The North Carolina Poetry Society has released this list of judges and winners in their 2010 poetry contests. All winners are invited to read their winning poems at the NCPS Awards Day on May 15 at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines, NC. All winning poems will also be published in the annual awards anthology, "Pinesong," which will be available for purchase at Awards Day
For more information about the day's events, please visit the NCPS website at www.NCPoetrySociety.org or contact Celisa Steele by email celisa@steelcob.com or phone 919-451-0075.
The winners' list includes a number of wonderful NC poets and I hope they'll all be there to read on Awards Day. Congratulations every one!
2010 NCPS Contest Winners:
Poet Laureate Winner: "A Visitor" by Anya Russian
Poet Laureate Finalists - Judge: Linda Gregerson
1) "The Upward Climb" by Maria Rouphail
2) "Piazza Santa Maria, Trasteverre" by Genie Cotner
3) "Brush Strokes" by T.M. Johnson
4) "Early" by Alice Osborn
5) "Views To Die For" by Sharon Sharp
6) "Safari" by Liza Sisk
7) "A Visitor" by Anya Russian
8) "For My Father" by Mary Gray
9) "Letters Home" by Katherine Russell Barnes
10) "In a Day without You" by Sheila Turnage
Thomas H. McDill Award - Judge: Ron Wallace
FIRST PLACE: "Cinnamon" by Andrea Bates
SECOND PLACE: "Intermittent" by Coyla Barry
THIRD PLACE: "I Live Alone Now" by Joanie McLean
Honorable Mentions:
"Ave Maria" by Ed Devany
"Biscayne Boulevard" by Karol Neufeld
"Carp Diem" by Jane Andrews
Caldwell Nixon Jr. Award - JUDGE: Joan Bransfield Graham
FIRST PLACE: "When Two Brothers Must Have Felt Like Birds" by Betsy Sprague
SECOND PLACE: "Flounder" by Jane Andrews
THIRD PLACE: "Navigators" by Josephine Mewborn Baker
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Dog Heaven" by Ruth Moose
"Vincent" by Stuart Burroughs
"Solitary Snowman" by Alice Johansen
Joanna Catherine Scott Award - Judge Michael Blumenthal
First Place: "Amagoge II" by MaXine Carey Harker
Second Place: "TO AN UNBORN DAUGHTER" by Betsy Sprague
Third Place: "Sunday Night Grooming" by Alexis Gines
Honorable mentions:
"Smoothing Out" by Catherine Moran
"Cemetery" by Carole Knowles
"Poetry Society Treasurer's Report" by Bill Griffin
Mary Ruffin Poole American Heritage Award - Judge: Grace Schulman
First Place: "Quik Stop" by Debra Kaufman
Second Place: "Roots Go Wander" by Corrie White
Third Place: "At the Drive-In" by Terri Kirby Erickson
Honorable Mentions:
"When All the World" by Nancy Shires
"To Michael" by Carole Knowles
"Winter Rye" by Andrew Trump
Katherine Kennedy McIntyre Light Verse Award - Judge: Jim Daniels
First Place: "A Thank You Note" by Sheila Turnage
Second Place: "Lifetime" by Stephanie Geo
Third Place: "My Mother Calls Interrupting Sex on Christmas Day" by Maureen Sherbondy
Honorable Mentions:
"The Daughter Who Hated Cats" by Bill Griffin
"So Glad You Don't Have" by Michael Beadle
"Jesus on the O'Reilly Show" by Richard Krawiec
Lyman Haiku Award - Judge Carole MacRury
FIRST PLACE "spring rivulets" by Glenn G. Coats
SECOND PLACE "sunrise. . ."by Alice Frampton
THIRD PLACE "amid ice-sheared limbs" by Sharon Sharp
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"autumn evening" by Scott Owens
"Dawn's hues chase the night" by Sheila Turnage
"on the hedges" by Richard Krawiec
Poetry of Courage - Judge: Mark Jarman
First Place: "English 1200 Visits the Library" by Nancy Shires
Second Place: "Shopping for a Daughter Who Is Entering Prison" by Dave Manning
Third Place: "Holiday Stew" by Terri Fizer
Honorable Mentions:
"Learning to Manage Stairs Again" by Katherine Barr
"My Grandmother's Boston Rocker" by Deborah Doolittle
"When my father was dying" by Ruth Moose
Poetry of Love - Judge: Kate Daniels
First: "Gertrude Stein Counts Three Bachelor's Buttons" by Deborah Doolittle
Second: "Goodwill" by Jane Andrews
Third: "Passion Party" by Jim Koger
Honorable Mentions:
"Ode to My Husband on His 80th Birthday" by Katherine Barr
"February Poem" by Libby Campbell
"Winter Love" by Ed Devany
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North Carolina Poetry Society Plays Vital Role
NORTH CAROLINA POETRY SOCIETY PLAYS VITAL ROLE
Recent Awards and Upcoming Events Include Area Poets
"Musings" for March 12, 2009
In one of my previous columns I featured information about one of the key poetry organizations in NC, the Poetry Council of North Carolina. Today I’m highlighting another of NC’s vital groups for the promotion of poetry, the North Carolina Poetry Society.
