Each year, the first, second, and third place winners in each category of PSI's Annual Poetry Contest are published in our anthology, Ink To Paper, available on Amazon. Below are lists of winners and recaps of participation and categories.
Congratulations to the winners of the 46th Annual Poetry Contest! Many thanks to everyone who participated.
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The 2023 contest was the 45th annual poetry contest hosted by Poetry Society of Indiana.
The winners list is below, as a downloadable PDF.
• 88 poets entered 967 poems in 32 categories.
• Entries came from 18 states, plus one from the UK.
• Indiana had the most submissions, with 512 poems. Utah had the 2nd most submissions, with 60 poems. Michigan came in close behind Utah, with 59 poems.
• The shortest poem was three lines; the longest poem was 27 pages.
Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you to all entrants, sponsors, and judges for participating in the contest!
Ink to Paper, Volume 8, featuring the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place poems from each category, is available through Amazon. . A copy of the publishing rights information can be found inside the books.
2023_psi_45th_annual_poetry_contest_winners__3_.pdf
The winners in the 27 categories were announced at our annual PSI Fall Rendezvous Convention (07 - 09 October 2022), and are listed in the file below.
Our annual anthology, Ink To Paper is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. This attractive annual anthology published by Poetry Society of Indiana (PSI) is filled with timeless creative poetry and associated artwork. Poetry Society of Indiana has exclusive first publishing rights to all PSI-hosted poetry contests' winning poems, including PSI Annual Poetry Contest winning poems, which may be included in PSI’s annual anthology. Publishing rights revert to the poet after the anthology is published each year.
acg_psi_2022_annual_contest_winners_list.pdf
psi_annual_poetry_contest_winners_2024.docx
The 2023 contest was the 45th annual poetry contest hosted by Poetry Society of Indiana.
The winners list is below, as a downloadable PDF.
• 88 poets entered 967 poems in 32 categories.
• Entries came from 18 states, plus one from the UK.
• Indiana had the most submissions, with 512 poems. Utah had the 2nd most submissions, with 60 poems. Michigan came in close behind Utah, with 59 poems.
• The shortest poem was three lines; the longest poem was 27 pages.
Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you to all entrants, sponsors, and judges for participating in the contest!
Ink to Paper, Volume 8, featuring the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place poems from each category, is available through Amazon. . A copy of the publishing rights information can be found inside the books.
2023_psi_45th_annual_poetry_contest_winners__3_.pdf
The winners in the 27 categories were announced at our annual PSI Fall Rendezvous Convention (07 - 09 October 2022), and are listed in the file below.
Our annual anthology, Ink To Paper is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. This attractive annual anthology published by Poetry Society of Indiana (PSI) is filled with timeless creative poetry and associated artwork. Poetry Society of Indiana has exclusive first publishing rights to all PSI-hosted poetry contests' winning poems, including PSI Annual Poetry Contest winning poems, which may be included in PSI’s annual anthology. Publishing rights revert to the poet after the anthology is published each year.
acg_psi_2022_annual_contest_winners_list.pdf
Download the Official 2021 PSI Annual Poetry Contest results:
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2021 PSI ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST CATEGORIES & AWARD WINNERS
Privacy Note: although cash prizes are awarded by the Sponsors in almost all Categories, the dollar amounts are not included here.
1. PSI GRAND PRIZE
Form: Any Line
Limit: 40
Subject: No Regrets
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: What Happened While I Waited by Sara Gipson
Second Place: Negative Space by Janice L. Freytag
Third Place: Toda La Ciudad Estaba en Llamas by Nancy Simmonds
HM-1 Chris Hasara
HM-2 Robert C. Jennings
HM-3 Julianza Shavin
Reserve: (not awarded)
2. ONE AND ONLY GLENNA GLEE AWARD
Form: Strict Rhyme and Rhythm
Line Limit: None
Subject: Happiness (Glee)
Sponsor: The Ghost of IFSPC
Winner:
First Place: Encounter by Donna Isaac
Second Place: Watching Grandma Knit by Joyce Shiver
Third Place: Wealth by Lorraine Jeffery
HM-1 Janice L. Freytag
HM-2 John W. Crawford
HM-3 Marcia Gunnett Woodard
Reserve: Dennis R. Patton
3. PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 32
Subject: Any Holiday / Holy Day Ritual
Sponsor: Deborah Petersen
Winners:
First Place: My High Holy Days by Alys Caviness-Gober
Second Place: The Beauty of America by Teresa A. Pruitt
Third Place: Christmas Lights by Terry Jude Miller
HM-1 Rachel Wright
HM-2 Paula Sweeney Kowszik
HM-3 Barbara J. Funke
Reserve: Tanya R. Whitney
4. PREMIER POETS PRIZE
Form: Shape/Concrete
Line Limit: 24
Subject: Any
Sponsor: PSI Premier Poets
Winners:
First Place: The House by Teresa A. Pruitt
Second Place: Lipstick by Amy Wray Irish
Third Place: Poets' Moon by Jerri Hardesty
HM-1 Nancy Simmonds
HM-2 Janice Miller
HM-3 Lorraine Jeffery
Reserve: (not awarded)
5. LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 32
Subject: Will I (or You) Remember Tomorrow
Sponsor: Joe Ottinger
Winners:
First Place: Waiting for the memories to arrive by Catherine Moran
Second Place: Will You or I Remember Tomorrow by Dietrich Balsbaugh
Third Place: Will We Remember by Natalie Paige Hymes
HM-1 Mary A. Couch
HM-2 Dan Fitzgerald
HM-3 Dennis L. White
Reserve: Justine Vandenberg
6. PSI MEMORIAL AWARD
Honoring PSI members who died during the previous year.
Form: Any Line Limit: 32
Subject: Keeping Them With Us
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: Ways to remember them by Catherine Moran
Second Place: The Road Leads Back to You by Mary A. Couch
Third Place: Loving Memories by Beverly Stanislawski
HM-1 Justine Vandenberg
HM-2 Joe Ottinger
HM-3 Julianza Shavin
Reserve: Alys Caviness-Gober
7. HOOSIER HERITAGE AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 60
Subject: The People. Places, History, and/or Culture of Indiana
Sponsor: Chuck Kellum
Winners:
First Place: Mekinges, The First Mrs. Conner Alys Caviness-Gober
Second Place: Peace in Daviess County by Don Adams
Third Place: "Indiana" by Justine Vandenberg
HM-1 Nancy Cook
HM-2 Mike Crawford
HM-3 Mary A. Couch
Reserve: Becky Alexander
8. URN YOUR PRIZE
Form: Spoon River Line
Limit: None
Subject: Any
Sponsor: Maik & Kali Strosahl
Winners:
First Place: Joy St. Clair by Jerri Hardesty
Second Place: Marshall A. Cornelius by Dennis L. White
Third Place: Arthur Miller 1836 - 1875 by Mary A. Couch
HM-1 Nancy Simmonds
HM-2 Paula Sweeney Kowszik
HM-3 Janice L. Freytag
Reserve: Beverly Stanislawski
9. BARBARA ANN AWARD
Form: Rhymed
Line Limit: 9
Subject: Living Without Sports
Sponsor: Michael Erdelen
Winners:
First Place: Bad Sports by Joe Ottinger
Second Place: A Tomboy Is Still a Girl by Pandora Nu
Third Place: Where Did They Go? by Christian Shute
HM-1 Janice L. Freytag
HM-2 John Caviness
HM-3 Joyce Shiver
Reserve: Mary A. Couch
10. NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD (this category received the most entries)
Form: Any
Line Limit 40
Subject: A Dream
Sponsor: NI POETS Club
Winners:
First Place: Thunder Storm by Emory D. Jones
Second Place: A Dream by Mary Ann Bozenski
Third Place: Dreamscape by Joe Ottinger
HM-1 Evelyn Cornwell
HM-2 Beverly Stanislawski
HM-3 John Caviness
Reserve: Nancy Simmonds
11. NOBLE POETS AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 50
Subject: Color or Colors
Sponsor: Noble Poets
Winners:
First Place: an apology to clouds Terry Jude Miller
Second Place: Gray by Steven Leitch
Third Place: What I Learned in 3rd Grade Art by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Patricia Barnes
HM-2 Christian Shute
HM-3 Janice Hoffman
Reserve: Barbara J. Funke
12. OBERLIN PRIZE
Honoring Prue Oberlin
Form: Sonnet
Line Limit
Subject: Education or Lifelong Learning
Sponsor: Angela Masterson Jones
Winners:
First Place: Insights into the wealth by Catherine Moran
Second Place: For Learning's Sake by Marcia Gunnett Woodard
Third Place: Growth by Pandora Nu
HM-1 Joe Ottinger
HM-2 Jerri Hardesty
HM-3 Emory D. Jones
Reserve: Patricia Barnes
13. MILLION AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Favorite Quote
Sponsor: Marlene Million
Winners:
First Place: Returning by Terry Jude Miller
Second Place: Lost to Space by Dan Fitzgerald
Third Place: This Winter Poem by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Teresa A. Pruitt
HM-2 Marcia Gunnett Woodard
HM-3 Nancy Simmonds
Reserve: Laura Bridges
14. RHYMED VERSE AWARD
Form: Rhymed
Line Limit: 32
Subject: MAGIC
Sponsor: Peg Heacox
Winners:
First Place: My Charming Mother's Book by Patricia Barnes
Second Place: Woodland's Magical Realm by Mary A. Couch
Third Place: The Tiny Magic Shop by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Mary Ann Bozenski
HM-2 Janice Hoffman
HM-3 Janice Miller
Reserve: Marlene Million
15. BABBLING BROOK AWARD
Form: Haiku or Senryū
Line Limit: 3
Subject: Any
Sponsor: Mary Couch
Winners:
First Place: first line: hope trawls the black sea by Lorraine Jeffery
Second Place: first line: safron golden leaves by John W. Carawford
Third Place: first line: male chicadas drone by Dennis L. White
HM-1 Nancy Cook
HM-2 Ann Work Borger
HM-3 Janice L. Freytag
Reserve: Chris Hasara
16. ELEANOR CRANMER & CAROLINE AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Takes All Kinds
Sponsor: Cranmer & Dewey
Winners:
First Place: The Dance by Rachel Wright
Second Place: She Smiles by Christian Shute
Third Place: Alternative Me by Janice Hoffman
HM-1 Nila Bartley
HM-2 Janice Miller
HM-3 Dennis L. White
Reserve: Joe Ottinger
17. ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Sisterly Love
Sponsor: Dena R. Gorrell
Winners:
First Place: No Chance to Say Goodbye by Mary Ann Bozenski
Second Place: Sisters Return their Love by Sara Gipson
Third Place: Through the Years by Paula Sweeney Kowszik
HM-1 Mary A. Couch
HM-2 Doris Y. Burst
HM-3 Joyce Shiver
Reserve: Donna Isaac
18. GRACE POTTER HEARKINS AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Knitting
Sponsor: Nancy Simmonds
Winners:
First Place: The Language of Knit and Purl by Janice L. Freytag
Second Place: Waters Weave by Teresa A. Pruitt
Third Place: Knitting the Bones by Barbara J. Funke
HM-1 Janice Miller
HM-2 Patricia Barnes
HM-3 Gail Denham
Reserve: Dan Fitzgerald
19. LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL
Form: Any
Line Limit: None
Subject: Blessing or Prayer
Sponsor: Susan Smith
Winners:
First Place: The Sentinel by Nancy Simmonds
Second Place: Faith Within by Robert V. Davis
Third Place: The Blessing of Wings by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Dennis R. Patton
HM-2 Nick Sweet
HM-3 Janice Miller
Reserve: Barbara Wood Gray
20. DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
Form: Sonnet, Villanelle, or Trijan Refrain
Line Limit: 30
Subject: Death, Silence, or The Sea
Sponsor: Debra Sue Lynn
Winners:
