For a list of winners of the NCPS Student Contests, see http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/student-winners/.

For the winners of the Brockman-Campbell Book Award, see http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/brockman-campbell-winners/.

For the winners of previous years’ contests, see http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/old-winners/.

2013 NCPS Adult Contest Winners

Poet Laureate Award
First Place: Susan Lefler, “The Gravedigger’s Wife Ponders”
Finalists:
Tony Abbott, “A Poem for My Daughter on Her Fiftieth Birthday”
Evie Henderson, “Me and Jesus by the Roadside”
Mary Hennessy, “Home to See My Brother”
Robert Katrin, “Imagine”
Richard Krawiec, “Silent Day”
Stacey Libbert, “Forgiveness”
Rosalyn Marhatta, “The Man from Yemen”
Sharon Sharp, “Homeplace Reflections”
Priscilla Webster-Williams, “Violin”
[Final Judge: Joseph Bathanti; Screening Judge: Laure-Anne Bosselaar]

Mary Ruffin Poole American Heritage Award
First Place: Bill Griffin, “Earlene’s Gift of Fifty”
Second Place: Tom Johnson, “Money”
Third Place: Susan Lefler, “A Question of Angels”
Honorable Mentions:
Joan Barasovska, “October”
C. G. Thompson, “Intermezzo”
[Judge: Michael Smith]

Poetry of Courage Award
First Place: Marjorie McNamara, “What You Pray For”
Second Place: Mary Hennessy, “What Have You Got {Left) to Lose?”
Third Place: Ralph Earle, “Kerosene”
Honorable Mentions:
Valerie Macon, “Detour”
David Manning, “Dolorosa”
Nancy Posey, “On the Other Hand”
[Judge: Mary Carroll-Hackett]

Griffin-Farlow Haiku Award
First Place: Ernest Berry, ‘stormy night”
Second Place: Scott Owens, “after dawn a moment”
Third Place: Timothy Russell, “chestnut moon”
Honorable Mentions:
Elizabeth Burgess, “sun throwing sparks’
Glenn Coats, “wind through a field”
[Judge: Gene Myers]

Joanna Catherine Scott Traditional Form Award
First Place: Bill Griffin, “Sufficiency”
Second Place: Deborah Doolittle, “Emma Lazarus Transplants a Wandering Jew”
Third Place: Mary Hennessy, “Near the Wine-dark Water”
Honorable Mentions:
Carol Meeks, “Fine Arts a Must for Smooth World”
Karol Neufeld, “Education”
[Judge: Betsy Wheeler]

Poetry of Love Award
First Place: Mary Hennessy, “The Hostel on Mazowiecka Where All the Rooms Are Named After Women”
Second Place: Scott Owens, “Keeping Pace”
Third Place: Glenn Cassidy, “The Great Beyond”
Honorable Mentions:
Barbara Blanks, “Comfort Zone”
Richard Krawiec, “I Believe”
Elizabeth Swann, “I Asked the Class, ‘Who Believes in Love at First Sight?’”
[Judge: Suzanne Frischkorn]

Thomas McDill Award
First Place: Sandra Lassen, “Annie’s Way”
Second Place: Tori Reynolds, “Trapeze”
Third Place: Justin Hunt, “Half-Light”
Honorable Mentions:
Mary Hennessy, “Winter-Wrung Possibility”
Joanna McKethan, “In Her Sphere”
Nellie Yancey, “Tractors and Tiny Lockets”
[Judge: kathryn l. pringle]

KK McIntyre Light Verse Award
First Place: Nick Sweet, “Blast from the Past”
Second Place: Bonnie Korta, “Conjuring the Devil”
Third Place: Bruce Lader, “On the Other Hand”
Honorable Mentions:
Jill Coyle, “Happiness”
Karol Neufeld, “What to Do with Rejection Slips”
[Judge: Sarah Sweeney]

Caldwell Nixon Award
First Place: Mary Hennessy, “For My Grandson: An Obsession is Something To Hold Onto”
Second Place: Wolf Bolz, “Aflying We Shall Go”
Third Place: Sandra Lassen, “A Blessing for Children”
Honorable Mentions:
Carole Knowles, “10:53 PM”
Betsy Sprague, “The Cat’s Meow (How Grimalkin Stole the Show)”
[Judge: Phebe Davidson]

Ruth Morris Moose Sestina Award
First Place: Bill Griffin, “Find Me in the Woods”
Second Place: Karol Neufeld, “Winter Soliloquy”
Third Place: Deborah Doolittle, “Once Upon a House”
Honorable Mentions:
Jo Taylor, “Epic Lament”
Eric Weil, “The Season of Hope”
[Judge: Sandra Beasley]