NCPS was created in 1932, making it the longest-active poetry organization I am aware of in the state. Since that time, the Society has served as an invaluable networking and development tool for poets across the state, bringing poets together at least three times a year for their annual meetings at the Weymouth Center in Southern Pines. Those meetings are usually the third Saturdays of January, May, and September. The January meeting concluded recently and included workshops by NC writers Maureen Sherbondy, Richard Krawiec, and Barbara Presnell, as well as Open Mic readings and book signings.
The Poetry Society is in the news again locally with the selection of its 2009 Contest Winners. Each year, the Society sponsors awards in 9 adult and 5 student categories. Those winners are invited to read their work at the NCPS Awards Day, this year on May 16, at the Weymouth Center. Winners also have their work published in the annual awards anthology, Pinesong. Among the winners this year are several writers with local connections, including myself and fellow Hickory native, Bud Caywood. Other winners, including Bill Griffin and Terri Kirby Erickson, have made or will make appearances in Hickory through the Poetry Hickory reading series held the second Tuesday of each month at Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse.
In addition to meetings and contests, the Poetry Society sponsors the annual Sam Ragan Poetry Festival, to be held this year at Weymouth on March 14 and highlighted by readings from poet Cathy Smith-Bowers. The Society also sponsors the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poets Series, which brings together outstanding poetry instructors with promising young writers, culminating in a series of readings across the state, one of which will be at the Patrick Beaver Library in Hickory on March 29, featuring incoming NCPS President, Anthony Abbott and Hickory native, Liz Monish.
The Poetry Society also sponsors the Brockman-Campbell Book Award for the best book of poetry by a North Carolinian in the previous year, maintains an online calendar of poetry events across the state, and distributes a monthly newsletter called E-Muse online. The Society currently has in excess of 350 members. Those interested in more information can find it at the Society’s website at www.sleepycreek.org/poetry/.
Recent Awards and Upcoming Events Include Area Poets
"Musings" for March 12, 2009
In one of my previous columns I featured information about one of the key poetry organizations in NC, the Poetry Council of North Carolina. Today I’m highlighting another of NC’s vital groups for the promotion of poetry, the North Carolina Poetry Society.
NCPS was created in 1932, making it the longest-active poetry organization I am aware of in the state. Since that time, the Society has served as an invaluable networking and development tool for poets across the state, bringing poets together at least three times a year for their annual meetings at the Weymouth Center in Southern Pines. Those meetings are usually the third Saturdays of January, May, and September. The January meeting concluded recently and included workshops by NC writers Maureen Sherbondy, Richard Krawiec, and Barbara Presnell, as well as Open Mic readings and book signings.
The Poetry Society is in the news again locally with the selection of its 2009 Contest Winners. Each year, the Society sponsors awards in 9 adult and 5 student categories. Those winners are invited to read their work at the NCPS Awards Day, this year on May 16, at the Weymouth Center. Winners also have their work published in the annual awards anthology, Pinesong. Among the winners this year are several writers with local connections, including myself and fellow Hickory native, Bud Caywood. Other winners, including Bill Griffin and Terri Kirby Erickson, have made or will make appearances in Hickory through the Poetry Hickory reading series held the second Tuesday of each month at Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse.
In addition to meetings and contests, the Poetry Society sponsors the annual Sam Ragan Poetry Festival, to be held this year at Weymouth on March 14 and highlighted by readings from poet Cathy Smith-Bowers. The Society also sponsors the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poets Series, which brings together outstanding poetry instructors with promising young writers, culminating in a series of readings across the state, one of which will be at the Patrick Beaver Library in Hickory on March 29, featuring incoming NCPS President, Anthony Abbott and Hickory native, Liz Monish.
The Poetry Society also sponsors the Brockman-Campbell Book Award for the best book of poetry by a North Carolinian in the previous year, maintains an online calendar of poetry events across the state, and distributes a monthly newsletter called E-Muse online. The Society currently has in excess of 350 members. Those interested in more information can find it at the Society’s website at www.sleepycreek.org/poetry/.
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