Poetry Society of Virginia 2001 Contest Results
Prepared by Lori C. Fraind, Contest Chair

1. EDGAR ALLAN POE MEMORIAL Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. Sponsored by the Poetry Society 161 Entries
1st Place ($100) Final Advice from the Dowager to Her Daughter the Princess Chou, Jean Sinclair Symmes, McLean VA
1st HM The Perfect Catch, Beverly McLoughland, Williamsburg VA
2nd HM Audit, Claudia Gary Annis, Leesburg VA

2. BESS GRESHAM MEMORIAL Any form. Subject of gardens. 48 line limit. Sponsored by endowment 78 Entries
1st Place ($50) The Garden: Quaker Work Camp, California, 1951, Joyce Nower, La Mesa CA
2nd Place ($30) Testing the Water, Kathryn E. Clement, Mesa AZ
3rd Place ($20) Reunions in the Garden, Ian Veitenheimer, Manchester NH
1st HM Spring Gardener, Patricia Grimm, Sunset UT
2nd HM New Garden, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Weyers Cave VA
3rd HM Paradise Transcended, June Owens, Zephyrhills FL

3. CARLETON DREWRY MEMORIAL Lyric or sonnet. Subject: mountains. 48 line limit. Sponsored by endowment 42 Entries
1st Place ($50) Memories of Mountains, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Weyers Cave VA
1st HM The Meadow at Chiri-San, South Cholla Province, Korea, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond VA
2nd HM Kopan Monastery, Nepal, Deborah Nodler Rosen, Glencoe IL
3rd HM March in Santa Fe, Carol Kanter, Evanston IL

4. BRODIE HERNDON MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: the sea. 48 line limit. Sponsored by endowment 66 Entries
1st Place ($50) Water Poem, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY
2nd Place ($30) This Sea, B. R. Culbertson, Blacksburg VA
1st HM Brahman-atman, Dan Gauthier, Indian River MI
2nd HM Sand Maker, Jean Webster, Falmouth ME
3rd HM The Sea We See at Sea, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford NC

5. NANCY BYRD TURNER MEMORIAL Sonnet. Sponsored by endowment 72 Entries
1st Place ($50) Blue Tides, Margaret Ward Morland, Lynchburg VA
2nd Place ($30) Teacup Universe, Tabor Elisabeth Skreslet, Richmond VA
3rd Place ($20) On Your Birthday In Your Absence, Claudia Gary Annis, Leesburg VA
1st HM Auguste and Victor at the Exhibition, Fay Picardi, Satellite Beach FL
2nd HM Searching for Amanda, Patricia Grimm, Sunset UT
3rd HM Conan the Librarian, A. M. Juster, Belmont MA

Judge�s Citations: Scenario, Linda Bosson, New York NY; Sonnet XIII, Kendrick Taylor, Clifton VA; The Prince, Carol Kanter, Evanston IL; Fragment of Forever, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Weyers Cave VA; Out of Sight, Kay Putney Gantt, Cudjoe Key FL; Appearances, Christine Pfeiffer, Chicago IL; The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond VA

6. JUDAH, SARAH, GRACE AND TOM MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: inter-ethnic amity. 48 line limit. Sponsored by Stuart & Linda Nottingham 45 Entries
1st Place ($50) HeritageKatharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY
2nd Place ($30) Uptown Crooner, F. Anthony D�Alessandro, Bohemia NY
3rd Place ($20) The Swinging Lesson, Margaret Ward Morland, Lynchburg VA
1st HM When Caesar Draws Water, Robert E. Young, Virginia Beach VA
2nd HM Festivals of Fire, Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT
3rd HM Jupiter Temple, Baalbek, Lebanon, Tabor Elisabeth Skreslet, Richmond VA

7. J. FRANKLIN DEW AWARD Series of 3-4 haiku on a single theme. Sponsored by Annette Dew 57 Entries
1st Place ($50) Shy dawn comes creeping, La Vonne Schoneman, Seattle WA
2nd Place ($30) Pennsylvania Pilgrimage, Kathryn E. Clement, Mesa AZ
3rd Place ($20) Marriage Haiku, Trish Perry, Leesburg VA
1st HM Faces in My Garden, Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT
2nd HM Texas Winter, Kaye Abikhaled, Austin TX
3rd HM Jerusalem Vignettes, F. M. Black, Columbia SC