First Place: The Rivers of Hades by James Green
Second Place: Aqualove by Jerri Hardesty
Third Place: Snow's Gift by Patricia Barnes
HM-1 John Seksay
HM-2 Catherine Moran
HM-3 Janice L. Freytag
Reserve: Sara Gipson
21. EKPHRASTIGANZA!
Form: Ekphrastic
Line Limit: None
Subject: Any (Must include a picture of the artwork that inspired the poem.)
Sponsor: Maik and Kali Strosahl
Winners:
First Place: Constant as the Tides by Amy Wray Irish, with inspiring image of Ali and Nino, a moving set of statues that slowly come together and pull apart every day. The statues are located in Batumi, Georgia on the coast of the Black Sea. Click here to go to website that includes video.
Second Place: The Milkmaid's Morning by Joyce Shiver
Third Place: Grandma's Corn by Gail Denham
HM-1 Mary A. Couch
HM-2 Steven Leitch
HM-3 Justine Vandenberg
Reserve: Dietrich Balsbaugh
22. WIN PSI MEMBERSHIP
NOTE: Open only to non-member Indiana residents.
Form: Any
Line Limit: 32
Subject: Any
Prize (First Place Only): Winner receives PSI membership for one year.
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: Wild Child Free Child by Morgan Galvan
Second Place: A Divine Insanity by Janice Miller
Third Place: Boo-Boos by Marcia Gunnett Woodard
HM-1 Dietrich Balsbaugh
HM-2 Natalie Paige Hymes
HM-3 Evelyn Cornwell
Reserve: (not awarded)
23. WILD CARD AWARD
NOTE: Requires additional $2 fee (Makes total contest entry fee $ for PSI members and $17 for non-members.)
Form: Any
Line Limit: None
Subject: Any
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: Time is Like A River by Nancy Simmonds, an Ekphrastic poem inspired by Untitled #7, an art piece created by the poet from an assignment from Miller, Margarete (Collage Weekly Planner Series).
Second Place: Recall's Cage by Teresa A. Pruitt
Third Place: Grains of Sand by Chris Hasara
HM-1 John Seksay
HM-2 Nila Bartley
HM-3 Don Adams
Reserve: George Wylie
Privacy Note: although cash prizes are awarded by the Sponsors in almost all Categories, the dollar amounts are not included here.
1. PSI GRAND PRIZE
Form: Any Line
Limit: 40
Subject: No Regrets
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: What Happened While I Waited by Sara Gipson
Second Place: Negative Space by Janice L. Freytag
Third Place: Toda La Ciudad Estaba en Llamas by Nancy Simmonds
HM-1 Chris Hasara
HM-2 Robert C. Jennings
HM-3 Julianza Shavin
Reserve: (not awarded)
2. ONE AND ONLY GLENNA GLEE AWARD
Form: Strict Rhyme and Rhythm
Line Limit: None
Subject: Happiness (Glee)
Sponsor: The Ghost of IFSPC
Winner:
First Place: Encounter by Donna Isaac
Second Place: Watching Grandma Knit by Joyce Shiver
Third Place: Wealth by Lorraine Jeffery
HM-1 Janice L. Freytag
HM-2 John W. Crawford
HM-3 Marcia Gunnett Woodard
Reserve: Dennis R. Patton
3. PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 32
Subject: Any Holiday / Holy Day Ritual
Sponsor: Deborah Petersen
Winners:
First Place: My High Holy Days by Alys Caviness-Gober
Second Place: The Beauty of America by Teresa A. Pruitt
Third Place: Christmas Lights by Terry Jude Miller
HM-1 Rachel Wright
HM-2 Paula Sweeney Kowszik
HM-3 Barbara J. Funke
Reserve: Tanya R. Whitney
4. PREMIER POETS PRIZE
Form: Shape/Concrete
Line Limit: 24
Subject: Any
Sponsor: PSI Premier Poets
Winners:
First Place: The House by Teresa A. Pruitt
Second Place: Lipstick by Amy Wray Irish
Third Place: Poets' Moon by Jerri Hardesty
HM-1 Nancy Simmonds
HM-2 Janice Miller
HM-3 Lorraine Jeffery
Reserve: (not awarded)
5. LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 32
Subject: Will I (or You) Remember Tomorrow
Sponsor: Joe Ottinger
Winners:
First Place: Waiting for the memories to arrive by Catherine Moran
Second Place: Will You or I Remember Tomorrow by Dietrich Balsbaugh
Third Place: Will We Remember by Natalie Paige Hymes
HM-1 Mary A. Couch
HM-2 Dan Fitzgerald
HM-3 Dennis L. White
Reserve: Justine Vandenberg
6. PSI MEMORIAL AWARD
Honoring PSI members who died during the previous year.
