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Don't forget to send your contest poems, using the criteria on this page, to the appropriate Contest Director by the published submission deadline.
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Poetry Society of Colorado
1410 Clayton Street
Denver, CO 80206
Only members of PSC may submit to Member-Only Contests, which are held in September, November, January and March. Best of all First, Second, and Third Place winners of the Members-Only Contests of the year are eligible for the Daisie E. Robinson Sweepstakes which is announced each June.
Some contests will have a supplemental file that contains additional information regarding what the submission "must & should" contain. If required, the information will be found here. Click the options below to download the appropriate file(s).
April 2023 Open Contest
Theme: Tanka
1 st Place Anticipation Cheryl L. Wilkie
2 nd Place *Sunshine so welcome Jean E. Sidinger
3 rd Place Healer Canna O’Carroll
1 st H.M. *I wait for your call Marcel A. Duclos
2 nd H.M. *Omnipotent oak Jean E. Sidinger
3 rd H.M. *Snowfall in April Cheryl L. Wilkie
February 2023 - Open Contest
Theme: Both Sides
1 st Place Ya Cain’t Have One Side “Thout the Other Cheryl Miller
2 nd Place In Memoriam Nancy Bierman
3 rd Place What I Want to Know Martin Postma
1 st HM How quietly we forget Charles Rakay
2 nd HM Pen Palinode Nancy Bierman
3 rd HM Pending Susan Harman
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
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
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
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
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, Christina Grossman
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
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
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
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
February 2022 - Open Contest
Theme: Open
1st Place - Perspectives from Afar, Martin J. Postma
2nd Place - Drawing from Memory, Harriet Stratton
3rd Place - 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
January 2022 - Members Only Contest
Theme: Only Once
1st Place - Clinician Remembers Her a Half Century Later, Marcel Duclos
2nd Place - Meeting Robert Kennedy, Melanie Eulberg
3rd Place - 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
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