winners list

Utah State Poetry Society

Winners List 2007 Contest

Category 1. Introduction Contest 11 entries (2 disqualified)

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Madelyn Eastlund (FL)

1^st Ellen Nicholson Walker Passing Middle Age Spring City UT

2^nd Diane Stefan Meeting With My Father’s Friend Mountain Home AR

3^rd Lynne Aaron Rust and Silence Provo UT

Category 3. Dale E. Cutting Social & Political Issues 61 entries (1 disqualified)

Sponsor: Pat Cutting Judge: Budd Powell Mahan (TX)

1^st Nad Richard Brown War Springville UT

2^nd Patricia A. Kimber Why Don’t We Believe Them? South Jordan UT

3^rd Emery L. Campbell Capitalism’s Conscience Compormised Lawrenceville GA

1^st HM Nona Horsley The Open Door Ogden UT

2^nd HM LaVerna B. Johnson The Battlefield St George UT

3^rd HM Endangered Legacy Geraldine Felt Layton UT

SR Theda Bassett Forty Quarters Salt Lake City UT

SR Rynell Lewis In the Name of Progress Provo UT

SR Catherine Moran The most valuable Little Rock AR

Category 5. ABC Verse 42 entries

Sponsor: LaVerna B. Johnson Judge: Melba Dungey (WV)

1^st Gail M. Peterson For Life and Home Roy UT

2^nd Dawnell H. Griffin Holiday Zoo Cove UT

3^rd Vera Bakker Senior’s Shopping List W Bountiful UT

1^st HM Kathy Larson Animals Salt Lake City UT

2^nd HM Kolette Montague Words on Writer’s Block Centerville UT

3^rd HM Kathy Larson A Boy Child Salt Lake City UT

SR Vera Bakker Naming the Baby W Bountiful UT

SR Theda Bassett Gain Winning Poetic Ways Salt Lake City UT

SR Cindy Bechtold Overs Pleasant Grove UT

SR Patricia A. Kimber Basketbrawl South Jordan UT

Category 6. LeRoy Meagher Humorous 83 entries (1 disqualified)

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Doris Stengel (MN)

1^st Clarence P. Socwell Emulating David Ogden UT

2^nd Theda Bassett Bitten in the Big Apple Salt Lake City UT

3^rd Nona Horsley Grimm’s Bar and Grill Ogden UT

1^st HM Mary Ann Meiling No Vacancy Midvale UT

2^nd HM Kolette Montague It Just So Happens ... Centerville UT

3^rd HM Peggy Kadir she calls it velcro Salt Lake City UT

SR Nad Richard Brown Searching for the Niche Springville UT

SR Crystie Cook Bringing Up the Rear on Horseback . . . Sandy UT

SR Karen K. Gibson Amazing Grace ProvoUT

SR Juanita B. Watts On the Edge Layton UT

Category 7. David & Robert Balph Memorial 72 entries (1 disqualified)

Sponsor: Martha Balph Judge: June Gilbaugh (OH)

1^st Juanita B. Watts Praying for Love Layton UT

2^nd Clarence P. Socwell Joint Tenants of Alcedo Volcano, Galapagos Ogden UT

3^rd Juanita B. Watts Turtles Tidal Tiptoe Layton UT

1^st HM Marilyn Larrabee Gnats Bountiful UT

2^nd HM Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson Spider Notes Bountiful UT

3^rd HM Sue Ranglack Jonah in the Belly of Night Murray UT

SR Crystie Cook Gray Wolf Run, Denali National Park Sandy UT

SR Dawnell H. Griffin Lions of the Sea Cove UT

SR Rosalyn Ostler My Neighbor Asks Me to Teach a Bird Salt Lake City UT

SR L. C. Snell Magpies in Spring or Any Other Time Highland UT

Category 10. LeRoy Meagher Sonnet 38 entries

Sponsor: Meagher Memorial Fund Judge: Ann Gasser (PA)

