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POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA 2008 Annual Adult Contest Awards Program April 19, 2008 1. 2008 Members’ Prize, David Wojahn, Judge. First Place: “Purple Heart”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. Second Place: “Home Visit”, Tabor Elisabeth Flickinger, Charlottesville, VA. Third Place: “Palimpsest”, Alex Grant, Chapel Hill, NC. 1st HM “Mary Poppins Tries to Fly From an Airport in the United States”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 2nd HM, “The Little Wooden Box”, Ruth Holzer, Herndon, VA. 3rd HM ”Inheritance”, Ellaraine Lochie, Sunnyvale, CA (112 entries) 2. Edgar Allan Poe Memorial, Kelly Cherry, Judge. First Place: “Hope and Love”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. 1st HM “Adding Finality to Our Separation”, Peter Desmond, Cambridge, MA. 2nd HM “Sestina: The Dream’”, Christine Pedersen, Hartfield, VA. 3rd HM “Penelope Considers”, Evelyn Ritchie Tower, Richmond, VA (110 entries) 3. Bess Gresham Memorial, Roselyn Elliott, Judge. First Place: “Rain One: Map of Humptulips”, Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville, VA. Second Place: “Secret Garden: Key West”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. Third Place: “Soft Explosions”, Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA. 1st HM “Synesthesia in Washinton, DC”, Michael J. McNamara, Springfield, VA. 2nd HM “Moorhen, Half-Way Up”, Dr. M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. 3rd HM “Garden, 2612 Royal St., New Orleans” , Elizabeth Solomon, Barboursville, VA. (53 entries) 4. Carleton Drewry Memorial, Derek Kannemeyer, Judge. First Place: “West Virginia”, Florence S. Kuhn, Poquoson, VA. 1st HM “Sheppe Pond”, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM “Shenandoah Mountains, ‘Daughter of the Stars’ ”, Elizabeth Solomon, Barboursville, VA. 3rd HM “Absence”, Gary Hanna, Dagsboro, DE. (27 entries) 5. Brodie Herndon Memorial, Abdul Ali, Judge. First Place: “Dusk at Point Defiance”, Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville, VA. Second Place: “ Brother: Water”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 1st HM “Haiku”, Sheila Barksdale, Gainesville, FL. 2nd HM “A Sailor’s Call to Sea”, John E. Hansen, Willamsburg, VA. 3rd HM “Flow,” David Essex, Alexandria, VA. (64 entries) 6. Nancy Byrd Turner Memorial, Cynthia Grier Lotze, Judge. First Place: “A Different View”, Carol Kanter, Evanston, IL. Second Place: “If I Could Play the Piano and You the Violin”, John McBride, Bettendorf, IA. Third Place: ”January,” Elizabeth Solomon, Barboursville, VA. 1st HM “Walls of Work”, Robin Helweg-Larsen, Chapel Hill, NC. 2nd HM “Saltim-bocca”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 3rd HM “After Seven Years”, Dalene Stull, Danville, OH. (49 entries) 7. Judah, Sarah. Grace and Tom Memorial, Remica L. Bingham, Judge. First Place: “Story Scraps from a Black Log Cabin Quilt”, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. Second Place: “The Dominant Shin”, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. Third Place: “Tubman Greene: Redwing, 1888”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 1st HM “On a Bench: Feeding Pigeons”, Gary Hanna, Dagsboro, DE. 2nd HM “Raymond”, Pete Freas, Chesapeake, VA. 3rd HM “Constant Variables”, Angela Jefferson, Richmond, VA. (44 entries) 8. Cenie H. Moon Prize, Melissa Tucky, Judge. First Place: “Hanan, My Iraqi Sister”, Rabbi Israel Zoberman, Virginia Beach, Va. 1st HM “Woman into Tree”, Gail White, Breaux Bridge, LA. 2nd HM “The Forest”, Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach, VA. 3rd HM “Message in a Maisson Rose Quilt”, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. (92 entries) 9. Handy Andy Prize, Reb