Poetry Society of Indiana
Members Only
2020 Spring Fling Poetry Contest
I (Sarah E. Morin, Premier Poet) was honored to judge the Spring Fling Members-Only Contest this year. First, thank you to chair, Nancy Simmonds. Nancy introduced us to the Golden Shovel poetry form with a workshop last year. Thank you also to N.I. POETS Club for sponsoring our prizes - $30 for 1st place, $20 for 2nd place, and $10 for 3rd place.
The contest challenged members to write a Golden Shovel using a line from William Wordsworth's “Daffodils”. All judging was blind.
WINNERS
1st Deborah Petersen – “You, Young Daughter”
2nd Dennis White – “Gossamer Dreams”
3rd George Wylie – “Daffodils”
1HM Beverly Stanislawski – “Cloud Dreams”
2HM Joyce Zephyrin – “Expanding Joy”
3HM Joe Ottinger – “Maidens of Spring”
CONGRATULATIONS!
The contest challenged members to write a Golden Shovel using a line from William Wordsworth's “Daffodils”. All judging was blind.
WINNERS
1st Deborah Petersen – “You, Young Daughter”
2nd Dennis White – “Gossamer Dreams”
3rd George Wylie – “Daffodils”
1HM Beverly Stanislawski – “Cloud Dreams”
2HM Joyce Zephyrin – “Expanding Joy”
3HM Joe Ottinger – “Maidens of Spring”
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congrats, 2019 Spring Fling Contest Winners!
1st – Mary Couch – Indiana Spring or Mother Nature’s Joke
2nd - Alexandria Moss Zannis – A Preference of Bedding
3rd – Ann W Borger – Indiana Spring
1 HM – David Allen – Indiana Spring
2 HM – Alys Caviness-Gober – Indiana Spring
3 HM – Dennis L. White – Spring in the Crossroads
2nd - Alexandria Moss Zannis – A Preference of Bedding
3rd – Ann W Borger – Indiana Spring
1 HM – David Allen – Indiana Spring
2 HM – Alys Caviness-Gober – Indiana Spring
3 HM – Dennis L. White – Spring in the Crossroads
(from left) Judge Michael Erdelen, winners Dennis White, Alys Caviness-Gober, Mary Couch, David Allen
Our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winners will be included in a future PSI publication.
Check back next spring for another Spring Fling Contest, this one using the Golden Shovel Form!
Check back next spring for another Spring Fling Contest, this one using the Golden Shovel Form!
