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Poetry Society of Virginia Contest 2006 1. Old Virginia Settlers’ Prize. Kim Roberts, Judge. First Place: “Making a Split Rail Fence” Tim Lewis, Charlottesville VA;. Second Place: “Brotherhood of Heads” Rhoda Janzen, Holland MI; Third Place: “Virginia Letters” Patsy Anne Bickerstaff Richmond VA; 1st HM. “House of Burgesses, July 1619” Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond VA; 2nd HM. “Now Falls Every Man to Work” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; 3rd HM. “Discoveries: 1 Cape Henry” David King, Chesapeake VA ( xxx entries) 2. Edgar Allan Poe Memorial. Greg Donovan, Judge. First Place: “Alias” Kathleen Mace Bainbridge Island, WA; 1st HM. “The Fish Market” Nan Byrne, Virginia Beach, VA; 2nd HM. “Sipping Lemonade” Mimi Moriarty, Clarksville NY; 3rd HM. “Theodora Mattis: Redwing, 1888” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY; 4th HM. “Winter Pansies” Mary Jean Kledzik, Norfolk, VA; 5th HM. “Face to Face with Smith Once Again” Lenny Lianne, Ramona, CA ( xxx entries) 3. Bess Gresham Memorial. Tim Suermondt, Judge. First Place: “In the Upside-Down Gardens” Linda Bosson, Squirrel Hill Station, Pittsburgh PA; Second Place: “Garden Sounds Joseph Maxwell”, Blacksburg VA; Third Place: “The Dyer’s Garden” Dalene Stull, Danville OH; 1st HM. “Old Ladies Walking” Jeannette Barnes, Montgomery AL; 2nd HM “Spell” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; 3rd HM “Ghost Gardeners” Lynn Hoins, Bloomingburg, NY ( xxx entries) 4. Carleton Drewry Memorial. Chris O’Carroll, Judge. First Place: “Mount Fuji Blues” Dr. M.L. Alexander, Norfolk, VA ( xxx entries) 5. Brodie Herndon Memorial. Paula Savoy, Judge. First Place: “The Crossing” Lenny Lianne, Ramona CA; Second Place: “Swimming with Fish” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; 1st HM. “Emerald Isle” Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg VA; 2nd HM. “The Walk” Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield AL ( xxx entries) 6. Nancy Bird Turner Memorial. Carolyn Krieter-Foronda, Judge. First Place: “To A Virginia Ecologist” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; Second Place: “Smoothing Out” Catherine Moran, Little Rock AR; Third Place:. “After Iago” Norma Richardson, Richmond VA; 1st HM. “Jo’s Bed” Kathleen Corcoran, Owings Mills, MD; 2nd HM “the Murmur from the Walls” Judy Neri, Silver Spring MD ( xxx entries) 7. Judah, Sarah, Grace and Tom Memorial, Jon Pineda, Judge. First Place:. “Sayonara: January 1942” Norma Richardson, Richmond VA; Second Place: “Encounter, Virginia, late April, 1607” Lenny Lianne, Ramona CA; Third Place: “Betty” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; 1st HM. “Translations” Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg VA; 2nd HM “Sanctification Sestina” Helen C. Warner, Bena, VA; 3rd HM. “A Villanelle for the Inca Atahualpa: November 1532” Michael McNamara, Springfield VA ( xxx entries) 8. J. Franklin Dew Award, James McNally, Judge. First Place: “Racked Deer Stands Stock Still” Norma Richardson, Richmond VA; Second Place: “In the Melancholy Autumn Air” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA; Third Place: “Caterpillar Creeps” Linda Bosson, Pittsburgh PA; 1st HM. “Snow Haiku” Elaine Morgan, Warrenton, VA; 2nd HM. “Haiku – Parachuting Down” Joseph Maxwell, Blacksburg VA; 3rd HM. “Mennonite Lunch Haiku” Rhoda Janzen, Holland MI ( xxx entries) 9. Cenie Moon Prize, Elizabeth Seidel Morgan, Judge. First Place: “Spinning Star” Joan Barber, Fayetteville AR; 1st HM. “Let’s Talk About Women” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; 2nd HM. “Uncle Sam’s Niece” Larry Turner, Fredericksburg VA ( xxx entries) 10. Handy Andy Prize. Ed Lull, Judge. First Place: “Turn About” Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL; Second Place “Fish Wish” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; “Blair” Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield AL; 1st HM. “For Fun and Prophet” Barbara H. Achilles, Vienna VA; 2nd HM. “Untitled (The String)” Susan T. Won, Raleigh, NC; 3rd HM. “Mystery” Constance N. Tupper, Charlottesville VA ( xxx entries) 11. Ada Sanderson Memorial. Gordon Van Ness, Judge. First Place: “Covey” Michael McNamara, Springfield VA; 1st HM. “In Winter” Dalene Stull, Danville OH; 2nd HM. “Sabino Canyon, Arizona” Shann Palmer, Richmond VA; 3rd HM. “Dragon Run” Carolyn Krieter-Foronda, Hardyville VA ( xxx entries) 12. Ole Fred Prize Honoring Fred Chappell, Joshua Poteat, Judge. First Place: “Laurel Tree” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; Second Place: “The Sirens” Wynn Yarbrough, Lafayette, LA; Third Place: “The Ship Having Disburdened Herself…” Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton VA; 1st HM. “Dementia” Janice P. Egry, Verbank NY; 2nd HM. “Showing My French Friends Around Town” Janet Mc Cann, College Station, TX; 3rd HM “Giving Birth at Forty” Mary McCue, Charlottesville,VA; ( xxx entries) 13. Evelyn Wade and Viette Sandbank Memorial, Reb Livingston, Judge. First Place: “Excuses” Rhoda Janzen, Holland MI; Second Place: “Today Only” Linda Bosson, Pittsburgh PA; Third Place: “Instruction to the Colts in Summer” Jeannette Barnes, Montgomery AL; 1st HM. “Fruitful Loyalty” James McNally, Norfolk VA; 2nd HM. “Garbology” Janet McCann, College Station TX; 3rd HM. “Seal Points” Lynn Hoins, Bloomingburg, NY ( xxx entries) 14. Elizabeth Neuwirth Memorial, Katherine Soniat, Judge. First Place: “Farm Boys at Rest” Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL; Second Place: “Slinging Hash” Ariel Smart, Saratoga CA; Thrid Place. “Rachel Weeping” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA; 1st HM. “Clown and Cats” Linda Bosson, Pittsburgh PA; 2nd HM. “Van Gogh’s Cornfield” Maureen Lavender, Prairie Grove AR; 3rd HM. “The Thinker: Coming to stay in 2008” Susan T. Won, Raleigh NC ( xxx entries) 15. Laura Day Boggs Bolling Memorial, Ruth Holzer, Judge. First Place: “Pussy Willows” Shirley Nesbit Sellers, Norfolk VA Second Place: “Eleanor the Dinosaur” Mary Magoon DeLara, Williamsburg VA; Third Place: “Bubble Bath” Jean Lin, Saratoga CA; 1st HM. “Farm Kittens” Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond VA; 2nd HM. “The Story Spot” Ed Kline, Portland, OR; 3rd HM. “Beach” Lynn Hoins, Bloomingburg NY ( xxx entries) 16. Miriam Rachimi Memorial, B.R. Culbertson, Judge. First Place: “Rant and Litany” Marianna Busching, Walkersville MD; Second Place: “Ultra-Violet” Jerry Johnson, Urbanna VA; Third Place: “His Sweetheart” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA; 1st HM. “Field in Elysium” Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond VA; 2nd HM. “Are They Mad?” R. Reldan, Trenton NJ; 3rd HM. “Bereaved” Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY; Deserving of Special Recognition: “Through”; “Angels on the Interstate”; “Cemetery in Winter”; “Nettles”; “Ascension” ( xxx entries) 17. Robert S. Sergeant Memorial, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Judge. First Place: “Hawk” Art Schwartz, Rockville Centre, NY; 1st HM. “Courier” Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond VA; 2nd HM. “Aerodynamics” B.R. Culbertson, Blacksburg VA; 3rd HM. “Wise Woman Summons Parrots to Eat Mango from her Palm” Katharyn Howd Machan, , Ithaca NY ( xxx entries) 18. Joe Pendleton Campbell Narrative, John Thelin, Judge. First Place: “Spare Room” Amber Jenkins, Virginia Beach VA 23464, Second Place: “Angels in the Architecture” Shann Palmer, Richmond VA; Third Place: “In the Fifties” Karen Emmons Wallace, Leesburg VA; 1st HM (Tie). “Barnacles” Norma Richardson, Richmond VA ; Mils’ Funeral Molly O’Dell, Lexington VA; 2nd HM. Here and There, Then and Now Mary-Jean Kledzik, Norfolk VA; 2nd HM (tie) World’s Tallest thermometer Rhoda Janzen, Holland MI; 3rd HM. The History of my Heart Mimi Moriarty, Clarksville