Form: Any Line Limit: 32
Subject: Keeping Them With Us
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: Ways to remember them by Catherine Moran
Second Place: The Road Leads Back to You by Mary A. Couch
Third Place: Loving Memories by Beverly Stanislawski
HM-1 Justine Vandenberg
HM-2 Joe Ottinger
HM-3 Julianza Shavin
Reserve: Alys Caviness-Gober
7. HOOSIER HERITAGE AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 60
Subject: The People. Places, History, and/or Culture of Indiana
Sponsor: Chuck Kellum
Winners:
First Place: Mekinges, The First Mrs. Conner Alys Caviness-Gober
Second Place: Peace in Daviess County by Don Adams
Third Place: "Indiana" by Justine Vandenberg
HM-1 Nancy Cook
HM-2 Mike Crawford
HM-3 Mary A. Couch
Reserve: Becky Alexander
8. URN YOUR PRIZE
Form: Spoon River Line
Limit: None
Subject: Any
Sponsor: Maik & Kali Strosahl
Winners:
First Place: Joy St. Clair by Jerri Hardesty
Second Place: Marshall A. Cornelius by Dennis L. White
Third Place: Arthur Miller 1836 - 1875 by Mary A. Couch
HM-1 Nancy Simmonds
HM-2 Paula Sweeney Kowszik
HM-3 Janice L. Freytag
Reserve: Beverly Stanislawski
9. BARBARA ANN AWARD
Form: Rhymed
Line Limit: 9
Subject: Living Without Sports
Sponsor: Michael Erdelen
Winners:
First Place: Bad Sports by Joe Ottinger
Second Place: A Tomboy Is Still a Girl by Pandora Nu
Third Place: Where Did They Go? by Christian Shute
HM-1 Janice L. Freytag
HM-2 John Caviness
HM-3 Joyce Shiver
Reserve: Mary A. Couch
10. NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD (this category received the most entries)
Form: Any
Line Limit 40
Subject: A Dream
Sponsor: NI POETS Club
Winners:
First Place: Thunder Storm by Emory D. Jones
Second Place: A Dream by Mary Ann Bozenski
Third Place: Dreamscape by Joe Ottinger
HM-1 Evelyn Cornwell
HM-2 Beverly Stanislawski
HM-3 John Caviness
Reserve: Nancy Simmonds
11. NOBLE POETS AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 50
Subject: Color or Colors
Sponsor: Noble Poets
Winners:
First Place: an apology to clouds Terry Jude Miller
Second Place: Gray by Steven Leitch
Third Place: What I Learned in 3rd Grade Art by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Patricia Barnes
HM-2 Christian Shute
HM-3 Janice Hoffman
Reserve: Barbara J. Funke
12. OBERLIN PRIZE
Honoring Prue Oberlin
Form: Sonnet
Line Limit
Subject: Education or Lifelong Learning
Sponsor: Angela Masterson Jones
Winners:
First Place: Insights into the wealth by Catherine Moran
Second Place: For Learning's Sake by Marcia Gunnett Woodard
Third Place: Growth by Pandora Nu
HM-1 Joe Ottinger
HM-2 Jerri Hardesty
HM-3 Emory D. Jones
Reserve: Patricia Barnes
13. MILLION AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Favorite Quote
Sponsor: Marlene Million
Winners:
First Place: Returning by Terry Jude Miller
Second Place: Lost to Space by Dan Fitzgerald
Third Place: This Winter Poem by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Teresa A. Pruitt
HM-2 Marcia Gunnett Woodard
HM-3 Nancy Simmonds
Reserve: Laura Bridges
14. RHYMED VERSE AWARD
Form: Rhymed
Line Limit: 32
Subject: MAGIC
Sponsor: Peg Heacox
Winners:
First Place: My Charming Mother's Book by Patricia Barnes
Second Place: Woodland's Magical Realm by Mary A. Couch
Third Place: The Tiny Magic Shop by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Mary Ann Bozenski
HM-2 Janice Hoffman
HM-3 Janice Miller
Reserve: Marlene Million
15. BABBLING BROOK AWARD
Form: Haiku or Senryū
Line Limit: 3
Subject: Any
Sponsor: Mary Couch
Winners:
First Place: first line: hope trawls the black sea by Lorraine Jeffery
Second Place: first line: safron golden leaves by John W. Carawford
Third Place: first line: male chicadas drone by Dennis L. White
HM-1 Nancy Cook
HM-2 Ann Work Borger
HM-3 Janice L. Freytag
Reserve: Chris Hasara
16. ELEANOR CRANMER & CAROLINE AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Takes All Kinds
Sponsor: Cranmer & Dewey
Winners:
First Place: The Dance by Rachel Wright
Second Place: She Smiles by Christian Shute
Third Place: Alternative Me by Janice Hoffman
HM-1 Nila Bartley
HM-2 Janice Miller
HM-3 Dennis L. White
Reserve: Joe Ottinger
17. ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Sisterly Love
Sponsor: Dena R. Gorrell
Winners:
First Place: No Chance to Say Goodbye by Mary Ann Bozenski
Second Place: Sisters Return their Love by Sara Gipson
Third Place: Through the Years by Paula Sweeney Kowszik
HM-1 Mary A. Couch
HM-2 Doris Y. Burst
HM-3 Joyce Shiver
Reserve: Donna Isaac
18. GRACE POTTER HEARKINS AWARD
Form: Any
Line Limit: 40
Subject: Knitting
Sponsor: Nancy Simmonds
Winners:
First Place: The Language of Knit and Purl by Janice L. Freytag
Second Place: Waters Weave by Teresa A. Pruitt
Third Place: Knitting the Bones by Barbara J. Funke
HM-1 Janice Miller
HM-2 Patricia Barnes
HM-3 Gail Denham
Reserve: Dan Fitzgerald
19. LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL
Form: Any
Line Limit: None
Subject: Blessing or Prayer
Sponsor: Susan Smith
Winners:
First Place: The Sentinel by Nancy Simmonds
Second Place: Faith Within by Robert V. Davis
Third Place: The Blessing of Wings by Janice L. Freytag
HM-1 Dennis R. Patton
HM-2 Nick Sweet
HM-3 Janice Miller
Reserve: Barbara Wood Gray
20. DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
Form: Sonnet, Villanelle, or Trijan Refrain
Line Limit: 30
Subject: Death, Silence, or The Sea
Sponsor: Debra Sue Lynn
Winners:
First Place: The Rivers of Hades by James Green
Second Place: Aqualove by Jerri Hardesty
Third Place: Snow's Gift by Patricia Barnes
HM-1 John Seksay
HM-2 Catherine Moran
HM-3 Janice L. Freytag
Reserve: Sara Gipson
21. EKPHRASTIGANZA!
Form: Ekphrastic
Line Limit: None
Subject: Any (Must include a picture of the artwork that inspired the poem.)
Sponsor: Maik and Kali Strosahl
Winners:
First Place: Constant as the Tides by Amy Wray Irish, with inspiring image of Ali and Nino, a moving set of statues that slowly come together and pull apart every day. The statues are located in Batumi, Georgia on the coast of the Black Sea. Click here to go to website that includes video.
Second Place: The Milkmaid's Morning by Joyce Shiver
Third Place: Grandma's Corn by Gail Denham
HM-1 Mary A. Couch
HM-2 Steven Leitch
HM-3 Justine Vandenberg
Reserve: Dietrich Balsbaugh
22. WIN PSI MEMBERSHIP
NOTE: Open only to non-member Indiana residents.
Form: Any
Line Limit: 32
Subject: Any
Prize (First Place Only): Winner receives PSI membership for one year.
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: Wild Child Free Child by Morgan Galvan
Second Place: A Divine Insanity by Janice Miller
Third Place: Boo-Boos by Marcia Gunnett Woodard
HM-1 Dietrich Balsbaugh
HM-2 Natalie Paige Hymes
HM-3 Evelyn Cornwell
Reserve: (not awarded)
23. WILD CARD AWARD
NOTE: Requires additional $2 fee (Makes total contest entry fee $ for PSI members and $17 for non-members.)
Form: Any
Line Limit: None
Subject: Any
Sponsor: Poetry Society of Indiana
Winners:
First Place: Time is Like A River by Nancy Simmonds, an Ekphrastic poem inspired by Untitled #7, an art piece created by the poet from an assignment from Miller, Margarete (Collage Weekly Planner Series).
Second Place: Recall's Cage by Teresa A. Pruitt
Third Place: Grains of Sand by Chris Hasara
HM-1 John Seksay
HM-2 Nila Bartley
HM-3 Don Adams
Reserve: George Wylie
Congratulations to all the poets!
Stay tuned: we'll be sharing a downloadable PDF of our Official contest results soon!
Download the List of 2020 Annual Contest Winners!
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POETRY SOCIETY OF INDIANA’S
41st ANNUAL
POETRY CONTEST
2019 WINNERS LIST
Category 1: PSI/ISFPC GRAND PRIZE
First Place: JOE OTTINGER (IN) “THOSE TRUE POETS”
Second Place: CONNIE KINGMAN (IN) “TOO LONG I HAVE LIVED WITH YOU”
Third Place: TIM PHILIPPART (IN) “POET -- YEAH RIGHT”
HM: W.B. CORNWELL (IN(. SARA GIPSON (AR), JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Reserve: BETH STAAS (IL)
Category 2: ONE AND ONLY GLENNA GLEE AWARD
First Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “TIMELESS GRACE”
Second Place: LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT) “THE YEARS”
Third Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “HAPPINESS, AN INTANGIBLE GIFT”
HM: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT. CANADA), JERRI HARDESTY (AL), NICK SWEET (TX)
Reserve: LINDA S.H.S. EATON (IN)
Category 3: PRESIDENT’S AWARD
First Place: BETH STAAS (IL) “KEEPSAKES”
Second Place: CHUCK KELLUM (IN) “MORNING WALK”
Third Place: CHRISTINE RIDDLE (AL) “MORNING BLEND”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX), DENNIS WHITE (MI), CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Reserve: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN)
Category 4: ESTHER TOWNES MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “MARKER”
Second Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “A LIFE IN STONE”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “HERE LIES SHOULDA-KNOWN-BETTER OSCAR CORBIN”
HM: JOYCE SHIVER (FL), LINDA S. EATON (IN), TIM PHILIPPART (IN)
Reserve: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX)
Category 5: POET LAUREATES’ AWARD
First Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “TEXAS HEXES”
Second Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “THE SLEEP OF THE DEAD”
Third Place: JIM PETERSON (FL) “CLAM IN A BASKET”
HM: LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), CAROLINE WALTON (FL)
Reserve: BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Category 6: LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “A WELL-GROOMED MEMORY”
Second Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “DUNE TRYST”
Third Place: LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON (NC) “FIRST KISS”
HM: NANCY COOK (MN), JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH), CHUCK KELLUM (IN)
Reserve: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX)
Category 7: PSI MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “LAST OCTOBER”
Second Place: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX) “SHELLING NIGHT’
Third Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “BROWN BEAD NECKLACE”
HM: JERRI HARDESTY (AL),JANICE HOFFMAN (VA), DR. EMORY JONES (MS)
Reserve: CHRISTINE RIDDLE (AL)
Category 8: BETTY BUTLER MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “A SAINTED LADY OF OUR TOWN”
Second Place: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN) “BETTING ON THE COME”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM (OR) “VERNIE MAE AND HER TONGUE”
HM: BECKY ALEXANDER (ON CANADA), BETH STAAS (IL), TIM PHILIPPART (IN)
Reserve: AMY WRAY IRISH (CO)
Category 9: LAST STANZA PRIZE
First Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “LAST SUNSET OF RAMADAN”
Second Place: AMY WRAY IRISH (CO) “THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ”
Third Place: STEPHEN C. POLLOCK (NC) “STEEL REFINERIES - GARY 1954”
HM: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN), CATHERINE MORAN (AR), BETH STAAS (IL)
Reserve: CONNIE KINGMAN (IN)
Category 10: BARBARA ANN AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “OKLAHOMA CITY, APRIL 19, 1995”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “FORGET THE SPILLS”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “SPONGES”
HM: WARREN E. JONES (IN), DENNIS PATTON (AR), JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Reserve: RITA AIKEN MORITZ (AL)
Category 11: INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL PRIZE
First Place: AMY WRAY IRISH (CO) “PAINTING A POEM”
Second Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “SCRIPTURE”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM(OR) “NAKED WORDS”
HM: SARA GIPSON (AR), ALICE B. COUCH (IN), BETH STAAS (IL)
Reserve: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA)
Category 12: NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “THE FIRE OF SEASON”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “ALCOHOLIC’S CROSSROAD -- TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK”
Third Place: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX) “THE THEORY OF NO BEGINNINGS”
HM: GEORGE WYLIE (MI), ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN), JIM PETERSON (FL)
Reserve: JUDY YOUNG (IN)
Category 13: NOBLE POETS AWARD
First Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “MASOCHISTIC LOVE”
Second Place: LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT) “EXPOSED”
Third Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “MIDNIGHT WRITING”
HM: TIM PHILIPPART (IN), DENA R. GORRELL (OK), CAROLE BOLINSKI (IL)
Reserve: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT. CANADA)
Category 14: OBERLIN POETRY PRIZE
First Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “MY OLDEST DOG”
Second Place: RITA AIKEN MORITZ (AL) “THE SMALL ARISTOCRAT”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “INTERSPECIES”
HM: SARA GIPSON (AR), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Reserve: TIM PHILIPPART (IN)
Category 15: MILLION AWARD
First Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “AMERICAN VACATION”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “DRIVING THROUGH AMERICA”