1^st Marilyn Larrabee Urban Sprawl Bountiful UT

2^nd T. Kevin Clark Centerfold Salt Lake City UT

3^rd LaVerna B. Johnson Computer Litter It St George UT

1^st HM Catherine Moran Salome Little Rock AR

2^nd HM Merrijane Rice Halloween Sonnet Bountiful UT

3^rd HM Helen Keith Beaman Through Strands fo Space Provo UT

SR Marillyn B. Johnson Auschwitz After 60 Years Salt Lake City UT

SR Clarence P. Socwell Departure Ogden UT

SR Dalene Stull Home Place Danville OH

SR Ellen Nicholson Walker Flying Changes Spring City UT

Category 13. LeRoy Meagher Free Verse 74 entries (2 disqualified)

Sponsor: Meagher Memorial Fund Judge: Lucille Morgan Wilson (IA)

1^st Emery L. Campbell A Day at the Beach Lawrenceville GA

2^nd Elaine W. Christensen Her Hair Still Down Sandy UT

3^rd Sharon Price Anderson Green Thumb Orem UT

1^st HM LaVerna B. Johnson Fishing with Michael Jordan St George UT

2^nd HM Catherine Moran He Said My Poetry is Nice Little Rock AR

3^rd HM L. C. Snell Returning to Sand Hill Highland UT

SR M .M Fisher Growing Season Salt Lake City UT

SR Grace Diane Jessen Blue Glenwood UT

SR Kolette Montague They Talk of Baggage Centerville UT

SR Dalene Stull Playing with Mandy Danville OH

Category 15. USPS Free Verse 87 entries (1 disqualified)

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Carlee Swann (SD)

1^st Candy L. Fowler Anasazi Voice St George UT

2^nd Nad Richard Brown Seeking to Fathom thee Sea Springville UT

3^rd Lavon B. Carroll The Convent of Tolon Ogden UT

1^st HM N. Colwell Snell Soldier Boy Salt Lake City UT

2^nd HM Helen Mar Cook In the Company of Poets Argyle TX

3^rd HM Mary Ann Meiling Naturalists at Play Midvale UT

SR Vera Bakker Mightier Than the Pen W Bountiful UT

SR Elaine W. Christensen In the Morning Sandy UT

SR Kathy Larson Strength Salt Lake City UT

SR Rosalyn Ostler In Need of Flying Lessons Salt Lake City UT

Category 18. Granny Love 60 entries (2 disqualified)

Sponsor: McClurg Family Judge: Lois Beebe Hayna (CO)

1^st Sue Ranglack Abuela Noche Murray UT

2^nd Helen Mar Cook Bells on Her Toes Argyle TX

3^rd Mary Ann Meiling Until We Meet Midvale UT

1^st HM Judy Johns People in the Bear Lake Family Reunion Picture Pleasant View UT

2^nd HM Helen Mar Cook A Place of Old Pictures Argyle TX

3^rd HM Emery L. Campbell heartache Lawrenceville GA

SR LaVon B. Carroll A Wreath for My Grandmother Ogden UT

SR Dalene Stull Pone Danville OH

SR Juantia B. Watts Gramma Pearl Layton UT

Category 19. $hoot for the Loot 65 entries (3 disqualified)

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Kaye V. Abikhaled (TX)

1^st Candy L. Fowler The Rice Trade St George UT

2^nd Eric H. Read Vietnam Memories Brigham City UT

3^rd Helen Keith Beaman Enhanced Vision Provo UT

1^st HM N. Colwell Snell Adoption 1944 Salt Lake City UT

2^nd HM Rynell Lewis Things Broken Provo UT

3^rd HM L. C. Snell The Smell of New Hay Highland UT

SR Geraldine Felt Noah Webster Layton UT

SR Marillyn B. Johnson China Cycle Salt Lake City UT

SR N. Colwell Snell Bridging the Gap Salt Lake City UT

SR N. Colwell Snell Vienna 1956 Salt Lake City UT

Category 21. Eric W. Christensen Memorial 57 entries

Sponsor: Elaine Christensen Judge: Alan Birkelbach (TX)

