Oregon State Poetry Association

Oregon State Poetry Association
SPRING 2006 Contest Winners List

(all towns in OR unless noted)


Special: 50th Anniversary Contest - Judge, Ingrid Wendt, Eugene
1st Place: “Shackleton’s Men” Donna Mae Brown, Kennewick, WA
2nd Place: “Heaven” Nita Countryman, Brush Prairie, WA
3rd Place: “Moh’s Scale” Donna Mae Brown, Kennewick, WA
4th Place: “White Crêpe du Chene” Dalene Stull, Danville OH
5th Place: “On Finding a Book of Poems” Michael Hanner, Eugene

HM: Katy McKinney, Trout Lake WA; Linda Gelbrich, Corvallis; June Foye, Portland; Geraldine Helen Foote, Portland; Mary Ann Schnorenberg, Hillsboro

Poet’s Choice - Judge, Primus St. John, McMinnville
1st Place: “Finding Szymborska” Elizabeth Simson, Welches
2nd Place: “Last Interview with Ulysses” Jack Turteltaub, Portland
3rd Place: “Imagining Buenos Aires” Michael Hanner, Eugene
4th Place: “Shadow of a Memory” Melaney Moisan, Keiser

HMs: James Higgins, Eugene; Gwen Stone, Montague CA; David Hedges, West Linn; Bette Lynch Husted, Pendleton; Ariel Smart, Saratoga, CA


FreeVerse -- Judge, Paulann Petersen, Portland
1st Place: “Our Ghosts” Paula Lowden, Portland
2nd Place: “The Gift of Baja Loco” Jay Darwin Schroder, Ashland
3rd Place: “Menopause” Karen Braucher, Portland

HWs: Victoria Wyttenberg, Portland; Patrica Mees Armstrong, Eugene; Sandy Jensen, Eugene; Jack Turteltaub, Portland; Ray Ogilvie, North Plains

Prose Poem -- Judge, Vern Rutsala, Portland
1st Place: “White Birds” Joy L. McDowell, Springfield
2nd Place: “Milky Way” Rush Wayne, Eugene
3rd Place: “Reading On the Road for the First Time” Toni Van Deusen, Eugene

HMs:  Patricia Brooks, Coupeville WA; Marie Buckly, Hillsboro; Leslea Smith, Hillsboro; Geraldine Helen Foote, Portland; Carol Ann Lantz, Corvallis; Ruth Harrison, Yachats

Traditional Verse - Judge, George Venn of La Grande
1st Place: “In the Shadows” Margaret Chula, Portland
2nd Place: “Not Exactly a Lullaby”Wendy Turner Swanson, Portland
3rd Place: “I Hear You, Mary” Maureen Cannon, Ridgewood NJ

HMs: Alison Joseph, Carbondale IL; Bette Lynch Husted, Pendleton; Katy McKinney, Trout Lake WA; Paul Telles, Beaverton; Lucinda Pitcairn, Eugene.

Haiku - Judge, Charles Goodrich, Corvallis
1st Place: “all souls” Timothy Russell, Toronto, OH
2nd Place: “blue fingers again” Pepper Trail, Ashland
3rd Place: “early evening shade” Jane Stuart, Greenup KY

HMs: Linda Gelbrich, Corvallis; Paula Lowden, Portland; Edward Sage, Portland; Susan Kenyon, Eugene

Members Only -- Judge, Vince Wixon, Ashland
1st Place: “People Glide between Grasses on the Deschutes River” Phyllis Mannan, Portland
2nd Place: “2 A.M.” Elizabeth Simson,  Welches
3rd Place: “Inky Caps” Carol Ann Lantz, Corvallis

HMs: Lydia Foster, Eugene; Susan Kenyon, Eugene; Toni Van Deusen, Eugene; Lucinda Pitcairn, Eugene; C.A. Gilbert, Florence

New Poets - Judge, Donna Henderson,Monmouth
1st Place: “Moonkilling” Kristen Berger, Portland
2nd Place: “La Strada“” Michael Hanner, Eugene
3rd Place: “The Words Come” Joan Zumwalt, Grants Pass

HM: Bonnita Stahlberg, Eugene