Details for the May 2024 Members-only Contest will be available on this website and in the Stanza as soon as they are available.

Winners of our September 2023 Members-only Contest

Contest: Music
Judge: Jim Mello

First Place –“Finch Aria” – Alice Lee Timmins
Second Place –“Fall Music” – Susan Van Alsenoy
Third Place –“Foggy Morning Song” – Sharon Bray

First Honorable Mention –“Song” – Timothy Barlow
Second Honorable Mention –“Do Mi Ti So Do Re Fa La” – Pat Karpen
Third Honorable Mention – “My Mistake” – Sally Joy
Fourth Honorable Mention – “Mindfully” – Dean Abby

Results of the 2023 Prize Poems Contests

Published Poets Prize Poem Contest
The Winner of the $100 prize: Judy Kaber – “Cutting Trees Beside Westcott Stream”
Runner up: Richard Foerster – “After Listening with a Friend to Marty Balin sing ‘Comin' back to me’’ and “Early Gothic Tales”

Unpublished Poets Prize Poem Contest
The Winner of the $50 prize: Jennifer Enders – “Loss”
Honorable Mention: Kelly Grenier – “Diffusion”
Honorable Mention: Peter Beckford – “November Sun”