8. CENIE H. MOON PRIZE Any form. Subject: a woman or women. 48 line limit. Sponsored by endowment 143 Entries
1st Place ($50) Sexual Paradox, Jill Williams, Vancouver BC
1st HM Unlikely Affair, A. M. Juster, Belmont MA
2nd HM Scheherazade Reminisces, Ann Rayburn, Falls Church VA
3rd HM Mavis Johnson, Shirley F. Cox, Farmville VA

9. HANDY ANDY PRIZE Limerick. Sponsored by James McNally 47 Entries
1st Place ($25) The G.O.P. Is Pro-life. Right?�.Wrong! Mary Antil Lederman, Charlottesville VA
2nd Place ($15) Pond Music, Nancy Jean Carrigan, Warrenville IL
3rd Place ($10) A werewolf named Bowser McGoon, Patricia Grimm, Sunset UT
1st HM I once went fishing with Seth, Gail Robertson, Mechanicsville VA
2nd HM The Last Crocodile, Audrey Van Vliet, Reston VA
3rd HM Found and Lost, Marilyn Stacy, Dallas TX

Judge�s Citations: Office Hours, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; Face Forward, Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT; There once was a poet named Porringe, Christine Pfeiffer, Chicago IL; A retentive old gal from Vancouver, Edith R. White, Norfolk VA; Lenore, Emory L. Campbell, Lawrenceville GA; Mass Murderer, Jill Williams, Vancouver BC; Chico the Bandit, Ken Blair, Parachute CO

10. ADA SANDERSON MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: nature 48 line limit. Sponsored by Dorothy Millner 109 Entries
1st Place ($100) Asian Winter, Edgar E. Noel, Newport News VA
1st HM Let the Names Escape Me, Wendell Hawken, Middleburg VA
2nd HM Labyrinthine Trails, Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT
3rd HM Night Shifts, Althea Hoglund Kuniholm, Reston VA

11. OLE FRED PRIZE Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. Honoring Fred Chappell, Sponsored by Grace Simpson 132 Entries
1st Place ($100) Thanks, Larry Turner, Naperville IL
1st HM As the Mayor�s Barn Burned, Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills FL
2nd HM The Widow, Thomas Reardon, Alexandria VA
3rd HM The Day We Fixed the Faucet, Eugene Shea, Hanna WY

Judge�s Citations: The Cousins, July 4th, 1941, Patricia Grimm, Sunset UT; Restoration, Constance Vogel, Glenview IL; September 1942, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA; Dysplasia, Jeannette Barnes, Madison AL; The Ghosts of Asheville, David J. Partie, Lynchburg VA; Class Reunion (45 Years), Pat Allen Kaplon, Madison VA

12. RALPH S. COLEMAN MEMORIAL Any form. Subject: Groundhogs. 48 line limit. Sponsored by Sally Mook 33 Entries
1st Place ($100) Mrs. Noah Meets the Groudhog, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Weyers Cave VA
1st HM Mama Marmota Momax, B. R. Culbertson, Blacksburg VA
2nd HM Due Date: February 2nd, Unknown
3rd HM Groundhog Haiku, Unknown

13. Ellen Anderson Honorary Award. Any form. Subject: Humorous. 48 line limit. Sponsored by Poets of Tallwood of George Mason University 97 Entries
1st Place ($25) The Albino King Snake, David Tillinghast, Clemson SC
2nd Place ($15) Jot �Em Down, John Throgmorton, St Charles MO
3rd Place ($10) Root Canal, Anne E. Mullin, New Harbor ME
1st HM Common Touch, James McNally, Norfolk VA; 2nd HM The Gossip, Laura J. Bobrow, Leesburg VA; 3rd HM Unsuitably Suited Suitor, Emery L. Campbell, Lawrenceville GA

