LIST OF WINNERS 2004 PSV ADULT CONTEST

1. Edgar Allan Poe Memorial- Dr. George Garrett,Judge 1st Place: On the Central Line, Ruth Holzer-Herndon, VA; 1st H.M. Lolita Writes Back, Rhiaanon Antweiler, Williamsburg, VA; 2nd H.M. Down Cana Road, Katherine Roppel-Clemmons, NC; 3rd H.M.: Past the Narrows, Mark Mansfield- Arlington, VA; 4th H.M.: Crossing the Tundra, Beverly Isaksen, Norfolk, VA; 5th H.M.: Uncalled, Dulcy Brainard- Darien, CT.

2. Bess Gresham Memorial - Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Judge 1st Place: In the Garden, Sandra Lake Lassen, West Jefferson, NC; 2nd Place: Dayspring, Virginia M. Buelke, Citrus Springs, FL; 3rd Place: A Branch of Apple Blossoms, Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 1st H.M : A Rose by Every Other Name, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC; 2nd H.M.: Garden, with Roses, Maureen Lavender, Prairie Grove AR; 3rd H.M.: Grandma Gamete�s Garden, Sharon L. Shimick, Richmond, VA.

3. Carlton Drewry Memorial - Grace Simpson, Judge Winner: For Andrew, Meghan Sanders Talley, Alliston, MA; 1st H.M.: Chilly Wind, Virginia O�Keefe, Virginia Beach, VA; 2nd H.M.: At Crabtree Falls, Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 3rd H.M.: Park Edge; James McNally, Norfolk, VA.

4. Brodie Herndon Memorial - Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Judge 1st Place: Deep Secret, David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ; 2nd Place: The Rival Sea, Sandra Lake Lassen, West Jefferson, NC; 1st H.M.: One Last Beach Walk, Helen Eano, Richmond, VA 2nd H.M.: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Claudia Gary Annis, Leesburg, VA; 3rd H.M.: Casco Bay, Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA.

5. Nancy Byrd Turner Memorial - Chris O�Carroll, Judge 1st Place: Sabu, Ruth Holzer,Herndon, VA; 2nd Place: Jane Pinch, Knitter of Guernseys, Sheila K. Barksdale,Gainesville, FL; 3rd Place: Worry Bed/Comfort Couch; Larry Turner; Fredericksburg, VA; 1st H.M.: The Chocolate Map, Claudia Gary Annis,Leesburg, VA; 2nd H.M.: A Picture, Cut in Half, Carol Osterlund, Phoenix AZ; 3rd H.M.: Road Too Often Taken, B.R. Culbertson, Blacksburg, VA.

6. Judah, Sarah, Grace and Tom Memorial - Forestine C. Bynum, Judge 1st Place: The Swing, Mrs. Erna Hennessy,San Francisco, CA; 2nd Place: Wiser,Anthony F. Gulotta, Phoenixville, PA; 3rd Place: Two Knotty Brooms, Darlene Richardson, Arlington, VA; First H.M.: One Child,Lori C. Fraind, Sterling VA; 2nd H.M., Park Time, R. Eugene Brown Richmond, VA; 3rd H.M. Traveling Tipi, Lynn R. Hartz, Ph.D,Charleston, WV.

7. J. Franklin Dew Award - Catherine McCormack, Judge 1st Place: Robin Dips Tail First, Patricia Grimm, Sunset, Utah; 2nd Place: Salvation, Ronald D. Landa, Williamsburg, VA; 3rd Place: On the Edge of the Marsh, Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL

8. Cenie H. Moon Prize - Roselyn Elliott, Judge 1st Place: Table for Two, Katherine Roppel,Clemmons, NC; 1st H.M. Ruby, Mary McCue, Charlottesville, VA; 2nd H.M.: Homecoming, Hannah Marie Ekberg, Geneva, Switzerland; 3rd H.M.:
The Writer to Her Newborn Baby Girl, B.R. Culbertson, Blacksburg, VA, 4th H.M.: Knickerbocker Tales, Robert E. Young, Virginia Beach, VA; 5th H.M.: Donna Jean, Kathleen Corcoran, Owings Mills, MD.

