Contest – Poetry Society of Michigan

Poetry Contest

Published on December 11, 2020 by Editorial Staff

The Michigan based journal, Third Wenesday‘s annual poetry contest:

Poem in Which the Poem Works Very Hard to Identify Itself / Kristen Brace

Published on December 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff

This poem by Kristen Brace won the Barbara Sykes Memorial Humor Prize in PSM’s annual poetry contest. It appeard in the fall issue of Peninsula Poets.

Midland / Nancy Cook

Published on November 9, 2020 by Editorial Staff

Nancy Cook’s poem “Midland“, a response to the 2020 flood that made national headlines, was the winner of the Founder’s Prize in the 2020 poetry contest of the Poetry Society of Michigan.

Window / Patricia Barnes

Published on November 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff

Patricia Barnes of Wyandotte, Michigan is the winner of the Chancelor’s Prize in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest.

Rust Belt / Randy K. Schwartz

Published on October 28, 2020 by Editorial Staff

Winner of the Margo LaGattuta Memorial Award in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest is Randy K. Schwartz of Ann Arbor, Michigan. This poem and all of the other contest winners are featured in the latest edition of Peninsula Poets.

Farm Scene at Dusk / Sarah E. Moran

Published on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff

An honorable mention from of 2019 Poetry Contest in the Evening category.

Poetry Society of Michigan 2020 Contest Winners

Published on September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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