Category: Poetry

Category 1: Margo LaGattuta Memorial Award: Judge: Joy Gaines-Friedler

1^st I’d Have Painted Him in Altenburg,… Lynn Pattison, Kalamazoo, MI
2^nd Antinomy Thom Porter, Woodhaven, MI
3^rd Reverie at Slack Time Dr. Emory Jones, Iuka MS
HM Premonition Lori Zurvalec, Grosse Pointe, MI

Category 2: Chancellor’s Prize: Judge: Eric Torgersen

1^st How Will I Find Absolution Diana Hart, Kalamazoo, MI
2^nd Current Resume Art Curtis, Bellaire, MI
3^rd You Don’t Know Colleen Alles, Grand Rapids, MI
HM The Girl with a Green and a Brown Eye Nadia Ibrashi, Troy, MI

Category 3: Founder’s Prize: Judge: Russell Thorburn

1^st Michigan State Fair 1960’s Roberta Brown , Royal Oak, MI
2^nd Skinny Dipping at Cranbrook Janice Zerfas, Eau Claire, MI
3^rd Leaving Tawas, July 3rd Christian Belz, Pontiac, MI
HM New Buffalo Cassandra Caverhill, Ann Arbor, MI

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

1^st You Probably Are One Too Laura Sweeney, Bloomington, IL
2^nd Learning to Sit Ann Weil, Ann Arbor, MI
3^rd Shifting Gears Milton Bates, Marquette, MI
HM Not Yet Robotic Robert Erlandson, Birmingham, MI

Category 5: George Dila Memorial Prose Poem: Judge: Robert Fanning

1^st Toad Dawn McDuffie, Detroit, MI
2^nd Home Visit Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
3^rd Churned Terry Jude Miller, Richmond, TX
HM Sea of Stars Simon A. Thalmann, Kalamazoo, MI

Category 6: Nature: Judge: Alinda Wasner

1^st Wingbound II: Elegy Shy of Lamentation Barbara Saunier, Marne, MI
2^nd Call Winter Home Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI
3^rd Swarm Warning Iris Underwood, Leonard, MI
HM Japanese Maple Diana Dinverno, Troy, MI

Category 7: Love: Judge: Sue William Silverman

1^st The World Will Always Welcome Lovers Barbara Saunier, Marne, MI
2^nd What Her Eyes Did Randy K. Schwartz, Ann Arbor, MI
3^rd Bringing Late Lorraine Jeffery, Orem, UT
HM A Sort of Love Poem John Jeffire, Macomb, MI

Category 8: Music: Judge: M. L. Liebler

1^st Song and Dance Nadia Ibrashi, Troy, MI
2^nd Music Ellen Lord, Charlevoix, MI
3^rd The House That Jack Built Sold On Jazz, Diana Cornell, Spring Lake, MI
HM Player of Player Pianos, a Love Poem, Sophia Rivkin, Southfield, MI

Category 9: Loss: Judge: Zilka Joseph

1^st New Widow Ellen Lord, Charlevoix, MI
2^nd Mothers Claire Scott, Oakland, CA
3^rd Noise Trek Janice Zerfas, Eau Claire, MI
HM there, then David Fitch, Lathrup Village, MI

Category 10: Women and Science: Judge: Diane DeCillis

1^st Fluids Leak Like Rivers Nadia Ibrashi, Troy, MI
2^nd I Am a Standard Candle Janice Zerfas, Eau Claire, MI
3^rd Brushstrokes and Stars Carla Dodd, Waterford Township, MI
HM Peggy Whitson Patricia Barnes, Wyandotte, MI

Congrtulations winners and thank you to all who entered!