9. Handy Andy Prize - James Mc Nally, Judge 1st Place: Not Really, Joyce Shiver,Crystal River, FL; 2nd Place: You�ve Got Male, David L. Byrn, Prescott AZ; 3rd Place: Can You Dig It?, Carol Osterlund, Phoenix, AZ; 1st H.M. Coast to Coast, Charlotte Manning Knesek, Corpus Christi, TX; 2nd H.M. Dallas Cowgirl, Stuart Nottingham, Alexandria, VA 3rd H.M. (tie): When Al Said That Space Has Concavity, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA; 3rd H.M.(tie) �Gator Ade, Hazel Bell Nicholas,Marietta. OK.

10. Ada Sanderson Memorial - Laura J. Bobrow, Judge 1st Place: Content with Narrow View (Pantoum),Carol Osterlund, Phoenix, AZ; 1st H.M.: Dresser of Sycamores; Kathleen Corcoran, Owings Mills, MD 2nd H.M.: Last of the Bittersweet, Dalene Stull; Danville, OH; 3rd H.M.: Among Bent Branches; Victoria Chiou, Chesterfield, VA.

11. Ole Fred Prize Honoring Fred Chappell - Gordon Van Ness, Judge 1st Place: Wooden Ships, Mark Mansfield, Arlington, VA, 2nd Place: Bower, Hannah Marie Ekberg, Geneva, Switzerland; 3rd Place: North Light, Don Shockey, Oklahoma City, OK; 1st H.M.: Durham Summer, Katherine Hagopian, Williamsburg, VA.

12. Ralph S. Coleman Memorial- 1st Place: Dappled Things, Kathleen Corcoran,Owings Mills, Md; 2nd Place: Sonnet for a Sinner, Shirley F. Cox, Farmville, VA; 3rd Place: No School Today, Vance High, Charlotteville, VA; 1st H.M.: Cousin Prid Pergonia, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Hardyville, VA; 2nd H.M.: Auntie Dot Makes Yeast Rolls, Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 3rd H.M.: In Praise of �Juler Swan Dogs�, Lynn Veach Sadler,Sanford, NC.

13. Evelyn Wade and Viette Sandbank Memorial- Derek Kannemeyer, Judge 1st Place: Rush Hour, Joe Metz, Spotsylvania, VA; 2nd Place: Honorable Mention, David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ; 3rd Place: Ode for Halle, Gerald C. Anderson; Blacksburg, VA; 1st H.M.: Sales Pitch, Leslie M. Tyson, Reston, VA; 2nd H.M.: Cajun Halloween, James F. Gaines, Fredericksburg, VA; 3rd H.M.: A Change of Heart, Thomas M. Edwards, Fairfield Glade, TN.

14. Colonial Virginia - Kim Roberts, Judge 1st Place: Pocahontas, Katie Letcher Lyle, Lexington, VA; 2nd Place: Cole Mountain (Amherst County, Virginia), Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 3rd Place: First, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA; 1st H.M.: Pleasant�s Letter, Kelley Lane, Richmond, VA; 2nd H.M.: Blandford Church, Virginia, Carrie Jackson Karegeannes, Falls Church, VA; 3rd H.M.: Soliloquy, 1775, Stuart C.Nottingham, Alexandria, VA.

15. Elizabeth Neuwirth Memorial - Virginia O�Keefe, Judge 1st Place: Of Perusing the Painting �Come, Now a Roundel, B.R. Culbertson, Blacksburg, VA; 2nd Place: On Singing Handel�s Messiah, Maureen Lavender, Prairie Grove, AR; 3rd Place: Eddie�s Place, June Owens, Zephyrhills, FL; 1st H.M.: The Gleaners, Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk, VA; 2nd H.M.: On Viewing th Birth of Venus, Carol Osterlund, Phoenix, AZ; 3rd H.M.: Looking Into the Mona Lisa, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA.

16. Laura Day Boggs Bolling Memorial - Norma Richardson, Judge 1st Place: Who Said Boo?, Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk, VA; 2nd Place: Nights in Our House Dragons Come, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithica, NY; 3rd Place: I Will Hold You, Sita Blakeslee, Roseland, FL; 1st H.M.: Burping Baby Sister, Nancy Merical, Ripley, WV; 2nd H.M.: The Moment of Truth, William Sowell, Deland, FL.