Livingston, Judge. First Place: “Election Year”, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA. Second Place: “Masquerade”, Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City, UT. Third Place: “Champagne Does Better”, James McNally, Norfolk, VA. (33 entries) 10. Ada Sanderson Memorial, Jeffery L. Bahr, Judge. First Place: “Botanic Sense”, David E. Lawrence, Hampton, VA. 1st HM “Drunk on Winter”, Mark Tarallo, Washington, D.C. 2nd HM “Telling the Bees”, Judy Lee Green, Murfreesburo, TN. 3rd HM “An Autumn Walk”, Dalene Stull, Danville, OH. (118 entries) 11. J. Franklin Dew Award, Gordon Van Ness, Judge. First Place: “The Presence of Absence”, David Partie, Lynchburg, VA. Second Place: “Haiku Chain: October”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. Third Place: “Autumn Haiku”, Linda Mitchell, Manassas, VA. 1st HM “[From Clouds of Chalk Dust]”, Jim Barton, Huttig, AR. 2nd HM “Memorial Day”, Paula Savoy, Amelia, VA. 3rd HM “Haiku (Spring)”, Nancy C. Allen, Glen Allen, VA. (45 entries) 12. Ole Fred Prize, honoring Fred Chappell, Vivian Teter, Judge. First Place: “Following Hopkins”, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, Va. Second Place: “Ode to a Straight Pin”, Jeff Maring, Heathsville, VA. Third Place: “City of Sorrow”, Nedra Rogers, Lawrence, KS. 1st HM “Protocol“, Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach, VA. 2nd HM “The Collector of Ceramic Owls”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 3rd HM “March”, Ronald Vardiman, Alexandria, VA. (102 entries) 13. Elizabeth Neuwirth Memorial, Chris O’Carroll, Judge. First Place: “Looking into the Mona Lisa”, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. Second Place: “Boy Playing Marbles”, Dalene Stull, Danville, OH. Third Place: “On Hearing Mahler’s Third at Tanglewood”, Gretchen Fletcher, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 1st HM “After Botticelli’s the Birth of Venus”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 2nd HM “Nighthawks”, Mark Womack, Clintwood, VA. 3rd HM “La Primavera”, Joseph Awad, Richmond, VA. (17 entries) 14. Laura Day Boggs Bolling Memorial, Marguerite Watkins, Judge. First Place: “My New Neighbor”, Dr. M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. Second Place: “Hats”, James Garrett, Richmond, VA. Third Place: “Teachers”, Mel Edwards, Simpsonville, SC. 1st HM ”My Secret”, Laura Bobrow, Leesburg, VA. 2nd HM “Colder Light”, S. Nagarajan, Mason, OH. 3rd HM “Upon Visiting the National Zoo in Winter”, David Essex, Alexandria, VA. (55 entries) 15. Miriam Rachimi Memorial, Luisa A. Igloria, Judge. First Place: “Prelude (for Mother)”, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. Second Place: “Daughter (May 18, 2007)”, Jane Ellen Glasser, Norfolk, VA. Third Place: “Lost Wife with Freshman Essay “, David Essex, Alexandria, VA. 1st HM “Old Scissors”, Doni Calvert Guggenheimer, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM “Tree Shade for my Father”, Michael Mulvihill, Staunton, VA. 3rd HM “The Whole Weight of It”, Mary McCue, Charlottesville, VA. (81 entries) 16. Robert S. Sergeant Memorial, Sofia Starnes, Judge. First Place: ”The Birds of No Season”, John McBride, Bettendorf, IA. 1st HM “A Wedgwood Teacup”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. 2nd HM “Pygmalion’s Song”, Marsha Mathews, Dalton, GA. 3rd HM “Summoned”, Doni Calvert Guggenheimer, Lynchburg, VA. (67 entries) 17. Joe Pendleton Campbell Narrative Contest, Jay Paul, Judge. First Place: “A Penny Poem Story”, William H. Wallace, Jr., Alta Loma, CA. Second Place: “Wine in Wartime”, Mark Tarallo, Washington, DC. Third Place: “Repair”, Becky Faber, Lincoln, NE. 1st HM “The Bottle Tree”, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. 