Third Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “DOTTED WHITE LINES”
HM: CAROLINE WALTON (FL), DENA R. GORRELL (OK), JANICE HOFFMAN (VA)
Reserve: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI)
Category 16: KITCHENS AWARD
First Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “HEART OF THE HOME”
Second Place:DENNIS PATTON (AR) “AUNT SUE AND HOME BREW”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX0 “GRAM’S CONCOCTIONS”
HM: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN), JOYCE SHIVER (FL), MARY COUCH (IN)
Reserve: JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Category 17: BUDDY AWARD
First Place: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN) “MR. MANNERS”
Second Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK”
Third Place: CHUCK KELLUM (IN) “JACK AND JILL”
HM: RITA AIKEN MORITZ (AL), LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT), JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Reserve: MARLENE MILLION (IN)
Category 18: LOVE OF COUNTRY AWARD
First Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “THE AMERICAN FLAG”
Second Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “A GRAND OLD DAME”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “GLORIOUS”
HM: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: MARK HUDSON (IL)
Category 19 ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
First Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “DIFFERENT”
Second Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “THE GIFT”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM (OR) “SISTER MANIA”
HM: NANCY COOK (MN), JERRI HARDESTY (AL), RITA AIKEN MORITZ(AL)
Reserve: AMY WRAY IRISH(CO)
Category 20: GRACE POTTER HEARKINS AWARD
First Place: JENNY KALAHAR (IN) “I’VE QUILTED A HARD THING”
Second Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “CRAZY QUILT”
Third Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “HER PRAYER QUILTS”
HM: LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON )NC), DR. EMORY JONES (MS), BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN)
Reserve: BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Category 21: LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL
First Place: LINDA S.H.S.EATON (IN) “LOVE’S UNDERSTANDING”
Second Place: KATHLEEN PUCHALA (MI) “DEMENTIA’S PRAYER”
Third Place: MARY HOFER (IN) “THE WIDOW’S PRAYER”
HM: MARY A. COUCH (IN), MARLENE MILLION (IN), ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: NANCY COOK (MN)
Category 22: DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
First Place: BETH STAAS (IL) “THE PETER PRINCIPLE”
Second Place: DENA R. GORRELL (OK) “LIFE DOES GO ON”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “DEATH BY ACCIDENT”
HM: SARA GIPSON (AR), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), WARREN E. JONES (IN)
Reserve: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN)
Category 23: NORTHWEST SPENCER & EAST FOX AWARD
First Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “A PRICELESS MIRACLE”
Second Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “LOVE IN THE MOMENT”
Third Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “LOVE SONG AND LADY RED”
HM: JIM PETERSON (FL), BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT), NANCY SIMMONDS (IN)
Reserve: NICK SWEET (TX)
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 41st ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST!
STATISTICS: 67 POETS ENTERED THE 41st ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST. THEY SUBMITTED 652 POEMS. THE TOP CATEGORY WAS THE PSI GRAND PRIZE WITH 45 POEMS. THAT WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE PSI MEMORIAL AWARD WITH 43ENTRIES AND THE LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL WITH 41.
POEMS WERE SENT FROM 21 STATES AND CANADA. THE MOST SUBMISSIONS CAME FROM INDIANA, 26.
HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
DAVID ALLEN
PSI CONTEST DIRECTOR
Look for Ink to Paper, Volume 4, coming soon to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. This attractive annual anthology of the Poetry Society of Indiana’s prize-winning poems is filled with timeless, creative artworks set in ink.
First Place: JOE OTTINGER (IN) “THOSE TRUE POETS”
Second Place: CONNIE KINGMAN (IN) “TOO LONG I HAVE LIVED WITH YOU”
Third Place: TIM PHILIPPART (IN) “POET -- YEAH RIGHT”
HM: W.B. CORNWELL (IN(. SARA GIPSON (AR), JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Reserve: BETH STAAS (IL)
Category 2: ONE AND ONLY GLENNA GLEE AWARD
First Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “TIMELESS GRACE”
Second Place: LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT) “THE YEARS”
Third Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “HAPPINESS, AN INTANGIBLE GIFT”
HM: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT. CANADA), JERRI HARDESTY (AL), NICK SWEET (TX)
Reserve: LINDA S.H.S. EATON (IN)
Category 3: PRESIDENT’S AWARD
First Place: BETH STAAS (IL) “KEEPSAKES”
Second Place: CHUCK KELLUM (IN) “MORNING WALK”
Third Place: CHRISTINE RIDDLE (AL) “MORNING BLEND”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX), DENNIS WHITE (MI), CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Reserve: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN)
Category 4: ESTHER TOWNES MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “MARKER”
Second Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “A LIFE IN STONE”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “HERE LIES SHOULDA-KNOWN-BETTER OSCAR CORBIN”
HM: JOYCE SHIVER (FL), LINDA S. EATON (IN), TIM PHILIPPART (IN)
Reserve: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX)
Category 5: POET LAUREATES’ AWARD
First Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “TEXAS HEXES”
Second Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “THE SLEEP OF THE DEAD”
Third Place: JIM PETERSON (FL) “CLAM IN A BASKET”
HM: LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), CAROLINE WALTON (FL)
Reserve: BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Category 6: LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “A WELL-GROOMED MEMORY”
Second Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “DUNE TRYST”
Third Place: LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON (NC) “FIRST KISS”
HM: NANCY COOK (MN), JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH), CHUCK KELLUM (IN)
Reserve: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX)
Category 7: PSI MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “LAST OCTOBER”
Second Place: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX) “SHELLING NIGHT’
Third Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “BROWN BEAD NECKLACE”
HM: JERRI HARDESTY (AL),JANICE HOFFMAN (VA), DR. EMORY JONES (MS)
Reserve: CHRISTINE RIDDLE (AL)
Category 8: BETTY BUTLER MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “A SAINTED LADY OF OUR TOWN”
Second Place: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN) “BETTING ON THE COME”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM (OR) “VERNIE MAE AND HER TONGUE”
HM: BECKY ALEXANDER (ON CANADA), BETH STAAS (IL), TIM PHILIPPART (IN)
Reserve: AMY WRAY IRISH (CO)
Category 9: LAST STANZA PRIZE
First Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “LAST SUNSET OF RAMADAN”
Second Place: AMY WRAY IRISH (CO) “THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ”
Third Place: STEPHEN C. POLLOCK (NC) “STEEL REFINERIES - GARY 1954”
HM: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN), CATHERINE MORAN (AR), BETH STAAS (IL)
Reserve: CONNIE KINGMAN (IN)
Category 10: BARBARA ANN AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “OKLAHOMA CITY, APRIL 19, 1995”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “FORGET THE SPILLS”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “SPONGES”
HM: WARREN E. JONES (IN), DENNIS PATTON (AR), JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Reserve: RITA AIKEN MORITZ (AL)
Category 11: INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL PRIZE
First Place: AMY WRAY IRISH (CO) “PAINTING A POEM”
Second Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “SCRIPTURE”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM(OR) “NAKED WORDS”
HM: SARA GIPSON (AR), ALICE B. COUCH (IN), BETH STAAS (IL)
Reserve: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA)
Category 12: NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “THE FIRE OF SEASON”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “ALCOHOLIC’S CROSSROAD -- TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK”
Third Place: TERRY JUDE MILLER (TX) “THE THEORY OF NO BEGINNINGS”
HM: GEORGE WYLIE (MI), ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN), JIM PETERSON (FL)
Reserve: JUDY YOUNG (IN)
Category 13: NOBLE POETS AWARD
First Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “MASOCHISTIC LOVE”
Second Place: LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT) “EXPOSED”
Third Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “MIDNIGHT WRITING”
HM: TIM PHILIPPART (IN), DENA R. GORRELL (OK), CAROLE BOLINSKI (IL)
Reserve: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT. CANADA)
Category 14: OBERLIN POETRY PRIZE
First Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “MY OLDEST DOG”
Second Place: RITA AIKEN MORITZ (AL) “THE SMALL ARISTOCRAT”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “INTERSPECIES”
HM: SARA GIPSON (AR), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Reserve: TIM PHILIPPART (IN)
Category 15: MILLION AWARD
First Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “AMERICAN VACATION”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “DRIVING THROUGH AMERICA”
Third Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “DOTTED WHITE LINES”
HM: CAROLINE WALTON (FL), DENA R. GORRELL (OK), JANICE HOFFMAN (VA)
Reserve: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI)
Category 16: KITCHENS AWARD
First Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “HEART OF THE HOME”
Second Place:DENNIS PATTON (AR) “AUNT SUE AND HOME BREW”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX0 “GRAM’S CONCOCTIONS”
HM: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN), JOYCE SHIVER (FL), MARY COUCH (IN)
Reserve: JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Category 17: BUDDY AWARD
First Place: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN) “MR. MANNERS”
Second Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK”
Third Place: CHUCK KELLUM (IN) “JACK AND JILL”
HM: RITA AIKEN MORITZ (AL), LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT), JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Reserve: MARLENE MILLION (IN)
Category 18: LOVE OF COUNTRY AWARD
First Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “THE AMERICAN FLAG”
Second Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “A GRAND OLD DAME”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “GLORIOUS”
HM: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: MARK HUDSON (IL)
Category 19 ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
First Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “DIFFERENT”
Second Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “THE GIFT”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM (OR) “SISTER MANIA”
HM: NANCY COOK (MN), JERRI HARDESTY (AL), RITA AIKEN MORITZ(AL)
Reserve: AMY WRAY IRISH(CO)
Category 20: GRACE POTTER HEARKINS AWARD
First Place: JENNY KALAHAR (IN) “I’VE QUILTED A HARD THING”
Second Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “CRAZY QUILT”
Third Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “HER PRAYER QUILTS”
HM: LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON )NC), DR. EMORY JONES (MS), BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN)
Reserve: BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Category 21: LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL
First Place: LINDA S.H.S.EATON (IN) “LOVE’S UNDERSTANDING”
Second Place: KATHLEEN PUCHALA (MI) “DEMENTIA’S PRAYER”
Third Place: MARY HOFER (IN) “THE WIDOW’S PRAYER”
HM: MARY A. COUCH (IN), MARLENE MILLION (IN), ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: NANCY COOK (MN)
Category 22: DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
First Place: BETH STAAS (IL) “THE PETER PRINCIPLE”
Second Place: DENA R. GORRELL (OK) “LIFE DOES GO ON”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “DEATH BY ACCIDENT”
HM: SARA GIPSON (AR), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), WARREN E. JONES (IN)
Reserve: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN)
Category 23: NORTHWEST SPENCER & EAST FOX AWARD
First Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “A PRICELESS MIRACLE”
Second Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “LOVE IN THE MOMENT”
Third Place: WARREN E. JONES (IN) “LOVE SONG AND LADY RED”
HM: JIM PETERSON (FL), BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT), NANCY SIMMONDS (IN)
Reserve: NICK SWEET (TX)
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 41st ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST!