17. Miriam Rachimi Memorial - Katherine Soniat, Judge 1st Place: The How of It All, Shawn L. Callaway, Virginia Beach, VA; 2nd Place: History in a Cup, Michael Correa, Yorktown, VA; 3rd Place: Coffin, Laura J. Bobrow, Leesburg, VA; 1st H.M.: The Gardener and His Daughter in a Country Cemetery, Carolyn Kreite-Foronda, Hardyville, VA; 2nd H.M.: The Leaving, Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR; 3rd H.M.: My Jewish Mother, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC.

18. The Robert S. Sergeant Memorial - Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Judge 1st Place: Osprey Trail, Virginia O�Keefe, Virginia Beach, VA; 1st H.M.: The Impetuous Mr. Peepers, Ernest Irby Richmond, VA; 2nd H.M. (tie): Of Migration, Mary Ann Savage, Watsonville, CA; 2nd H.M (tie): An Unforeseen Dilemma, Katherine Roppel, Clemmons, NC; 3rd H.M.: Wild Goose, Kathleen Corcoran, Owings Mills, MD; 4th H.M.: Invasion, Maureen Lavender, Prairie Grove, AR; 5th H.M.: The Prudent Plover, Helen Eano, Richmond, VA.

19. The L. Allen McDaniel Award - Joseph Awad, Judge 1st Place: Final Battle, Carol Osterlund,Phoenix, AZ; 2nd Place: The Ship�s Reunion, William Sowell, Deland, FL; 3rd Place: Luminescence, Beverly A. McColley, Virginia Beach, VA; 1st H.M.: 1968: For All Who Went, for All Who Waited and for All Who Never Came Home, Katherine Roppel, Clemmons, NC; 2nd H.M.: Lest We Forget, Edward W. Lull, Williamsburg, VA.

20. Joe Pendleton Campbell - Bruce Souders, Judge 1st Place: The Ballad of Black Rose, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithica, NY; 2nd Place: Attack, Virginia O�Keefe, Virginia Beach, VA; 3rd Place: Probing the Wall; Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA; 1st H.M.: Star Worlds, Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach, VA; 2nd H.M.: The Artist, Lynn R. Hartz, Ph.D, Charleston, WV.

21. A Poem with a Point of View - Mary Flinn, Judge 1st Place: Grounded Forever, Ronald D. Landa, Williamsburg, VA; 1st H.M.: The New Year Gun, Kathleen Corcoran; Owings Mills, MD; 2nd H.M.: Definition, Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 3rd H.M.: Single Women Live Longer, Ruth Holzer, Herndon, VA.

22. Emma Gray Trigg Memorial - Sofia Starnes, Judge 1st Place: Through the Woods to the Stars, Kate Letcher Lyle, Lexington, VA; 2nd Place: A Writer in an Orchard of Plum Trees, Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 1st H.M.: Night and Day, Shann Palmer, Richmond, VA; 2nd H.M.: Conquerors, Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk, VA; 3rd H.M. (tie): Standard, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA; 3rd H.M (tie) : Tenebrae, Joseph Awad, Richmond, VA.

23. Karma Deane Ogden Memorial - Gregory Donovan, Judge 1st Place: Learning the Old Songs, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA; 2nd Place: The Lost Hour, Ruth Holzer, Herndon, VA; 1st H.M.: Marianne,Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA; 2nd H.M.: Hiss, Lori C. Fraind, Sterling, VA; 3rd H.M.: At Orchard Falls, Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg, VA; 4th H.M.: Blue Vision, Judith C. Beale, Blacksburg, VA.

Special Category: Pauline Ellis Prize for Prose Poetry

Judges: David Martin, Bonnie Barr Smith, Martin Jenkins
Winner: Wall, F.J. Bergmann, Poynette, WI; Runners-up: The Turning of the Dead, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC; Chicago Transit; James F. Gaines, Fredericksburg, VA; Stuff, Frank Polite, Youngstown, OH.

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