NY; 3rd HM (tie) Home Movie, circa 1960 Claudia Gary-Annis, Leesburg VA ( xxx entries) 19. A Poem with a Point of View. James Hoch, Judge. First Place: “To M. Aurelius on a Concern Pertaining to the State” Art Schwartz, Rockville Centre, NY; 1st HM: “Picking Berries in Massie’s Gap” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; 2nd HM: “Today in the Chemo Room” Faye Williams Jones, North Little Rock AR; 3rd HM. “The Numbers Keep on Rising” Kathleen Corcoran, Owings Mills, MD ( xxx entries) 20. Loretta Dunn Hall Memorial. Claudia Emerson, Judge. First Place: “Pauline” Laura J. Bobrow, Leesburg VA; Second Place: “Aquarium” Patricia Whiting, West Palm Beach, FL; Third Place: “Letter to a German Grandfather” Joanne Scott Kennedy, Toano VA; 1st HM. “Day Before April” John McBride, Bettendorf IA; 2nd HM “Rimon, The Pomegranate” Ruth Holzer, Herndon VA; 3rd HM “Mothers Calming – Photograph 1948” Benjamin Vogt, Lincoln NE ( xxx entries) 21. Epimenio Ibañez Honorary. Mike Correa, Judge. First Place: “Campanario” Rosa M. Arroyo Sancho, MADRID, ESPANA; Second Place: “Hindenburgo, mi amor” Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, Oakmont PA; Third Place: “Los Ojos de Ella” David L. Byrn, Prescott AZ ( xxx entries) 22. Jean S. Desmond Ekphrastic Poem Prize. Serena Fusek, Judge. First Place: “The Twittering Machine” Linda Bosson, Pittsburgh, PA; Second Place: “See How Free We Are” Mary Buchinger, Cambridge MA; Third Place: “Catfish Couched on Ferns” Joanne Scott Kenney, Toano VA; 1st HM. “Sketch of Mother and Daughter Looking at Baby” Marguerite T. Watkins, Lynchburg VA; 2nd HM. “Washington Crossing the Delaware: Retort from a Brit” Robert E. Young, Virginia Beach VA; 3rd HM. “Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii” Guy Terrell, Richmond VA ( xxx entries) 23. Vibrant Villanelle Award. Grace Simpson, Judge. First Place: “To a Skylark” Sheila K. Barksdale, Gainesville FL; Second Place: “Quick, Pencil!” Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond VA; Third Place: “Where’s the Villain in the Villanelle?” Mark Moody, Baltimore Md ( xxx entries) 24. Come Out Swinging Prize. Peter Desmond, Judge. First Place: “Lovin’ You” Dalene Stull, Danville OH; Second Place: “Anything Your Heart Desires (on Ebay)” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA; Third Place: “The New Computer Blues” Judy Neri, Silver Spring MD ( xxx entries) 25. The Philomene Hood Honorary. Vivian Teter, Judge. First Place: “Horachek’s Field” Nedra Rogers, Lawrence KS; Second Place: “Line Storm, Dakota Country” Michael McNamara, Springfield VA; Third Place: “Prairie (Child of small creeks and swift tides)” Andrea Rawson, Williamsburg VA; 1st HM. “Ute Grave” Jeannette Barnes, Montgomery AL; 2nd HM. “The Atsina Women” Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton VA; 3rd HM. “Prairie Derelict” A. Ray Horrell, Saint Charles MO ( xxx entries) 26. Parody Poem Contest. Derek Kannemeyer, Judge. First Place: “Ode to My Gloves” Beverly A. Foote, Virginia Beach VA; 1st HM. “Old Ironbottom” Joyce Shiver, Crystal River FL; 2nd HM. “poetry readings” Phyllis Hall Haislip, Williamsburg VA; 3rd HM. “Cats on the White Brocade” Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill VA ( xxx entries) 27. Emma Gray Trigg Memorial. Sofia M. Starnes, Judge. First Place: “Overcoming Melancholy” Yamile Craven, Concord NH; Second Place: “Fibbing” Mary Jean Kledzik, Norfolk VA; 1st HM. “The Captain” Mary Ruffin McCue, Charlottesville VA; 2nd HM. “Idolatry Questioned” Liza Field, Wytheville VA; 3rd HM. “New Girls, New Boys” Wynn Yarbrough, Lafayette, LA ( xxx entries) 28. Karma Deane Ogden Memorial. Stacy Tuthill, Judge. First Place: “Edna St. Vincent Millay” Dalene Stull, Danville Ohio; Second Place: “Night Greyhound” John McBride, Bettendorf, IA; 1st HM. “Dealing with the Leftovers” Catherine Moran, Little Rock AR ( xxx entries) |
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