| Place | Poet | Poem | ||
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Category 1. Theme: In a Nutshell
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| 1st | Catherine Moran | Housing Crisis | ||
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Category 2. Fixed Forms
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| 1st | Joyce Odam | Throwing Poems to the Morning | ||
| 2nd | James Shuman | On the difficulty of using a Spring kigo | ||
| 3rd | Norma Kohout | How We Communicate | ||
| HM 1 | Cathy Dana | Once-Green Glossy Leaf | ||
| HM 2 | Darlene Gossett | Snowfall at Midnight | ||
| HM 3 | Catherine Moran | Pagan Kite Flying | ||
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Category 3. Short Poem
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| 1st | Ellaraine Lockie | 8 P.M. on the Plains | ||
| 2nd | Bill Latimer | Pelican | ||
| 3rd | Claire J. Baker | Cosimo and Bianca | ||
| HM 1 | Allegra Silberstein |
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| HM 2 | Cleo Griffith | The Saturday Auction that Happens Whenever | ||
| HM 3 | Ed Bearden | Moments | ||
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Category 4. Any Subject, Any Style
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| 1st | Mary Rudge | Butterfly Poem | ||
| 2nd | Lynn M. Hanson | Death Valley Celebration | ||
| 3rd | Carol Frith | Measuring the Salmon-Colored Light | ||
| HM 1 | Ellaraine Lockie | All that Glitters Is Not | ||
| HM 2 | Jennifer Fenn | The Last Two Pennies | ||
| HM 3 | Alice Kight | September Tapestry, 1944 | ||
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Catergory 5. Light or Humorous Poem
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| 1st | Evelyn Stecher | Games | ||
| 2nd | Ellaraine Lockie | Role Reversal | ||
| 3rd | Raven Sisco | The Taxi | ||
| HM 1 | Norma Kohout | Imagine, Dear Grandchildren | ||
| HM 2 | Louise Kantro | The Test | ||
| HM 3 | Elda Lepak | Breakfast Is Served | ||
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Category 6. Nature
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| 1st | Darlene Gossett | Winter Is Coming | ||
| 2nd | Elda Lepak | Storms Surround Us | ||
| 3rd | Joyce Odam | This House | ||
| HM 1 | Nanette Deetz | Crow Dance | ||
| HM 2 | Nancy Haskett | At the Edge | ||
| HM 3 | Norma Green | An Autumn Afternoon in the Park | ||
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Category 7. Science and Technology
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| 1st | Bill Latimer | Dragonflies | ||
| 2nd | Neal Whitman | All the Way Down | ||
| 3rd | James Shuman | The Car Wash | ||
| HM 1 | Norma Kohout | In the Slow Lane, the Stone | ||
| HM 2 | Cleo Griffith | Symmetrophobia Says It All | ||
| HM 3 | Evelyn Stecher | Open and Save | ||
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Category 8. California
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| 1st | Nancy Haskett | The Remains | ||
| 2nd | Allegra Silberstein | At Yosemite Falls | ||
| 3rd | Elizabeth Paláez Norris | Autumn in California | ||
| HM 1 | Claire J. Baker | Yosemite Firefalls | ||
| HM 2 | Cleo Griffith | Dazzled | ||
| HM 3 | James Shuman | Heat Wave | ||
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Category 9. Lois Jeannette Dalton Memorial Award: any aspect of Humanity
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| 1st | Cathy Dana | The Secret of Life: dedicated to poet Denise Levertov | ||
| 2nd | Roberta Bearden | Lightning | ||
| 3rd | Lynn M. Hanson | Card Game | ||
| HM 1 | Norma Kohout | The Bedstead in the Second-Hand Store | ||
| HM 2 | William Preston | Old Folks on the Winter Beach | ||
| HM 3 | Allegra Silberstein | In Their Shoes | ||
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Category 10. Roscoe Fortson Memorial Award: Looking Backward
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| 1st | Evelyn Stecher | Teacher | ||
| 2nd | Carol Frith | Visiting My Uncle's Farm in the Salt River Valley | ||
| 3rd | Elda Lepak | Would I Be the Me I Am | ||
| HM 1 | Ellaraine Lockie | Run-On Sentences | ||
| HM 2 | Ed Bearden | Death | ||
| HM 3 | Cathy Dana | The Girl in the Mirror | ||
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Category 11. Pegasus Buchanan Memorial Award: any subject Rhymed & Metered
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| 1st | Catherine Moran | Breaking rules | ||
| 2nd | Selma Calnan | Granny and Green Wood | ||
| 3rd | Cleo Griffith | Radiant Orchid | ||
| HM 1 | Allegra Silberstein | In the hollow | ||
| HM 2 | Laverne Frith | The Fabric of Poverty | ||
| HM 3 | Evelyn Stecher | Scriptural Puzzle | ||
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Category 12. Executive Board: Jumping Ship
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| 1st | Linda Marie Prather | The First Time | ||
| 2nd | Catherine Moran | Going Overboard | ||
| 3rd | Cleo Griffith | The Lightest Feather | ||
