Winners of the 2022 adult contests will read their prizewinning poems on Tuesday, March 14 (spring) and Thursday, March 16 (fall), both at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Their work will be published in the upcoming issue of Verseweavers, which has gone to press and will soon be mailed to all members and contest winners. The …
The Clackamas County Arts Alliance Literary Arts Committee invites Clackamas County writers to submit their work to their 2023 writing contest. Poems must fit the theme “Clackamas County: Its Life, Its History, Its Future.” Entries will be accepted from Jan. 3 to April 3, 2023. For complete guidelines, click here.
OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION 2023 ADULT SPRING CONTEST Begins: February 1, 2023 Ends: March 1, 2023 Winners will be announced mid-to-late April, 2023 CATEGORIES Please remember that if you are not a current member of OPA you must submit your entries through the Non-Member Submittable portal in order for them to be accepted. Limit: one poem …
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS POET’S CHOICE: JUDGE: DOROTHEA LASKY 1st Place – La Chua, Alison Gaines 2nd Place — At St. Mary’s, Suzy Harris 3rd Place — Pink Bubble Technology, DM Wallace 1st HM — Upon Learning of a Friend’s Suicide, Robert Eastwood 2nd HM – Amelia, Scottie Sterrett 3rd HM — I’ll Tell …
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS MEMBERS ONLY: JUDGE: MICHAEL MINASSIAN 1st Place — Breaking, Jennifer Rood 2nd Place — Still Life, Linda Drach 3rd Place — Audaciouse, Joy McDowell 1st HM — At Harriet Tubman’s Grave in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York, Nancy Flynn 2nd HM — The Day I Die, Dale Champlin 3rd …
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS NEW POETS: JUDGE: AMY MILLER 1st Place — Eyelashes in the Sink, Christine Payne 2nd Place – Safe, Zachary Paul 3rd Place – My Mother Said, Ann Stinson 1st HM – Ghosts, Olivia Niland 2nd HM – The apple tree is gone, M. Sean Stanley 3rd HM – Ordinary—A Ghazal, …
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s 2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS TRADITIONAL: THE GOLDEN SHOVEL: JUDGE: JAMES BENTON 1st Place – over the wintry, Marvin Lurie 2nd Place – Our Eyebrows Raised Like Cathedral Arches, Linda Ferguson 3rd Place – Without the Solace of Green, Trina Gaynon 1st HM – Migration, Amelia Diaz Ettinger 2nd HM – Without Effort, Brad …
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS THEME: THE MOON: JUDGE: A. MOLOTKOV 1st Place – to keep them close, Melanie Green 2nd Place – You, Robert Eastwood 3rd Place – You Can’t Move Moonlight, Susan Woods Morse 1st HM – split ends, Daniela Elza 2nd HM – Sapphire Moon, Judson Hyatt 3rd HM – Photograph in …
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS 30 AND UNDER: JUDGE: JAMES R. MERRILL 1st Place – Smoke, TJ Foltz 2nd Place – Fetch, Julia Fritz-Endres 3rd Place – This Twilight, Christopher Foufos 1st HM – Racing, Olivia Niland 2nd HM – To The Cabbage White Butterfly Who Frequents My Lettuce Patch, Caroline Holm 3rd HM – …
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2022 FALL ADULT CONTEST RESULTS SPANISH LANGUAGE: JUDGE: AMELIA DIAZ ETTINGER 1st Place — La luna del mediodía, Anna Jasinska 2nd Place — Duraznos de Sangre India, Jabez W. Churchill No Honorable Mentions selected. Judge’s Comments: none. ____________________ La luna del mediodía – 1st Place, Anna Jasinska Al mediodía camino insomne bajo la luna brillante— …
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