2104 Kentucky State Poetry Society Adult Poetry Contest Winners
1. Grand Prix
1st: “Ghost Note” – C.G. Thompson, Greenville, NC
2nd: “Death” – John Bing, Tiffin, OH
3rd: “Night Time in Burundi” – E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
Honorable Mentions
“How November Never Shines Straight Down” – Mary O’Dell, Louisville, KY
“Maps” – Jordi Alonso, Loveland, OH
2. Chaffin/Kash Award
1st: “Thistles” – Victoria Bailey, Henderson, KY
2nd: “Men From Jenkins Die Young” – E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
3rd: “The Whistler’s Tale” – Dorothy H. Schnare, Berea, KY
Honorable Mentions
“An Argument in the Name of Mourning” – Mary O’Dell, Louisville, KY
“Driftwood Days” – Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
“First Visit to Maine” – Elaine Fowler Palencia, Champaign, IL
3. President’s Prize
1st: “Valediction” – C.G. Thompson, Greenville, NC
2nd: “An Attitude Beyond Redemption” – Rebecca Bailey, Grangeville, ID
3rd: “Trip to the Past” – Becky Alexander,Cambridge, Ontario
Honorable Mentions
“Illiterate in Mokpo, Korea” – E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
“About Terns” – Elaine P. Akin, Louisville, KY
4. Green River Writers Award
1st: “Pink Gown” – Charles K. Firmage, Boise, ID
2nd: “A Discourse on Doors” – Dorothy H. Schnare, Berea, KY
3rd: “Kamikaze Doors” – Barbara Wade, Berea, KY
Honorable Mentions
“Vesuvius At Dawn” – Becky Lindsay, Crestview Hills, KY
“The Cane” – Elaine P. Akin, Louisville, KY
“Encountering Buddha” – Mary Couch, Nobelsville, IN
5. John Engle Memorial Award
1st: “The Power Of Love” – Dalene Stull, Danville, OH
2nd: “Book Marked” – Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
3rd: “My Nonna’s Face”– Judith Krum, Sanford, FL
6. Pulaski Writer’s Alliance Award
1st: “Emanuel Contemplates Returning to the Shenandoah Valley After the Civil War” – Becky Lindsay, Crestview Hills, KY
2nd: “Born to Plant” – Barbara Raber Reich Hilyerd
3rd: “Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving Holidays at the Home Place” – Sara Gipson, Scott, AR
Honorable Mentions
“Home Visits” (tie) – Elaine Fowler Palencia, Champaign, IL
“Last Move” (tie) – Vera Ogden Bakker, Bountiful, UT
“Thomas is Home” – JeaniPicklesimer, Ashland, KY
“Household Chores” – Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
7.Hespeler Memorial Award
1st: “Summer Night” – Bill Reyer, Tiffin, OH
2nd: “I Am From” – Janet Tharpe, Louisville, KY
3rd: “Splinters” – Lauren Kessler, New York, NY
Honorable Mentions
“Granny’s Farm House” – Mary Couch, Nobelsville, IN
“Farm of My Youth” – Alice Couch, Nobelsville, IN
8. The Angela Thomas Award
1st: “In Case” – Rebecca Bailey, Grangeville, ID
2nd: “Mountain Woman” –Kimbra W. Gish, Henderson, KY
3rd: “Mountains of Sorrow” –R.R. Nash, Crestwood, KY
Honorable Mentions
“Great Smokey Mountain Dreamer” –Sara Gipson, Scott, AZ
“So Blessed” –Sandi Keaton-Wilson, Somerset, KY
9. Small Town Living– No Award
10. Jane Chancellor Moore Memorial Prize for Ekphrastic Verse
1st: "Janine" – Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL
11. Crescent Hill Writers Award
1st: “Helides” – Bethany F. Brengan, Port Hadlock, WA
2nd: “Banjo Rain” – Rebecca Bailey, Grangeville, OH
3rd: “Charlotte Bronte Receives Email From A Suitor” – C.G. Thompson, Greenville, NC
Honorable Mentions
“The Dark” – E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
“Hunger” – Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY
“Stained” – Lauren Kessler, New York, NY
12. The Furrbawl Prize–No Award
13. The Jim Proctor Memorial Award
1st: “Story in Snow” – Becky Lindsay, Crestview Hills, KY
2nd: “Pillar” – Dalene Stull, Danville, OH
3rd: “Communication Gap” – Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY
Honorable Mentions
“Newsletter Friend” – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AK
“February Morning” – E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
14. Accents Publishing Short Poem Award
Winner: “Chronic Questioning (Or My Lament)” – Michele Woolwine, Henderson, KY
Honorable Mentions
“My Speckled Doe” – Victoria Bailey, Henderson, KY
“What We Leave Behind” – Elaine P. Akin, Louisville, KY
“Infinity” – Rebecca Bailey, Grangeville, OH