14. Evelyn Wade and Viette Sandbank HONORARY AWARD Light Verse. Any subject. 48 line limit. Sponsored by Lori C. Fraind and Stuart and Linda Nottingham 89 Entries
1st Place ($50) The Compliment, Norma Richardson, Richmond VA
2nd Place ($30) A Menagerie of Poets, Claudia Gary Annis, Leesburg VA
3rd Place ($20) A Week of Cats: Shatter-Day, Someday, Moon-Day, Choosy, Win-Day, Thirsty, Fly-Day, Larry Turner, Naperville IL
1st HM Unmoved, Phyllis Hall Haislip, Williamsburg VA
2nd HM Pelican Flight, Beverly A. McColley, Virginia Beach VA
3rd HM The Market Strikes Again, Edward W. Lull, Williamsburg VA

Judge�s Citations: And Then Again, Maybe�, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Weyers Cave VA; Cat-A-Mine, Edith R. White, Norfolk VA; A Disquisition Upon Thatch on the Way to Jane Austen�s, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford NC; Punning with Poets, or Can Homer Come Out to Play?, Mary Elizabeth Cotton, Newport News VA; A Learical Verse, Nancy Jean Carrigan, Warrenville IL; Beveled Joist, Shann Palmer, Richmond VA; Trophies in the Salvation Army Store, John McBride, Bettendorf IA; Kindergarten Herbs, Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk VA; Villainous Villanelle (Macavity vs. Catwoman), Glenna Holloway, Naperville IL; To the Anopheles (in praise of honesty), Donna Jones, Statesboro GA; Hidden Personality, Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden UT; The Lament of Leon Skywalker, A.M. Juster, Belmont MA

15. EMMA GRAY TRIGG MEMORIAL Lyric poem. Any subject. 64 line limit. Sponsored by endowment
56 Entries
1st Place ($50) Nature�s Song, Joyce Shiver, Crystal River FL
2nd Place ($30) When You Had Gone, Virginia Artrip Snyder, Delray Beach FL
1st HM Cusp, A.M. Juster, Belmont MA
2nd HM The Refrigerator, Claudia Gary Annis, Leesburg VA
3rd HM Raiment, David L. Byrn, Prescott AZ

Judge�s Citations: December Windows, Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk VA; Empty Playhouse, Unknown; Queen Seraph: Belle of St. Mary�s, Mary Antil Lederman, Charlottesville VA

16. KARMA DEANE OGDEN MEMORIAL Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. Sponsored by endowment 89 Entries
1st Place ($50) The Impossible Marriage, Jean Sinclair Symmes, McLean VA
2nd Place ($30) As She Lay Dying, B. R. Culbertson, Blacksburg VA
1st HM Yupik Story Knife, Virginia O�Keefe, Virginia Beach VA
2nd HM Like a Mazda Needing Work, Joanne Scott Kennedy, Toana VA
3rd HM Controller, Glenna Holloway, Naperville IL

17. Elementary School Prize (Grades 1-5) Any form, Any subject, 24 line limit. Sponsored by the Poetry Society 176 Entries
1st Place ($25) Shadow of Thy Yonder Moon, Emily Martin, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5 Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell
2nd Place ($15) The River, G. A. Miller, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5 Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell
3rd Place ($10) The Ocean, Rose Ann Gutierrez, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5, Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell
1st HM Music, Laura Olcheski, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5, Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell
2nd HM My Dragon, Steven McEvoy, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5, Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell
Other Honorable Mentions: Chesapeake Bay (I see her might), Laurel Martin, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5, Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell; Chesapeake Bay (The Chesapeake Bay is�.), Zach Kiernan, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5, Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell; My World, Treyvon Jones, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5, Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell; Wonder, Amy Longden, Wakefield Forest Elementary, Grade 5; The Whisper, Melanie Hewitt, Rosemont Forest Elementary, Grade 5, Teacher: Mrs. Wooddell; Dreams, Jerikiea Griffin, John Tyler Elementary, Grade 4, Teacher: Mrs. Rogers-White; My Crocodile, Joshua Bond, John Tyler Elementary, Grade 4, Teacher: Mrs. Rogers-White

