nostalgia” Leonel F. Valle, Roanoke VA; 1st HM “Sacrificios de Mis Padres” Martin Hernandez, Fredericksburg VA (3 entires) 22. Jean S. Desmond Ekphrastic Poem Prize, Serena Fusek, Judge. First Place: “Appearances: In Appreciation of Sam Harris” Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach VA; Second Place:. “Adieu” Terry Cox-Joseph, Newport News VA; Third Place: “In the Art Gallery” Maria W. Butler, Richmond VA; 1st HM “Placing the Stars” Pat Royal Perkinson, Topping VA; 2nd HM “Mama’s Cause” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA; 3rd HM “Looking Into the Mona Lisa” Norma Richardson, Richmond VA (44 entries) 23. Vibrant Villanelle Award, Grace Simpson, Judge. First Place: “To Write a Poem” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY; Second Place: “Writing a Villanelle” Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City UT; Third Place: “I Do Not Love Thee, Villanelle” B.R. Culbertson, Blacksburg VA; 1st HM “Birth of a Poem” Edward W. Lull, Williamsburg VA (17 entries) 24. Come Out Swinging Prize, Peter Desmond, Judge. First Place: “The Venerable Bede” John Finerty, Alexandria VA (42 entries) 25. The Williamsburg Poetry Guild Award. Vivian Teter, Judge. First Place: “Harvest Dance” Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach VA; Second Place: “Train Stop” Robert E. Young, Virginia Beach VA; Third Place: “Prairie Wind: for My Oklahoma Grandma” Elizabeth Doyle Solomon, Barboursville VA; 1st HM “Far from an Ocean” Nedra Rogers, Lawrence, KS; 2nd HM “Rondel for a Prairie” B. R. Culbertson, Blacksburg VA; 3rd HM “crane dance” Tom Morris, Lynchburg VA 26. Parody Poem Contest, Derek Kannemeyer, Judge. First Place: “So This is NoVa” Lenny Lianne, Ramona CA; 1st HM “The Bills” K.A.M. Hatcher, Midlothian VA ; 2nd HM “Twilight and Ashes” Larry Turner, Fredericksburg VA; 3rd HM “Newborn Rapture” Wayne A. Brindle, Lynchburg VA; 4th HM “The Scribbler’s Psalm” Janice P. Egry, Verbank NY (33 entries) 27. Raymond Levi Haislip Memorial, Edward D. Lynskey, Judge. First Place: “One Small Step” Claudia Gary-Annis, Leesburg VA; Second Place: “Twenty Minutes among Stars” Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT; Third Place: “The Clock on the Pavement” Matguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 1st HM “Smithsonian Poetry Project- 2108 A.D.” David L. Byrn, Prescott AZ; 2nd HM “Personal Computing” Yamilee Craven, Allenstown NH; 3rd HM “Computerphobia” Elizabeth Carnahan, Murray UT (28 entries) 28. Maria Delia Muñoz Memorial, Mike Correa, Judge. First Place: “The Sewing Lesson” Kamau Rucker, Fairfax VA; Second Place: “Landscape of My Only Imaging” Andrea L. Watson, Denver CO; Third Place: “Pargo Criollo” Leonel F. Valle, Roanoke VA; 1st HM “The Last Jar “ Joseph Maxwell, Blacksburg VA; 2nd HM “Piecework” Joan Mazza, Mineral VA (34 entries) 29. Emma Gray Trigg Memorial, B.R. Culbertson, Judge. First Place: “Rievaulx Abbey in the Rain” Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton VA; Second Place: “Osage Song” Maureen Lavender, Prairie Grove AR; 1st HM “For the Time Being” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; 2nd HM “After the Move” Mary R. McCue, Charlottesville VA; 3rd HM “Sunday Morning in Washington, DC” Michael J. McNamara, Springfield VA (57 entries) 30. Karma Deane Ogden Memorial, Adam Tavel, Judge. First Place: “Squirrel” Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville VA; Second Place: “In the Civil War Trenches Outside Richmond” Clara Silverstein, Auburndale MA (95 entries) |
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