Contest Winners 2022
January 2022 - Members Only Contest
Theme: Only Once
1st Pl - Clinician Remembers Her a Half Century Later, Marcel Duclos
2nd Pl - Meeting Robert Kennedy, Melanie Eulberg
3rd Pl - Being in the Moment, Cheryl Miller
1st HM - Expletives Deleted, Sarah Russell
2nd HM - The Fruit Vendor, Charles Rakay
3rd HM - The Times of Our Lives, Martin Postma
February 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Open
1st Pl - Perspectives from Afar, Martin J. Postma
2nd Pl - Drawing from Memory, Harriet Stratton
3rd Pl - Getting Real, Marcel A. Duclos
1st HM - Invisible – Inaudible, Nancy C. Bierman
2nd HM - Winter Desserts, Gay Williford
3rd HM - I ran the day into being, Nancy C. Bierman
March 2022 - Members-Only Contest
Theme: Man with a Beard
1st Pl - Buenos Dias, Jean E Sidinger
2nd Pl - On Taste, Replaced, Olivia Rissland
3rd Pl - (Title not published), Susan Rocco-McKeel
1st HM - Unshaven for Too Long in Blue Hill, Maine, Marcel Duclos
2nd HM - Words for My Brother, Daniel Martinez
3rd HM - Lesson Learned, Marcel Duclos
April 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: A Part of Me
1st Pl - Private War, Martin J. Postma
2nd Pl - Distant Thoughts, Cheryl L. Wilkie
3rd Pl - Son Rise, Daniel A. Martinez
1st HM - Uncle Henry, Martin J. Postma
2nd HM - A Future Good To Build, Martin J. Postma
3rd HM - My Frizzy Childhood, Cheryl Miller
May 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Optional
1st Pl - Grackles, Nancy Cummins Bierman
2nd Pl - On the Perception of Time, Olivia Rissland
3rd Pl - Listing, 5/14, Melanie Eulberg
1st HM - Who Am I, Susan Harman
2ND HM - BloodLine: Trilogy Pt. 3, Trenton Bobbitt
3rd HM - Doldrums, Nancy Cummins Bierman
June 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Time Gone By
1st Pl - What’s Between Us, Harriet Stratton
2nd Pl - After Grandma Died, Sarah Russell
3rd Pl - Petrification of the Past, Stina Branson
1st HM - Her Real Name is Catherine, Charles RaKay
2nd HM - November, 1963 – Age 11, Melanie Eulberg
3rd HM - My Church in the Fifties, Marcel A. Duclos
July 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Travels
1st Pl - Ghost Tour, Stina Branson
2nd Pl - Pearl, Trenton Bobbitt
3rd Pl - Traveled, Trenton Bobbitt
1st HM - Alone, Trenton Bobbitt
2nd HM - Rain on a Northbound Train, Martin J. Postma
3rd HM - In Remembrance of Holy Loch, Steve Gardner
August 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Animals
1st Pl - The Life of Daisy Dog, Martin J. Postma
2nd Pl - Found Him Sleeping, Pandora L. Wilson
3rd Pl - Alaska Wildlife Adventure, Nancy C. Bierman
1st HM - Song for Bonnie, Martin J. Postma
2nd HM - Meadow, Gloria J. Viglione
3rd HM - Lightning Bugs, Nancy C. Bierman
September 2022 - Members-Only
Theme: What I Love
1st Pl - Porch Boppin’, Charles Rakay
2nd Pl - The Constancy of Him, Mary Holland
3rd Pl - Big Blue, Gloria Viglione
1st HM - Everywhere and Now, Charles Rakay
2nd HM - Chiming In, Ann Klaiman
3rd HM - Unaugmented, Loretta Sturgeon
October 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Children's Poetry
1st Pl - Milkweed Morning, Melanie Eulberg
2nd Pl - Daddy Longlegs, Nancy Bierman
3rd Pl - Catawampus, Nancy Bierman
1st HM - The "See You in the Mornin’ at Breakfast” Rhyme, Cheryl Miller
2nd HM - Distant Visitor, Melanie Eulberg
3rd HM - A Tale of Two Tails, Cheryl Wilkie
November 2022 -Members-Only
Theme: Upside Down
1 st Pl - Eclipsed, Von Neeld
2 nd Pl - q Ə w Ə π@ aka Dementia, Cheryl Miller
3 rd Pl - Headache, Pandora Wilson
1 st HM - In the Morning, Jean E Sidinger
2 nd HM - Expatriate, Nancy Bierman
3 rd HM - Awaiting the Blood Moon Cheryl Miller
December 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Domestic Poetry
1 st Pl. Goodbye Summer, Pandora Wilson
2 nd Pl. Those Silent Walls, Pandora Wilson
3 rd Pl. After the Argument, Maura Schroeder
1 st HM. Fantasy, Trenton Bobbitt
2 nd hm. *Mija, knife in hand, Daniel Angel Martinez
3 rd hm. Domestic Heart, Gay Williford