First Place ($500 Prize): C.B. Anderson, Massachusetts
“Stonewalls Sometimes a Prison Make” “Praise for the Mother of Summer” “Meritocracy” “Verification”
Second Place: Adam Sedia, Indiana
“At Lincoln’s Tomb” “Vision” “Untitled”
Third Place: Fr. Richard Libby, Texas
“Made in China” (publication forthcoming) “When All the World Seems New” “You See Me Nearly Daily”
Third Place: Lorna Davis, California
“The Rarest of Gems” (publication forthcoming) “November”
Third Place: Don Shook, Texas
“Commie Carcinoma” “Cosmosis” “Cellphone Blues”
Honorable Mention
James A. Tweedie, Washington State: “One Every Minute” “A Shakespeare Reverie”
Ron L. Hodges, California: “The Exclusive Inclusive” “An Atheist’s Faith” “The Fall of Jerusalem”
Joe Tessitore, New York: “A Great Divide” “Harsh Reality?” “The Morning After the Parade” “Toward the Light”
Prose Award First Place: “Poetry and the Muses” Parts 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 by James Sale, England
Prose Award Second Place: “Put Down That Poem Before You Kill Yourself” by Con Chapman, Massachusetts
Translation Award ($100 Prize): J. Simon Harris, North Carolina
“Iliad, Lines I.1-47” “Dante’s Inferno: Canto I”
High School First Place ($100 Prize): Wandi Zhu, New York: “Passing of the Seasons” “The Faerie Glade”
High School First Place ($100 Prize): Annabelle Fuller, England: “The Breaking Season”
High School Third Place: Abygail Spurling, Ohio: “The Comforter”
(Note: There were not enough submissions in the Hudson Valley New York category, so that prize was canceled)
Congratulations C.B. and to all!
Congratulations to all !
Great news – well done to all the poets!! It’s great to see and read such rich talent! I am particularly delighted to see J Simon Harris winning for his amazing translation from Dante.
Congratulations, everybody!
Congratulations C.B. and all the very worthy winners!
All the congratulations should go to Evan Mantyk, who created this venerable venue. I can only hope to continue contributing to what has turned out to be a truly amazing enterprise.
Thank you, Mr. Anderson!
Excellent choices!