Category 1: Margo LaGatutta Memorial Award
Judge: Daniel Edward Moore

1^st Rust Belt Randy K. Schwartz, Ann Arbor, MI
2^nd All Night the Rain Kristin Brace, Ada, MI
3^rd November Jack D. Ferguson, Auburn Hills, MI
HM Rock, Paper, Scissors Ellen Lord, Charlevoix, MI

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Category 2: Chancellor’s Prize
Judge: Laurence W. Thomas

1^st Window Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
2^nd Good Fencing Lorraine Jeffery, Orem, UT
3^rd The Poet Goes Prospecting Randy K. Schwartz, Ann Arbor, MI
HM The Staunch Listener Inge Logenburg Kyler, Eaton Rapids, MI

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Category 3: Founder’s Prize
Judge: Dennis Hinrichsen

1^st Midland Nancy Cook, St. Paul, MN
2^nd Water, Water Everywhere… Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
3^rd Jack Pine Savage Ellen Lord, Charlevoix, MI
HM October, Southeast Michigan Dawn McDuffie, Detroit, MI

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Category 4: Barbara Sykes Memorial Humor Poem
Judge: Elizabeth Kerlikowske

1^st Poem in Which the Poem Works Very Hard… Kristin Brace, Ada, MI
2^nd I Explain to My Great Grandpa Lorraine Jeffery, Orem, UT
3^rd Sounding the Alarm Lynne Fernandez, Farmington Hills, MI
HM Transformation Marilyn Churchill, Ann Arbor, MI

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Category 5: George Dila Memorial Prose Poem
Judge: Phillip Sterling

1^st A Man and His Game David James, Linden, MI
2^nd pang Diana Hart, Kalamazoo, MI
3^rd Dear Therapist, Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
HM Velvet Ear Jill Doster Marcusse, Grand Rapids, MI

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Category 6: Nature
Judge: Jerrold Narland

1^st Lucky 13 Terry Jude Miller, Richmond, TX
2^nd Backyard Nature Sue Yurick, Rockford, MI
3^rd Winter Snowfall Cynthia Weber Nankee, Canton, MI
HM Lost Mountain Lori Goff, Walled Lake, MI

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Category 7: Love
Judge: Diane DeCillis

1^st Alien Lover Dawn McDuffie, Detroit, MI
2^nd Redolent Diana Dinverno, Troy, MI
3^rd Autumn Garden Jack D. Ferguson, Auburn Hills, MI
HM Falling Christian Belz, Berkley, MI

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Category 8: Pandemic
Judge: Terry Jude Miller

1^st Counting Marie Davids, Ferndale, MI
2^nd Maybe Eric Greene, Royal Oak, MI
3^rd Languor Garrett Stack, Rockford, MI
HM Monthursday, Frisunday, April? Carla Dodd, Waterford, MI