STATISTICS: 67 POETS ENTERED THE 41st ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST. THEY SUBMITTED 652 POEMS. THE TOP CATEGORY WAS THE PSI GRAND PRIZE WITH 45 POEMS. THAT WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE PSI MEMORIAL AWARD WITH 43ENTRIES AND THE LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL WITH 41.
POEMS WERE SENT FROM 21 STATES AND CANADA. THE MOST SUBMISSIONS CAME FROM INDIANA, 26.
HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!
DAVID ALLEN
PSI CONTEST DIRECTOR
Look for Ink to Paper, Volume 4, coming soon to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. This attractive annual anthology of the Poetry Society of Indiana’s prize-winning poems is filled with timeless, creative artworks set in ink.
Congratulations, winners of the 2018 PSI Annual Contest!
Category 1: PSI/ISFPC GRAND PRIZE
First Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “BRUSHED WITH LIGHT”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “AT THE CROSSROADS”
Third Place: K. J. CARTER (IN) “ATTIRE”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), S. EVAN WALTERS (IN), PATRICK KALAHAR (IN)
Reserve: MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Category 2: PRESIDENT’ S AWARD
First Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “STARTING FROM SCRATCH”
Second Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “EPICUREAN BANQUET”
Third Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “SPOON FED”
HM: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA), VON S. BOURLAND (TX), BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT)
Reserve: MARLENE MILLION (IN)
Category 3: POET LAUREATE’S AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “ON ICE”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “BREAKFAST WITH MIKEY’
Third Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “WE”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Reserve: CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Category 4: LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
First Place: BECKY ALEXANDER (0NT) “SELKIE WIFE”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “SENDING JIM AWAY”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “CHUCK”
HM: DENNIS PATTON (AK), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), SUE ANN KAUTZ OWENS (AZ)
Reserve: GAIL DENHAM (OR)
Category 5: PSI MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: SARAH E. MORIN (IN) “WRITTEN IN THE MARGINS”
Second Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “WINTERGREEN”
Third Place: C.G. THOMPSON (NC) “KINDRED SOUL, YOU CAN FILL THIS EMPTINESS”
HM: CATHERINE MORAN (AR), NANCY COOK (MN), K. J. CARTER (IN)
Reserve: SARA GIPSON (AR)
Category 6: LAST STANZA PRIZE
First Place: GEORGE WYLIE (MI) “JUST ANOTHER LAKE SUNSET”
Second Place: SARAH E. MORIN (IN) “GRANDFATHER TONGUE”
Third Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “THE TASTE OF SALT”
HM: DENNIS PATTON (AR), BARBARA BLANKS (TX), WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 7: BETTY BUTLER MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: TRINA LEE (OK) “STILL LIFE”
Second Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “OH, TO BECOME A ROCKET…”
Third Place: BETH STAAS (IL) “WOULDA, SHOULDA, COULDA”
HM: CATHERINE MORAN (AR), DENNIS PATTON (AR), KATHERINE GIBSON (IN)
Reserve: WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 8: DELIGHTFUL GLEE, SPENCER AND FOX AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “SHINE”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “GOOD THINGS IN LIFE”
Third Place: JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN) “A LADY WALKING HER DOG”
HM: PATRICIA BARNES (MI), MARY ANN BOZENSKI (MI), S. EVAN WALTERS (IN)
Reserve: DEBORAH PETERSEN (IN)
Category 9: TRIOLET AWARD
First Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “MY CHAIR”
Second Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “WESTERN BEAUTY”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM (OR) “WHEN ACTORS LEAVE THE STAGE”
HM: JOE OTTINGER (IN), DENNIS PATTON (AR), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK)
Reserve: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI)
Category 10: BARBARA ANN AWARD
First Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “FAME”
Second Place: SUE ANN KAUTZ OWENS (AZ) “SOMETHING ABOUT A BOW”
Third Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “SEARCHING FOR WISDOM”
HM: CATHERINE MORAN (AR), J0YCE SHIVER (FL), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN)
Reserve: JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Category 11: INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL PRIZE
First Place: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT) “TRUE POEMS FLEE”
Second Place: S. EVAN WALTERS (IN) “CHILDREN OF MY LIPS”
Third Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “SUNBATHING”
HM: LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON (NC), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Reserve: JANICE HOFFMAN
Category 12: NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD
First Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “CAB OF DREAMS”
Second Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “NO LICENSE REQUIRED”
Third Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “TERRA NOVA”
HM: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN), SUSAN MAXWELL CAMPBELL (TX), PATRICK KALAHAR (IN)
Reserve: SARA GIPSON (AR)
Category 13: LIL ANN AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “THE WOODS TOOK MY HEART FOR A WALK TODAY”
Second Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “PLAYING IN THE RAIN”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “THE CHANGING TIMES”
HM: KATHERINE GIBSON (IN), DARGAN M. WARE (AL), BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN)
Reserve: DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 14: OBERLIN POETRY PRIZE
First Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “MY SON, THE SHOOTING STAR”
Second Place: NANCY COOK (MN) UNTITLED (“I ONCE HAD A TEACHER…”)
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “THE DANCER”
HM: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), DR. EMORY D. JONES (MS)
Reserve: DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 15: MILLION AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “PEEKING FROM PEAKS”
Second Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “PICNICS AT GRANDMA’S”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “(TANKA)”
HM: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH), LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON (NC), MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Category 16: TRICKSTERS
First Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “THE TRICKSTER -- WIND”
Second Place: MARK HUDSON (IL) “TELEMARKETERS”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “SILLY”
HM: PATRICIA BARNES (MI), S. EVAN WALTERS (IN), MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Category 17: BUDDY AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “RUFF”
Second Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “HOLD THE HABERDASHERY”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “IN THE TREETOPS OF NEW GUINEA”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), SARAH E. MORIN (IN)
Reserve: JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Category 18: LOVE OF COUNTRY AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “AMERICA'S’ RIVERS”
Second Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “TUBING ON LLANO RIVER”
Third Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “MISSISSIPPI RIVER”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA), LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT)
Category 19: ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “PART-NERS”
Second Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “OLDER SISTER”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “LOVE REPAID”
HM: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA), CATHERINE MORAN (AR), ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: SUSAN MAXWELL CAMPBELL (TX)
Category 20: GRACE POTTER HEARKINS AWARD
First Place: LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK) “A DRIFT OF SHADOWS”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “AN OFF KEY IN THE CHORUS”
Third Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “LOVEBIRD”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), SARA GIPSON (AR), TRINA LEE (OK)
Reserve: MAXINE WHEELER (IN)
Category 21: LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL
First Place: KATHY CHAFFIN GERSTORFF (IN) “OVERFLOW”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “BEHIND THE VEIL, THE PROMISE”
Third Place: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN) “THIS TENDER LAND”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN), NANCY COOK (MN)
Reserve: MARLENE MILLION (IN)
Category 22: CIVILITY AWARD
First Place: JOE OTTINGER (IN) “CIVILITY”
Second Place: GEORGE WYLIE (MI) “OUR LOSS OF CIVILITY”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “CIVILITY”
HM: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI), BARBARA BLANKS (TX), SARA GIPSON (AR)
Reserve: SARAH E. MORIN (IN)
Category 23: OGDON AWARD
First Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “A HOUND DOG’S DILEMMA”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “FINICKY KITTEN”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “AVOIDING A CHORE ON A SPRING MORNING”
HM: JOYCE SHIVER (FL), LINDA S.H.S. EATON (IN), PATRICIA BARNES (MI)
Reserve: D.C. BUSCHMANN (IN)
Category 24: DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “THE TRAIL WHERE THEY CRIED”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “SUDDENLY, PORT IN SIGHT”
Third Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “THE SILENT HERO”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), CAROLINE WALTON (FL)
Reserve: JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 40TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST!
