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The following poets have won the prizes indicated in each category. All prizes have been mailed to the winning poets. Find information about the judges here.



Place   Poet Poem
Category 1. Fixed Forms

1st Robert Coats
Spring Storm Along the Yuba  (Pantoum)

2nd Gary Thomas
Two Answers About the Road to Alamo, California  (Sonnet)

3rd Judith Sutton
The Innocent   (Pantoum)

1 HM Joyce Odam
Glosa   (Glosa)

2 HM Nancy Haskett
Mariposa Civil War Reenactment   (tentra-sei)

3 HM David Anderson
Lucerne, Switzerland, 1955   (Sonnet)

   
Category 2. Short Poem

1st Joyce Odam
Spectre

2nd Nancy Haskett
Memory

3rd Greg Gregory
Night Window

1 HM
Allegra Silberstein
We Walk into What We Cannot See

2 HM
Judith Sutton
Gift

3 HM
John Swartz
November

   
Category 3. Any Subject, Any Style

1st Neal Whitman
The Thing Is: It Takes as Long as It Takes

2nd Greg Gregory
Along Drake's Beach

3rd C. Anne Engert
Poetry Revival

1 HM
Joyce Odam
Blue Glass in Slow Light

2 HM
Jennifer Fenn
Let the 20's Roar!

3 HM
John Swartz
Amaranth

   
Catergory 4. Light or Humorous Poem

1st David Anderson
The 18-Karat America: A Septolet

2nd Nancy Haskett
Reprimand

3rd Joyce Odam
A Rant on Specificity

1 HM Allegra Silberstein Does It All Come Down to Timing . . .

2 HM Jennifer Fenn
Stealing a Swim

3 HM Neal Whitman
How to Charm a Critic

   
Category 5. Nature

1st Ellaraine Lockie
The Photograph

2nd Robert Coats
What to Do on August 26th

3rd Neal Whitman
The Sea Around Us

1 HM
Nancy Haskett
Autumn Burning

2 HM Elda Lepak
Nature in Tune

3 HM Linda Aschbrenner
Marshmallow Clouds in a Chocolate Sky

   
Category 6. Science, Technology and Media

1st Gary Thomas
Robot Ruba'iyat (after Wordsworth)

2nd Joyce Odam
The Reconstructed Memory

3rd Allegra Silberstein
Space Questions

1 HM
Sharon Mahany
New Age Service

2 HM
Bill Peck
Moon Landing

3 HM
Ellaraine Lockie
Angle of Repose

   
Category 7. California

1st David Anderson
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2nd Daniel Williams
Easter Morning Under Bridalveil Fall

3rd Robert Coats
Ahjumawi Springs

1 HM Ellaraine Lockie
Solvitur Ambulando: It Is Solved by Walking

2 HM Judith Sutton
Upon Waking

3 HM Louise Kantro
In the Bleak Midwinter


 
Category 8. I Remember . . .

1st C. Anne Engert
Summer Chore

2nd Ellaraine Lockie
Ground Zero

3rd Bill Peck
Nocturne

1 HM Sharon Mahany
Crossing the Creek

2 HM John Swartz
Twelve

3 HM Greg Gregory
Gathering Cattails


   


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