2nd HM “Urban Warfare”, Michael J. McNamara, Springfield, VA. 3rd HM “Goiter”, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. (81 entries) 18. Jean H. Desmond Ekphrastic Poem Prize, Joshua Poteat, Judge. First Place: “on good days”, Allen M . Weber, Hampton, VA. Second Place: “Sunlight, 1909 “, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. Third Place: ”Pose”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 1st HM “’The Book of Kells”, Christy Lumm, Newport News, VA. 2nd HM “The Epic Dance”, Virginia O’Keefe, Virginia Beach, VA. 3rd HM “Fra Angelico Answers the Monk in Cell 3”, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. (43 entries) 19. Vibrant Villanelle Award, Adam Tavel, Judge. First Place: “Too Long”, Dalene Stull, Danville, OH. Second Place: ” His Other Woman”, Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City, UT. Third Place: ”Parsing”, Carol Kanter, Evanston, IL. 1st HM “In Essence”, Katheryn Soleil, Brooklyn, NY. (22 entries) 20. Come Out Swinging Prize, Henry Hart, Judge. First Place: “Breakfast at Sea”, Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC. Second Place: ” Song Written for Sophia”, David Essex, Alexandria, VA. Third Place: “Pro Se Blues”, Peter H. Desmond, Cambridge, MA. 1st HM “Apiary Act”, Mel Edwards, Simpsonville, SC. 2nd HM “Simple Simon’s Song”, Richard Raymond, Roanoke, VA. 3rd HM “o daddy long legs”, Trilla Ramage, Hampton, VA. (60 entries) 21. The Williamsburg Poetry Guild Award, Kristy Bowen, Judge. First Place: ”July Afternoon”, Nedra Rogers, Lawrence, KS. Second Place: “A Song for St. John”, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. Third Place: “ March”, Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca, NY. 1st HM “War and Peace on the Prairie”, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA. 2nd HM “ Prairie Wind”, Jim Barton, Huttig, AR. 3rd HM “Windstorm“, B. R. Culbertson, Blacksburg, VA. (25 entries) 22. Marco Polo Travel Poem Award, Michael Gushue, Judge. First Place: “Border Crossing”, Nedra Rogers, Lawrence, KS. Second Place: “Aloobari Monastery, India”, Tabor Elisabeth Flickinger, Charlottesville, VA. Third Place: “Bidet in a Haibun”, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA. 1st HM “Tuscany Tourist”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 2nd HM “On a Side Street in Wuhan”, Larry Turner, Fredericksburg, VA. 3rd HM “Tourist Dream Weaver”, Theda Bassett, Salt Lake City, UT. (75 entries) 23. Raymond Levi Haislip Memorial, Tim Suermondt, Judge. First Place: “In Praise of Engineers”, John McBride, Bettendorf, IA. Second Place: “The Force That Drives”, Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville, VA. Third Place: “You have arrived”, Joan Mazza, Miineral, VA. 1st HM “Smithsonian Poetry Project - 2108 A.D.”, David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ. 2nd HM “Ann Landers on Love”, Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA. 3rd HM “in preparation to eat”, Patricia Hatch, Franklin, MA. (26 entries) 24. Maria Delia Muñoz Memorial, Myrna Amelia Mesa, Judge. First Place: “Soaring: A Mother’s Love”, Helen Mondloch, Fairfax, VA. Second Place: “Madre”, Leonel F. Valle, Roanoke, VA. Third Place: “Born Without”, toni tyler (sic), Chesapeake, VA. 1st HM “Giant Steps”, James Garrett, Richmond, VA. 2nd HM “The Making of Me (For My Parents)”, Elizabeth D. Solomon, Barboursville, VA. 3rd HM (tie) “Protection”, Janice P. Egry, Berbank, NY. “Roxie Margaret Mouths the Words”, Dr. M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. (33 entries) 25. Virginia Craddock Southwest Virginia Mountain Award, Susan S. Williams, Judge. First Place: “Oil Lamp”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. Second Place: “Unframed”, Stephen Mirabella, Amherst, VA. Third Place: “Milking Time”, Phyllis Hall Haislip, Williamsburg, VA. 1st HM “Old man isn’t all there is to know” , Melissa Currence. 