STATISTICS: 74 POETS ENTERED THE 40TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST. THEY SUBMITTED 697 POEMS. THE TOP CATEGORY WAS THE INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL POETRY PRIZE, WITH 50 POEMS. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY 49 ENTRIES FOR THE LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD, 43 FOR THE DELIGHTFUL GLEE AWARD AND 42 FOR THE LAST STANZA AWARD.
POEMS WERE SUBMITTED FROM 22 STATES AND CANADA. THE MOST SUBMISSIONS CAME FROM INDIANA, 28, FOLLOWED BY ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN WITH FIVE SUBMISSIONS FOR EACH.
HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
DAVID ALLEN
PSI CONTEST DIRECTOR
Look for Ink to Paper, Volume 3, coming soon to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. This attractive annual anthology of the Poetry Society of Indiana’s prize-winning poems is filled with timeless, creative artworks set in ink.
First Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “BRUSHED WITH LIGHT”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “AT THE CROSSROADS”
Third Place: K. J. CARTER (IN) “ATTIRE”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), S. EVAN WALTERS (IN), PATRICK KALAHAR (IN)
Reserve: MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Category 2: PRESIDENT’ S AWARD
First Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “STARTING FROM SCRATCH”
Second Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “EPICUREAN BANQUET”
Third Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “SPOON FED”
HM: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA), VON S. BOURLAND (TX), BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT)
Reserve: MARLENE MILLION (IN)
Category 3: POET LAUREATE’S AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “ON ICE”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “BREAKFAST WITH MIKEY’
Third Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “WE”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Reserve: CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Category 4: LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
First Place: BECKY ALEXANDER (0NT) “SELKIE WIFE”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “SENDING JIM AWAY”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “CHUCK”
HM: DENNIS PATTON (AK), PATRICIA BARNES (MI), SUE ANN KAUTZ OWENS (AZ)
Reserve: GAIL DENHAM (OR)
Category 5: PSI MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: SARAH E. MORIN (IN) “WRITTEN IN THE MARGINS”
Second Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “WINTERGREEN”
Third Place: C.G. THOMPSON (NC) “KINDRED SOUL, YOU CAN FILL THIS EMPTINESS”
HM: CATHERINE MORAN (AR), NANCY COOK (MN), K. J. CARTER (IN)
Reserve: SARA GIPSON (AR)
Category 6: LAST STANZA PRIZE
First Place: GEORGE WYLIE (MI) “JUST ANOTHER LAKE SUNSET”
Second Place: SARAH E. MORIN (IN) “GRANDFATHER TONGUE”
Third Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “THE TASTE OF SALT”
HM: DENNIS PATTON (AR), BARBARA BLANKS (TX), WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 7: BETTY BUTLER MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: TRINA LEE (OK) “STILL LIFE”
Second Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “OH, TO BECOME A ROCKET…”
Third Place: BETH STAAS (IL) “WOULDA, SHOULDA, COULDA”
HM: CATHERINE MORAN (AR), DENNIS PATTON (AR), KATHERINE GIBSON (IN)
Reserve: WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 8: DELIGHTFUL GLEE, SPENCER AND FOX AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “SHINE”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “GOOD THINGS IN LIFE”
Third Place: JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN) “A LADY WALKING HER DOG”
HM: PATRICIA BARNES (MI), MARY ANN BOZENSKI (MI), S. EVAN WALTERS (IN)
Reserve: DEBORAH PETERSEN (IN)
Category 9: TRIOLET AWARD
First Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “MY CHAIR”
Second Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “WESTERN BEAUTY”
Third Place: GAIL DENHAM (OR) “WHEN ACTORS LEAVE THE STAGE”
HM: JOE OTTINGER (IN), DENNIS PATTON (AR), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK)
Reserve: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI)
Category 10: BARBARA ANN AWARD
First Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “FAME”
Second Place: SUE ANN KAUTZ OWENS (AZ) “SOMETHING ABOUT A BOW”
Third Place: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH) “SEARCHING FOR WISDOM”
HM: CATHERINE MORAN (AR), J0YCE SHIVER (FL), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN)
Reserve: JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
Category 11: INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL PRIZE
First Place: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONT) “TRUE POEMS FLEE”
Second Place: S. EVAN WALTERS (IN) “CHILDREN OF MY LIPS”
Third Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “SUNBATHING”
HM: LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON (NC), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Reserve: JANICE HOFFMAN
Category 12: NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD
First Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “CAB OF DREAMS”
Second Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “NO LICENSE REQUIRED”
Third Place: NANCY COOK (MN) “TERRA NOVA”
HM: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN), SUSAN MAXWELL CAMPBELL (TX), PATRICK KALAHAR (IN)
Reserve: SARA GIPSON (AR)
Category 13: LIL ANN AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “THE WOODS TOOK MY HEART FOR A WALK TODAY”
Second Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “PLAYING IN THE RAIN”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “THE CHANGING TIMES”
HM: KATHERINE GIBSON (IN), DARGAN M. WARE (AL), BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN)
Reserve: DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 14: OBERLIN POETRY PRIZE
First Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “MY SON, THE SHOOTING STAR”
Second Place: NANCY COOK (MN) UNTITLED (“I ONCE HAD A TEACHER…”)
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “THE DANCER”
HM: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), DR. EMORY D. JONES (MS)
Reserve: DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 15: MILLION AWARD
First Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “PEEKING FROM PEAKS”
Second Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “PICNICS AT GRANDMA’S”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “(TANKA)”
HM: JOSHUA CONKLIN (NH), LUCIA WALTON ROBINSON (NC), MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Category 16: TRICKSTERS
First Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “THE TRICKSTER -- WIND”
Second Place: MARK HUDSON (IL) “TELEMARKETERS”
Third Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “SILLY”
HM: PATRICIA BARNES (MI), S. EVAN WALTERS (IN), MARY A. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: BARBARA BLANKS (TX)
Category 17: BUDDY AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “RUFF”
Second Place: PATRICIA BARNES (MI) “HOLD THE HABERDASHERY”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “IN THE TREETOPS OF NEW GUINEA”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN), RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), SARAH E. MORIN (IN)
Reserve: JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Category 18: LOVE OF COUNTRY AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “AMERICA'S’ RIVERS”
Second Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “TUBING ON LLANO RIVER”
Third Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “MISSISSIPPI RIVER”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA), LORRAINE JEFFERY (UT)
Category 19: ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “PART-NERS”
Second Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “OLDER SISTER”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “LOVE REPAID”
HM: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA), CATHERINE MORAN (AR), ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Reserve: SUSAN MAXWELL CAMPBELL (TX)
Category 20: GRACE POTTER HEARKINS AWARD
First Place: LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK) “A DRIFT OF SHADOWS”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “AN OFF KEY IN THE CHORUS”
Third Place: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) “LOVEBIRD”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), SARA GIPSON (AR), TRINA LEE (OK)
Reserve: MAXINE WHEELER (IN)
Category 21: LINDA BANNON MEMORIAL
First Place: KATHY CHAFFIN GERSTORFF (IN) “OVERFLOW”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “BEHIND THE VEIL, THE PROMISE”
Third Place: NANCY SIMMONDS (IN) “THIS TENDER LAND”
HM: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN), JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN), NANCY COOK (MN)
Reserve: MARLENE MILLION (IN)
Category 22: CIVILITY AWARD
First Place: JOE OTTINGER (IN) “CIVILITY”
Second Place: GEORGE WYLIE (MI) “OUR LOSS OF CIVILITY”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “CIVILITY”
HM: DENNIS L. WHITE (MI), BARBARA BLANKS (TX), SARA GIPSON (AR)
Reserve: SARAH E. MORIN (IN)
Category 23: OGDON AWARD
First Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “A HOUND DOG’S DILEMMA”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “FINICKY KITTEN”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “AVOIDING A CHORE ON A SPRING MORNING”
HM: JOYCE SHIVER (FL), LINDA S.H.S. EATON (IN), PATRICIA BARNES (MI)
Reserve: D.C. BUSCHMANN (IN)
Category 24: DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “THE TRAIL WHERE THEY CRIED”
Second Place: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) “SUDDENLY, PORT IN SIGHT”
Third Place: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) “THE SILENT HERO”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN), LaVERN SPENCER McCARTHY (OK), CAROLINE WALTON (FL)
Reserve: JERRI HARDESTY (AL)
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 40TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST!
STATISTICS: 74 POETS ENTERED THE 40TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST. THEY SUBMITTED 697 POEMS. THE TOP CATEGORY WAS THE INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL POETRY PRIZE, WITH 50 POEMS. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY 49 ENTRIES FOR THE LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD, 43 FOR THE DELIGHTFUL GLEE AWARD AND 42 FOR THE LAST STANZA AWARD.
POEMS WERE SUBMITTED FROM 22 STATES AND CANADA. THE MOST SUBMISSIONS CAME FROM INDIANA, 28, FOLLOWED BY ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN WITH FIVE SUBMISSIONS FOR EACH.
HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
DAVID ALLEN
PSI CONTEST DIRECTOR
Look for Ink to Paper, Volume 3, coming soon to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. This attractive annual anthology of the Poetry Society of Indiana’s prize-winning poems is filled with timeless, creative artworks set in ink.
Congratulations, Winners of the 2017 Annual Contest!