18. Middle School Prize (Grades 6-8) Any form, Any subject, 24 line limit. Sponsored by the Poetry Society 187 Entries
1st Place ($25) The Death of the Mother, CoraRose Howd Machan, Ithaca NY
2nd Place ($15) Beautiful, Shavon Comfort, Binford Model Middle School, Grade 7, Teacher: Mrs. Wilburn
3rd Place ($10) Rainewal, Elissa Harwood, Norfolk Academy, Grade 8
1st HM Monkey Business, Ted Blackman, Norfolk Academy, Grade 6
2nd HM Me, Myself, and I, Cate Carter Crittenden, Orchard House School, Grade 7
3rd HM Blizzard Skiing, Paul W. Norland, Haycock Elementary School, Grade 6
4th HM Lofty Throne in the Sky, Jerome Jackson, Norfolk Academy
5th HM The Pelican, Ashley Carr, Norfolk Academy, Grade 6
6th HM The Shells, Mercedes Taylor, Haycock Elementary School, Grade 6
7th HM To the North, Lucia Schaefer, Holmes Middle School, Grade 6
8th HM Summer Night Sky, Chante Tyler, Crittenden Middle School
9th HM Slumber with the Sea, Alyssa Jenkins, Virginia Beach VA

19. High School Prize (Grades 9-12) Any form, Any subject, 32 line limit. Sponsored by the Poetry Society 83 Entries
1st Place ($25) Daughter of Eve, Michelle Mallett, Norfolk Academy, Grade 12
2nd Place ($15) Hair, Rachel Pennington, Robinson 2ndary, Grade 12
3rd Place ($10) To Love Lost in the Ardennes Forest, John L. Smith, Norfolk Academy, Grade 12
1st HM Eyes, Javier P. Northwest School, Grade 11
2nd HM Jerry Jelly�s Ultimate Pie, Bridget E. Creighton, Robinson Secondary, Grade 9
3rd HM Welcome to My Orchard, Wesleigh Edwards, Norfolk Academy, Grade 12
4th HM Music, Holly Kearl, Loudoun County High School, Grade 12
5th HM Needles, Kimberleigh Martul-March, Orono High School, Grade 10
6th HM In Season, Cynthia Fields, Abingdon High School, Grade 12
7th HM Navajo Boy, Mary Vause, Menchville High School, Grade 12
8th HM What Shade Is Your Heart? Amy Fuller, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Grade 12
9th HM Stained Glass, Katherine R. Persons, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Grade 12
10th HM She Was a Junkie, Christina Baur, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Grade 12

20. Undergraduate College Prize Any form, Any subject, 48 line limit. 10 Entries Sponsored by the Poetry Society 10 Entries
1st Place ($25) eggs, Summer Ventis, Grinnell College, Junior
2nd Place ($15) Untitled �She crept into your subconscious,� Nancy Watts, Howard County Community College, Freshman
3rd Place ($10) Untitled �And I put my baby to sleep, I sweep� Rhiannon Antweiler, College of William and Mary, Freshman

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Our Judges: Flora Bollings Adams, Claudia Gary Annis, Scott Cairns, Dr. Alfred Dorn, Rhina Espaillat, John Gery, Patrick Gibbons, Ken Gurney, Dr. Victor Howes, Norman and June Kraeft, Carol McCrossin, John Mella, Linda Nottingham, Sajeela Ramsey, Carolyn Raphael, J. Michael Rimm, Janet Sylvester, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, and Gail White.

Our Sponsors: Annette Dew, Lori C. Fraind, Jim McNally, Dorothy Millner, Sally Mook, Stuart Nottingham, Linda Nottingham, Poets of Tallwood of George Mason University, and Grace Simpson.
Our Volunteers: Joseph Awad, Laura Bobrow, Beth Huddleston, Cathy Knight, Stuart Nottingham, Linda Nottingham, Tom Russell, and others!

Remember to ask Lori how you can become a contest category sponsor and honor a loved one, and express your appreciation of poetry.

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