2nd HM “Harkening Hill”, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. 3rd HM “Mountain Spring”, Peggy Anderson, Laurinburg, NC. (27 entries) 26. The Anne Spencer Memorial Award, Dorothy Shelly, Judge. First Place: “Grapes”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. Second Place: “Nursery” , Tabor Elisabeth Flickinger, Charlottesville, VA. Third Place: “Thoughts on pictures”, Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR. 1st HM “The Day of Glory”, Edward W. Lull, Williamsburg, VA. 2nd HM “My Mother”, Rabbi Israel Zoberman, Virginia Beach, VA. 3rd HM “Mountain Pines”, Leonel F. Valle, Roanoke, VA. (54 entries) 27. The Scott Kirkpatrick Memorial Award, John Pinada, Judge. First Place: “Not for the Flowers”, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. Second Place: “To a Poet on the Eve of Her 50th Birthday”, Dr. M. Lee Alexander, Williamsburg, VA. Third Place: “Haiku”, Shelia K. Barksdale, Gainesville, FL. 1st HM “Sweet Science”, Michael J. MacNamara, Springfield, VA. 2nd HM “Yes, it’s actually the last of November”, Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville., VA. 3rd HM “In the Bookstore”, David J. Partie, Lynchburg, VA. (47 entries) 28. Emma Gray Trigg Memorial, Anna Journey, Judge. First Place: “The Fine Texture of Your Lemon Pound Cake”, Sherry Beasley, Stuart, VA. Second Place: “Snapshot”, M. J. Kledzik, Norfolk, VA. 1st HM “Beside the Sea”, Kathleen Caster Mace, Louisville, KY. 2nd HM “Catasrophe of Cold”, Dalene Stull, Danville, OH. 3rd HM “Moon Flowers”, Joanne Scott Kennnedy, Toano, VA. (69 entries) 29. Karma Deane Ogden Memorial, Tim Lewis, Judge. First Place: “Sunday Seizure”, Robert P. Arthur, Virginia Beach, VA. Second Place: “Ditch work, come home early”, Liliah Hegnauer, Charlottesville, VA. 1st HM “Hymn to the Nervous”, Mark Tarallo, Washington, DC. 2nd HM “House Lights Up”, Laura J. Bobrow, Leesburg, VA. 3rd HM “Wedding Matches”, David Essex, Alexandria, VA. (86 entries) 30. A Poem with a Point of View, Edward C. Lynskey, Judge. First Place: “No Exit”, Mary Mallek Haines, Williamsburg, VA. Second Place: “Coulda, Shoulda Rain”, Pete Freas, Cheaspeake, VA. Third Place: “To Washington Quality Foods”, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. 1st HM “Birthdays”, Susan Gwodes Drewery, Richmond, VA. 2nd HM “The Proper Study of Mankind”, Robert E. Young, Virginia Beach, VA. 3rd HM “Cold Harbor”, Patricia Flower Vermillion, Hampton, VA. (70 entries) 31. Loretta Dunn Hall Memorial, Kelli Russell Agodon, Judge. First Place: “Family Preserves”, Allen M. Weber, Hampton, VA. Second Place: “Jabberwocky Revisited”, Norma Richardson, Richmond, VA. Third Place: “Starry Night”, Terry Cox-Joseph, Newport News, VA. 1st HM “Armloads of Lilacs”, Marguerite Thoburn Watkins, Lynchburg, VA. 2nd HM “Bird on the Wing”, Christy Lumm, Newport News, VA. 3rd HM “Poem in November”, Lilah Hegnauer, Charlottesville, VA. (50 entries) 32. Charlotte Wise Memorial, Claudia Emerson, Judge. First Place: “The Visit”, Sunday Abbott, Virginia Beach, VA. Second Place: “I Am From”, Virginia O’Keefe, Virginia Beach, VA. Third Place: “Jamestown Ferry Ride”, Katherine De Lorraine, Roanoke, VA. 1st HM “The Gentleman’s Club Is Moving”, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Richmond, VA. 2nd HM “Americana”, Guy Terrell, Richmond, VA. 3rd HM “Things We’ve Too Much Missed”, Norma Richardson, RIchmond, VA. (33 entries) The Poetry Contest Committee on behalf of the Poetry Society of Virginia acknowledges and greatly appreciates the time, efforts, and support of the sponsors, judges, and volunteers who have made the 2008 Annual Adult Contest and Awards Program great successes. 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