Category 1: PSI/ISFPC GRAND PRIZE
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “SUMMER VACATION AT GRANDMA’S”
Second Place: GEORGE WYLIE (MI) “THE BUNGALOW”
Third Place: KATHY COTTON (IL) “BACK TO INDIANA”
HM: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) JUDY YOUNG (IN) JERRI HARDESTY (AL) RESERVE: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA)
Category 2: PRESIDENT’ S AWARD
First Place: JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN) “READING TOGETHER”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “GATHERED ‘ROUND”
Third Place: JEAN SYED (WA) “OUR PROMENADE”
HM: PATRICIA LIEB (FL) TRISTAN ROBERT KELLY (IN) WILDA MORRIS (IL) RESERVE: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA)
Category 3: POET LAUREATES’ AWARD
First Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX)
Second Place: KATHY COTTON (IL)
Third Place: LYDIA LECLERE (IN)
HM: DALENE STULL (OH) JERRY HARDESTY (AL) DENA R. GORRELL (OK) RESERVE: JEANI PICKLESIMER (KY)
Category 4: HONORING CARL SAGAN AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “A SPECK OF UNIVERSE”
Second Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “THE EARTH GODDESS OF TUNICA MISSISSIPPI”
Third Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “A SECOND TIME TO LOVE”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) HM: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) HM: DENNIS PATTON (IN) RESERVE: JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Category 5: LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
First Place: NICK SWEET (TX) “MAY’S CAFE”
Second Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “THE PHOTOGRAPH”
Third Place: TRINA LEE (OK) “LATE AGAIN”
HM: JANET LOMBARD (GA) KATE WALKER (PA) GAIL DENHAM (0R) RESERVE: KATHY COTTON (IL)
Category 6: LAST STANZA PRIZE
First Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT”
Second Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “FINDING THE RIGHT PLACE”
Third Place: CAROLINE J. WALTON (FL) “UNDER THE OVERPASS”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) KATHY COTTON (IL) JEANI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) RESERVE: DALENE STULL (OH)
Category 7: BETTY BUTLER MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: SARAH E. MORIN-WILSON (IN) “FIRST APARTMENT”
Second Place: ALICE B. COUCH (IN) “OUR FIRST YEAR CHRISTMAS GIFTS”
Third Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “MY FIRST BABY”
HM: DENA R. GORRELL (OK) RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) RESERVE: WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 8: THE ADE DREAMERS AWARD
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “IMMIGRANT SONG”
Second Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “DARE TO DREAM”
Third Place: LORI ANNE GOETZ (TN) “INSOMNIAC’S PRAYER”
HM: ANN GASSER (PA) WARREN JONES (IN) JEANI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) RESERVE: VON S. BOURLAND (TX)
Category 9: TRIOLET AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BEST KIND”
Second Place: JERRI HARDESTY (IL) “SHIFT”
Third Place: JEANI PICKLESIMER (KY) “BEST BUDDIES”
HM: DALENE STULL (OH) LAVERN SPENCER MCCARTHY (OK) ANGELA HEDMAN (IN) RESERVE: DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 10: BARBARA ANN AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “JOURNEY’S END”
Second Place: PAULINE MOUNSEY (AZ) “BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW”
Third Place: PATRICIA BARNED (MI) “MIRRIR, MIRROR ON THE WALL”
HM: DENNIS WHITE (MI) BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) SARA GIPSON (AR) RESERVE: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN)
Category 11: IVJ POETRY PRIZE
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (IN) “THE HEIGHT OF WORDS”
Second Place: JUDY YOUNG (IN) “WRITER’S LAMENT”
Third Place: CAROLINE J. WALTON (FL) “BIRTH OF A POEM”
HM: ANN GASSER (PA) JANICE HOFFMAN (VA) KATHY COTTON (IL) RESERVE: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT)
Category 12: NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “OUT OF THE MUD, 1913”
Second Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “COAST TO COAST”
Third Place: MARK HUDSON (IL) “MAYHEM IN MANHEIM”
HM: SHELLY GAMBINO (IN) ANN GASSER (PA) MARY A. COUCH (IN)
(NO RESERVE)
Category 13: LIL ANN AWARD
First Place: DENNIS WHITE (MI) “ELEVATED BLISS”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “NIGHT MUSIC”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “MY GRANDPA IS A CLOWN”
HM: LAVERN SPENCER MCCARTHY (OK) DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 14: MILLION AWARD
First Place: Nick Sweet (TEX) “RUSE DE CEZANNE”
Second Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “BELLS AND BLOSSOMS REJOICE”
Third Place: ALICE B. COUCH (IN) “THANKFUL FOR THE MUSINGS”
HM: WILDA MORRIS (IL) ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) JANICE HOFFMAN (VA) RESERVE: GAIL DENHAM (IN)
Category 15: VACATION AWARD
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “ISRAEL: THE FIRST AND LAST SUNSETS”
Second Place: CAROLINE J. WALTON (FL) “KNIGHTS OF THE SAND CASTLE”
Third Place: DALENE STULL (OH) “CAMPING ON SUMMER WEEKENDS”
HM: JEAN MARIE PURCELL (OR) DENA R. GORRELL (OK) BARBARA BLANKS (TX) RESERVE: WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 16: MARGARET HINER HIGHT AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “FOR YOU ON MOTHER’S DAY”
Second Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (IN) “ON THE BETTER PLANET”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “ONE COOL MORNING”
HM: MARLENE MILLION (IN) SARA GIPSON (AR) LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) RESERVE : CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Category 17: DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
First Place: PAULINE MOUNSEY (AZ) “REGRETS”
Second Place: DALENE STULL (OH) “THAT GOOD NIGHT”
Third Place: DENA GORRELL (OK) “INSPIRATION: MY SISTER’S COURAGE”
HM: DENNIS WHITE (MI) LORI ANNE GOETZ (TN) JOYCE SHIVER (FL) RESERVE: PATRICIA BARNES (MI)
Category 18: BUDDY AWARD
First Place: KATHY COTTON (IL) “FROZEN WORD”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “NIGHT VISITOR”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “INCREDIBLE JOURNEY”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN) ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) JOE OTTINGER (IN) RESERVE: JERRY HARDESTY (AL)
Category 19 LOVE OF COUNTRY AWARD
First Place: LAVERN SPENCER MCCARTHY (OK) “A RIVER BECKONS”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “RIVERS OF AMERICA”
Third Place: ANN GASSER (PA) “ENJOYING OUR RIVERS”
HM: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) BARBARA BLANKS (TX) SARA GIPSON (AR) RESERVE: MARK HUDSON (IL)
Category 20: ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
First Place: DALENE STULL (OH) “SOUL SISTERS”
Second Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “SISTERLY LOVE”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “ONE FOR THE MEMORY BOOK”
HM: ANN GASSER (PA) JOYCE SHIVER (FL) TRINA LEE (OK) RESERVE: ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Category 21: ROSIE PETUNIA AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “SPRING THAW”
Second Place: ANGELA HEDMAN (IN) “INHALE, EXHALE”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “COMES SPRING”
HM: A.N. WILLIAMS (IN) JOYCE SHIVER (FL) LINDA S.H.S EATON (IN) RESERVE: LORI ANNE GOETZ
Category 22: ANGELINE M. AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “GRANNY WAS A FLAPPER”
Second Place: SARAH GIPSON (AR) “PARTY FUEL”
Third Place: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA) “FORESHADOWING GATSBY”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN) JEANI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) ANGELA HEDMAN (IN) RESERVE: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON
Category 23: CAYLOR AWARD
First Place: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONTARIO) “OCTOBER’S SONG”
Second Place: DR. EMORY D. JONES (MS) “LEAF BALLET”
Third Place: TRINA LEE (OK) “OCTOBER”
HM: DALENE STULL (OH) JEANI PICKLESIMER (KY) GEORGIANA TRESSLAR (IN) RESERVE: DENA R. GORRELL (OK)
Category 24: OBERLIN POETRY PRIZE
First Place: SARAH E. MORIN-WILSON (IN) “CAUTIONARY TALE”
Second Place: JEAN MARIE PURCELL (OR) “AH CHOO”
Third Place: JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN) “A STUDENT IN FOSTER”
HM: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) KATHY COTTON (IL) JEAI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) RESERVE: JERRI HARDESTY
Category 25: OGDON AWARD
First Place: W.B. CORNWELL (IN) “FLEA MARKET FINDS”
Second Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “CROSS WORDS”
Third Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “TO READ OR NOT TO READ -- IS THAT A QUESTION?”
HM: MARK HUDSON (IL) DALENE STULL (OH) DENA R. GORRELL (OK)
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 39TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
STATISTICS:
THERE WERE 70 POETS WHO ENTERED THE 39TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST. THEY SUBMITTED 766 POEMS.
THE TOP CATEGORY WAS THE INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL’S POETRY PRIZE, WITH 58 POEMS. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY 49 ENTRIES FOR THE POET LAUREATES’ AWARD, AND 48 ENTERED FOR THE “LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING” AWARD
POEMS WERE SENT FROM 22 STATES AND CANADA. INDIANA POETS ACROSS THIS NATION AND CANADA. THE MOST SUBMISSIONS CAME FROM INDIANA, 28, FOLLOWED BY ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN, WITH FIVE SUBMISSIONS FOR EACH.
HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
DAVID ALLEN
PSI CONTEST DIRECTOR
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “SUMMER VACATION AT GRANDMA’S”
Second Place: GEORGE WYLIE (MI) “THE BUNGALOW”
Third Place: KATHY COTTON (IL) “BACK TO INDIANA”
HM: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT) JUDY YOUNG (IN) JERRI HARDESTY (AL) RESERVE: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA)
Category 2: PRESIDENT’ S AWARD
First Place: JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN) “READING TOGETHER”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “GATHERED ‘ROUND”
Third Place: JEAN SYED (WA) “OUR PROMENADE”
HM: PATRICIA LIEB (FL) TRISTAN ROBERT KELLY (IN) WILDA MORRIS (IL) RESERVE: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA)
Category 3: POET LAUREATES’ AWARD
First Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX)
Second Place: KATHY COTTON (IL)
Third Place: LYDIA LECLERE (IN)
HM: DALENE STULL (OH) JERRY HARDESTY (AL) DENA R. GORRELL (OK) RESERVE: JEANI PICKLESIMER (KY)
Category 4: HONORING CARL SAGAN AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “A SPECK OF UNIVERSE”
Second Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “THE EARTH GODDESS OF TUNICA MISSISSIPPI”
Third Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “A SECOND TIME TO LOVE”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) HM: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) HM: DENNIS PATTON (IN) RESERVE: JOE OTTINGER (IN)
Category 5: LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING AWARD
First Place: NICK SWEET (TX) “MAY’S CAFE”
Second Place: TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) “THE PHOTOGRAPH”
Third Place: TRINA LEE (OK) “LATE AGAIN”
HM: JANET LOMBARD (GA) KATE WALKER (PA) GAIL DENHAM (0R) RESERVE: KATHY COTTON (IL)
Category 6: LAST STANZA PRIZE
First Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT”
Second Place: CATHERINE MORAN (AR) “FINDING THE RIGHT PLACE”
Third Place: CAROLINE J. WALTON (FL) “UNDER THE OVERPASS”
HM: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) KATHY COTTON (IL) JEANI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) RESERVE: DALENE STULL (OH)
Category 7: BETTY BUTLER MEMORIAL AWARD
First Place: SARAH E. MORIN-WILSON (IN) “FIRST APARTMENT”
Second Place: ALICE B. COUCH (IN) “OUR FIRST YEAR CHRISTMAS GIFTS”
Third Place: SARA GIPSON (AR) “MY FIRST BABY”
HM: DENA R. GORRELL (OK) RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) TANYA R. WHITNEY (LA) RESERVE: WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 8: THE ADE DREAMERS AWARD
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “IMMIGRANT SONG”
Second Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “DARE TO DREAM”
Third Place: LORI ANNE GOETZ (TN) “INSOMNIAC’S PRAYER”
HM: ANN GASSER (PA) WARREN JONES (IN) JEANI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) RESERVE: VON S. BOURLAND (TX)
Category 9: TRIOLET AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BEST KIND”
Second Place: JERRI HARDESTY (IL) “SHIFT”
Third Place: JEANI PICKLESIMER (KY) “BEST BUDDIES”
HM: DALENE STULL (OH) LAVERN SPENCER MCCARTHY (OK) ANGELA HEDMAN (IN) RESERVE: DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 10: BARBARA ANN AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “JOURNEY’S END”
Second Place: PAULINE MOUNSEY (AZ) “BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW”
Third Place: PATRICIA BARNED (MI) “MIRRIR, MIRROR ON THE WALL”
HM: DENNIS WHITE (MI) BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) SARA GIPSON (AR) RESERVE: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN)
Category 11: IVJ POETRY PRIZE
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (IN) “THE HEIGHT OF WORDS”
Second Place: JUDY YOUNG (IN) “WRITER’S LAMENT”
Third Place: CAROLINE J. WALTON (FL) “BIRTH OF A POEM”
HM: ANN GASSER (PA) JANICE HOFFMAN (VA) KATHY COTTON (IL) RESERVE: BARBARA J. FUNKE (UT)
Category 12: NORTHEAST INDIANA POETS AWARD
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “OUT OF THE MUD, 1913”
Second Place: JERRI HARDESTY (AL) “COAST TO COAST”
Third Place: MARK HUDSON (IL) “MAYHEM IN MANHEIM”
HM: SHELLY GAMBINO (IN) ANN GASSER (PA) MARY A. COUCH (IN)
(NO RESERVE)
Category 13: LIL ANN AWARD
First Place: DENNIS WHITE (MI) “ELEVATED BLISS”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “NIGHT MUSIC”
Third Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “MY GRANDPA IS A CLOWN”
HM: LAVERN SPENCER MCCARTHY (OK) DENNIS PATTON (AR)
Category 14: MILLION AWARD
First Place: Nick Sweet (TEX) “RUSE DE CEZANNE”
Second Place: VON S. BOURLAND (TX) “BELLS AND BLOSSOMS REJOICE”
Third Place: ALICE B. COUCH (IN) “THANKFUL FOR THE MUSINGS”
HM: WILDA MORRIS (IL) ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) JANICE HOFFMAN (VA) RESERVE: GAIL DENHAM (IN)
Category 15: VACATION AWARD
First Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (TN) “ISRAEL: THE FIRST AND LAST SUNSETS”
Second Place: CAROLINE J. WALTON (FL) “KNIGHTS OF THE SAND CASTLE”
Third Place: DALENE STULL (OH) “CAMPING ON SUMMER WEEKENDS”
HM: JEAN MARIE PURCELL (OR) DENA R. GORRELL (OK) BARBARA BLANKS (TX) RESERVE: WARREN JONES (IN)
Category 16: MARGARET HINER HIGHT AWARD
First Place: DENNIS PATTON (AR) “FOR YOU ON MOTHER’S DAY”
Second Place: RUSSELL H. STRAUSS (IN) “ON THE BETTER PLANET”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “ONE COOL MORNING”
HM: MARLENE MILLION (IN) SARA GIPSON (AR) LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON (IA) RESERVE : CATHERINE MORAN (AR)
Category 17: DEBRA SUE LYNN AWARD
First Place: PAULINE MOUNSEY (AZ) “REGRETS”
Second Place: DALENE STULL (OH) “THAT GOOD NIGHT”
Third Place: DENA GORRELL (OK) “INSPIRATION: MY SISTER’S COURAGE”
HM: DENNIS WHITE (MI) LORI ANNE GOETZ (TN) JOYCE SHIVER (FL) RESERVE: PATRICIA BARNES (MI)
Category 18: BUDDY AWARD
First Place: KATHY COTTON (IL) “FROZEN WORD”
Second Place: JOYCE SHIVER (FL) “NIGHT VISITOR”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “INCREDIBLE JOURNEY”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN) ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) JOE OTTINGER (IN) RESERVE: JERRY HARDESTY (AL)
Category 19 LOVE OF COUNTRY AWARD
First Place: LAVERN SPENCER MCCARTHY (OK) “A RIVER BECKONS”
Second Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “RIVERS OF AMERICA”
Third Place: ANN GASSER (PA) “ENJOYING OUR RIVERS”
HM: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) BARBARA BLANKS (TX) SARA GIPSON (AR) RESERVE: MARK HUDSON (IL)
Category 20: ALDA JOHNSON MEMORIAL
First Place: DALENE STULL (OH) “SOUL SISTERS”
Second Place: WARREN JONES (IN) “SISTERLY LOVE”
Third Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “ONE FOR THE MEMORY BOOK”
HM: ANN GASSER (PA) JOYCE SHIVER (FL) TRINA LEE (OK) RESERVE: ALICE B. COUCH (IN)
Category 21: ROSIE PETUNIA AWARD
First Place: BARBARA BLANKS (TX) “SPRING THAW”
Second Place: ANGELA HEDMAN (IN) “INHALE, EXHALE”
Third Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “COMES SPRING”
HM: A.N. WILLIAMS (IN) JOYCE SHIVER (FL) LINDA S.H.S EATON (IN) RESERVE: LORI ANNE GOETZ
Category 22: ANGELINE M. AWARD
First Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “GRANNY WAS A FLAPPER”
Second Place: SARAH GIPSON (AR) “PARTY FUEL”
Third Place: JANICE HOFFMAN (VA) “FORESHADOWING GATSBY”
HM: WARREN JONES (IN) JEANI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) ANGELA HEDMAN (IN) RESERVE: LUCILLE MORGAN WILSON
Category 23: CAYLOR AWARD
First Place: BECKY ALEXANDER (ONTARIO) “OCTOBER’S SONG”
Second Place: DR. EMORY D. JONES (MS) “LEAF BALLET”
Third Place: TRINA LEE (OK) “OCTOBER”
HM: DALENE STULL (OH) JEANI PICKLESIMER (KY) GEORGIANA TRESSLAR (IN) RESERVE: DENA R. GORRELL (OK)
Category 24: OBERLIN POETRY PRIZE
First Place: SARAH E. MORIN-WILSON (IN) “CAUTIONARY TALE”
Second Place: JEAN MARIE PURCELL (OR) “AH CHOO”
Third Place: JOYCE ZEPHYRIN (IN) “A STUDENT IN FOSTER”
HM: ALEXANDRA MOSS ZANNIS (IN) KATHY COTTON (IL) JEAI M. PICKLESIMER (KY) RESERVE: JERRI HARDESTY
Category 25: OGDON AWARD
First Place: W.B. CORNWELL (IN) “FLEA MARKET FINDS”
Second Place: BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI (IN) “CROSS WORDS”
Third Place: MARY A. COUCH (IN) “TO READ OR NOT TO READ -- IS THAT A QUESTION?”
HM: MARK HUDSON (IL) DALENE STULL (OH) DENA R. GORRELL (OK)
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 39TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
STATISTICS:
THERE WERE 70 POETS WHO ENTERED THE 39TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST. THEY SUBMITTED 766 POEMS.
THE TOP CATEGORY WAS THE INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL’S POETRY PRIZE, WITH 58 POEMS. THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY 49 ENTRIES FOR THE POET LAUREATES’ AWARD, AND 48 ENTERED FOR THE “LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING” AWARD
POEMS WERE SENT FROM 22 STATES AND CANADA. INDIANA POETS ACROSS THIS NATION AND CANADA. THE MOST SUBMISSIONS CAME FROM INDIANA, 28, FOLLOWED BY ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN, WITH FIVE SUBMISSIONS FOR EACH.
HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
DAVID ALLEN
PSI CONTEST DIRECTOR
Winners Announced in the
2016 Annual Contest!
Congrats to all!
2016 Annual Contest!
Congrats to all!