Contest – Poetry Society of Michigan

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

PSM Annual Poetry Contest

Published on July 24, 2020 by Editorial Staff

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When She Weeps / Nancy Cook

Published on March 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff

One of Chancellor’s prize winning poems from the fall contest issue of Peninsula Poets by Nancy Cook of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Stones / Myra Ward Barra

Published on February 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff

Another prize winning poem from The Poetry Society of Michigan Annual Poetry Contest, this one from the “Love” category.

Evening on the Lake / Polly Opsahl

Published on January 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff

A prize winning poem in the category “Evening” from the fall issue of Peninsula Poets, the annual contest issue from The Poetry Society of Michigan.

Redbuds in Bloom / Michael Harty

Published on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff

One of the winning poems in the “nature” category from the fall issue of Peninsula Poets.

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Children of Survivors / Joy Gaines-Friedler

Published on December 20, 2019December 21, 2019 by Editorial Staff

From the fall issue of Peninsula Poets, one of the prize winning poems in the “Family” category of The Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest.

Downtown Ghost Town / Marion Frahm Tincknell

Published on December 11, 2019 by Editorial Staff

This year’s runner up for the Founder’s Prize in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual contest was Marion Frahm Tincknell who paints us a vivid picture of something lost.