15. Humor Award
1st: “Two for the Show” – Beverly Stanislawski, Crown Point, IN
2nd: “Will There Be Any Stars?” –E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
3rd: “Where Was Tarzan When I Needed Him?” –Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
Honorable Mentions
“Puddle Artist –Georgianna Tresslar, Indianapolis, IN
“Ego Trips and Moral Slips” –Cecil Tresslar, Indianapolis, IN
“How Dare She!” –JeaniPicklesimer, Ashland, KY
16.Broadstone Prize for Traditional Verse
1st: "Cow Daze" – Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario
17. The Faces of Freedom
1st: “In America” –Dalene Stull, Danville, OH
2nd: “For Freedom’s Ring” –Jeani M. Picklesimer, Ashland, KY
3rd: “Americans At Thanksgiving” – Charles Firmage, Boise, ID
Honorable Mentions
“Moonwalk” – Sara Gipson, Scott, AZ
“At the Coin Laundry (Memorial Day, 2013)” – Mary O’Dell, Louisville, KY
“Celebrating the 4th of July” – Bill Reyer, Tiffin, OH
18. Wendy Burt Thomas Award
1st: “She Bear” – Becky Lindsay, Crestview Hills, KY
2nd: “You’ve Got to Break a Few Eggs” – Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
3rd: “Speed-Dial Marietta” – Mary O’Dell, Louisville, KY
Honorable Mentions
“Fishing for Poetry” – Pamela Hirte, Cincinnati, OH
“Quilting” –Janet Tharpe, Louisville, KY
“Sometimes I Like My Infinitives Split” –Jean Marie Purcell, Eugene, OR
19. The Sally Adkins Memorial Award
1st: “Manifesto” –Rebecca Bailey, Grangeville, ID
2nd: “This Spring Morning” –Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario
3rd: “Everyday Thanksgiving” – E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
Honorable Mentions
“Wings of Faith” – Jeani M. Picklesimer, Ashland, KY
“We Walk Free” –John Bing, Tiffin, OH
“Dragonfly Dash” – Elaine P. Akin, Louisville, KY
20. A Chuckle and Grin for Gracie and Ben
1st: “Counterpain” –Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT
2nd: “Harrison’s Reindeer Food” –Janet Tharpe, Louisville, KY
3rd: “Hiding” – Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
Honorable Mentions
“Note From a Neighbor” –Becky Lindsay, Crestview Hills, KY
“The Un-Birthday Party” –Janet McGrail, Henderson, KY
“That’s Me” – Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL
21. Cousins and Other Curious Folk
1st: “Charlie’s Fingers” – Mark Hudson, Evanston, IL
2nd: “Making Donuts (With Grandma and Grandpa)” –Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT
3rd: “Aunts and Uncs” – Debra Kuss, Corbin, KY
Honorable Mentions
“Crimson Wall Coverings” –Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL
“To Each Her Own” –Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
“New Toy” – Janet Tharpe, Louisville, KY
22. Bookworm
1st: “Inside My Chest” – Sara Gipson, Scott, AZ
2nd:“The Moon and Stars” – Wanda Garr, Lexington, KY
3rd: “The Great Blue Heron”– C.J. Clark, Hardy, AR
Honorable Mentions
“Journey to an Enchanted Land”– Elaine P. Akin, Louisville, KY
“Where Leprechauns Tread”– Jeani M. Picklesimer, Ashland, KY
“Spider Blues” – Becky Alexander. Cambridge, Ontario
23. Graffiti
1st: “Philosophical Question” – Alice Couch, Nobelsville, IN
2nd: “Washed”–Mary O’Dell, Louisville, KY
3rd: “Last Words of a Dying Poet”– Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT
Honorable Mentions
“choices...yesterday, today and tomorrow”–Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL
“Confession of a Hardened Criminal”– E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
“At the Train Crossing”–Victoria Bailey, Henderson, KY
24. The Dorothy Sutton Award
1st: “Her Turquoise Death” – Rebecca Bailey, Grangeville, ID
2nd: “In The Art of Remembrance, A Horse” – C.G. Thompson, Greenville, NC
3rd: “A Place to Hide” – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AK
Honorable Mentions
“Squall Line” – Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
“The Bones of Autumn” –Judith Krum, Sanford, FL
“Seven and a Little Bit Shy” – Janet Tharpe, Louisville, KY
25. More Than Meets the Eye
1st: “Equestrian” –Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
2nd: “The Loneliness of Canning” –Rebecca Bailey, Grangeville, ID
3rd: “What We Learn From Winter” –Mary O’Dell, Louisville, KY