Provincetown OuterMost Poetry Contest Winners announced!
WOMR 92.1 FM Provincetown, Outermost Community Radio, is pleased to announce the Winners of the Provincetown Outermost Poetry Contest. Thanks to all for submitting.
Special Thanks to guest judge Marge Piercy.
Thank you as well to our 7 readers.
With 2,100 pages of poetry submissions, here's the list of Winners, Runners-Up, Honorable Mentions and Finalists:
NATIONAL CATEGORY WINNER:
Biography, by Jeff Streeby - Yucaipa, CA
RUNNER-UP:
Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein and Rita Mae Brown Walk into a Bar, by Chad Parenteau - Boston, MA
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Angel of Forgetting, by Ray McNiece - Willoughby, OH
A Calendar, by William Derge - Montgomery Village, MD
FINALISTS:
Killing Summer, by Sarah Browning - Washington, D.C.
Hard-Handed Men of Athens, by Martín Espada - Amherst, MA
On My Friend Becoming A Man, by Hannah Oberman-Breindel - Madison, WI
REGIONAL CATEGORY WINNER:
Life of the Forever
Type, by Lauren Wolk - Centerville, MA
RUNNER-UP:The Cash Register Blues, by Maria Nazos - Provincetown, MA
RUNNER-UP:The Cash Register Blues, by Maria Nazos - Provincetown, MA
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Boilerplate, by Susan Berlin - Yarmouthport, MA
Service, by Gregory Hischak - S. Yarmouth, MA
TOP 50(ish) POEMS of the contest (both categories combined)
In No Particular Order:
Evanescence by Barry Hellman - Eastham, MA
Pessoa's
First Kiss, by Barry Hellman - Eastham,
MA
Elegy for a Dead Earth, by Elizabeth Whittlesey - New York, NY
Praise Song for an Estate Sale Bureau, by Ellen LaFleche - Northampton, MA
Poem for Anna Wheldon, by Robin Smith-Johnson - Mashpee, MA
After Birth, by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha - Redmond, WA
Notes From The Acordian, by Donald Levering - Santa Fe, NM
Waiting for a Diagnosis, by Linda Strever - Olympia, WA
For Carol, by Linda Strever - Olympia, WA
At Fort Hill, by Kaimi Rose Lum - Eastham, MA
No Place for a Toucan, by Kaimi Rose Lum - Eastham, MA
Poem for Jim Carroll, by Jeffrey Ethan Lee - Philadelphia, PA
Other Americas, by Ellaraine Lockie - Sunnyvale, CA
Flowers and Bulletts, by Martín Espada - Amherst, MA
Death Panels,
by Ed Meek - Wellfleet, MA
How to Birth a Perfect Pear, by James K. Zimmerman - Pleasantville, NY
Mission St., by Jeanne Wagner - Kensington, CA
The Violence of Love, by Jeanette de Beauvoir -
N. Truro, MA
As Deer Emerge, by Karie Friedman - Montville, ME
We, Your Vineyard, by Sherry Horowitz - Suffern, NY
Olive Branch, by Sherry Horowitz - Suffern, NY
The Fashion Designer's Remorse, by Maria Nazos - Provincetown, MA
The Cashier's Apology, by Maria Nazos - Provincetown, MA
Sunglass Girl's Lament, by Maria Nazos - Provincetown, MA
Instead of Barbie, by Celina Villagarcia - San Antonio, TX
Prayer for Tia Susie, by Celina Villagarcia - San Antonio, TX
Michael's Old Pontiac, by Jadene Felina Stevens - Harwich, MA
Cocoon, by John Bonanni - S. Yarmouth, MA
Annie Tattoo, by Devi Snively - Princeton, NJ
How to Landscape a Garden, by Holly Scalera - South Orange, NJ
The
Garden Party, by Kathleen Winter - Glen Ellen, CA
When I Stumble Across a Bear, by Valerie Lawson - Robbinston, ME
The Hairdresser, by Valerie Lawson - Robbinston, ME
Chechen, by Karen Spitfire - Belfast, ME
Wheatfield With Crows, by Alysse Kathleen McCanna - Fountain, CO
Dream of the Apples, by Alysse Kathleen McCanna - Fountain, CO
With Good Reason, by Jennifer Chapis - Wilmington, NC
Lucien Freud Tattoos Kate Moss' Ass, by Brad Johnson - Boca Raton, FL
Fall
Language of Cape Cod, Kate Wallace Rogers - Dennis, MA
A Reticent Confession, by Tasha Ramos - Centerville, MA
Teen Angels, by Lesléa Newman - Northampton, MA
Let's Call A Heart a Heart, by Eir Lindstrom Holmy - Centerville, MA
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