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Contests

September Members-Only Contest

Details of the September 2026 contest are available in the July Stanza.

Winners of our May 2026 Members-only Contest

Contest: Ars Poetica
Judge: Mike Bove

First Place - “Water skiing lesson,” Jeanne Julian
Second Place - “A Poem” Elizabeth Koopman
Third Place - “Awaiting Dawn,” Jim Brosnan

1st Honorable Mention - “The work of words,” Jenny Doughty
2nd Honorable Mention - “Ars Poetica: On Finding ‘Wash Me’ Written on the Back of the Car,” Gus Peterson
3rd Honorable Mention - “Poem Maker,” Nancy Sobanik

 

Winners of the Maine Poets Society’s 2026 Prize Poem Contests

In the Published Poets category, the winner of the $150 prize was Peter Beckford for “Have You Heard.” Honorable mentions were awarded to Katia Ancona for “Six over six, 8 a.m.,” and Alice Haines for “Lace Sestina.”

In the Not Previously Published category, the winner of the $75 prize was Max Keeler for “The Moon Needs a Manicure,” Robert Chance for “Promise from the Silent Center of the Winter Solstice” and Max Keeler for “August Makes a Door of Me.”

 
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