1^st Karen K. Gibson From Crib to Bed Provo UT

2^nd Crystie Cook At the Muscovado Sugar Mill Ruins, Poerto Rico Sandy UT

3^rd Sharon Price Anderson Cherry Tree Son Orem UT

1^st HM Sue Ranglack To the End of the World Murray UT

2^nd HM Mary Ann Meiling I Thought This Wwas Only a Nine-Month Agreement Midvale UT

3^rd HM Lyle E. Wiggins Cross-hairs Salt Lake City UT

SR Markay Brown Mother of Sons Springville UT

SR Helen Mar Cook Paper Route Argyle TX

SR LaVerna B. Johnson Remembering Fremitus While Cleaning the Fridge St George UT

SR Sue Ranglack After the 7^th Grade Band Concert Murray UT

Category 22. Reader Award 42 entries

Sponsor: Jean Jenkins Judge: Barbara Brent Brower (MI)

1^st Martha P. Morrise Ahtram Enaj Roy UT

2^nd Clarence P. Socwell Don’t Cast Pearls Before Swine Ogden UT

3^rd Theda Bassett Thomas A. Titamus Salt Lake City UT

1^st HM LaVerna B. Johnson Affording Peace St George UT

2^nd HM Maurine E. Haltiner A Gathering of Bones and Feathers Salt Lake City UT

3^rd HM M. M. Fisher Speaking Not in Tongues Salt Lake City UT

SR Martha P. Morrise Isolation Roy UT

SR Eric H. Read Last of the Summer Wine Brigham City UT

SR N. Colwell Snell The Gambler Salt Lake City UT

SR Dalene Stull Jeweled Apple Danville OH

Category 23. Occasion Poetry 66 entries

Sponsor: Geraldine Felt Judge: Pat King (IA)

1^st Elaine W. Christensen The Family Pageant Sandy UT

2^nd Martha P. Morrise His Eighteenth Birthday Roy UT

3^rd LaVon B. Carroll Wagner Ogden UT

1^st HM Martha P. Morrise Christmas in Canada Roy UT

2^nd HM Nona Horsley I Paint You Warm Ogden UT

3^rd HM Dawnell H. Griffin Baptism Cove UT

SR Grace Diane Jessen Scents of the Season Glenwood UT

SR Kolette Montague All Hallow’s Eve Centerville UT

SR Geraldine R. Pratt Through a New Year’s Day Murray UT

SR L. C. Snell Ides of October Highland UT

Category 24. Zara Sabin Memorial 74 entries (4 disqualified)

Sponsor: Rhyme & Reason Chapter Judge: Joy M. Campbell (PA)

1^st Robert V. Davis Windows of My Mind Ogden UT

2^nd Kolette Montague The Trickster’s Shadow Centerville UT

3^rd Karen K. Gibson Surprise Attack Provo UT

1^st HM Rosalyn Ostler Cleaning the Garage Salt Lake City UT

2^nd HM Kathy Larson Never Give In Salt Lake City UT

3^rd HM Lyel E. Wiggins Piecing the Puzzle Together Salt Lake City UT

SR Vera Bakker Windy Night W Bountiful UT

SR Nad Richard Brown The Day I Disapppeared Springville UT

SR Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson Reincarnation Bountiful UT

SR Eric H. Read The Dying Day Brigham City UT

Category 31. Rex Campbell Memorial 45 entries 1 disqualified)

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Herbert W. Denmark (GA)

1^st Star Gazing on Playa La Puente Rincon, Puerto Rico Sandy UT

2^nd Theda Bassett Patience of Hibiscus Salt Lake City UT

3^rd Patricia A. Kimber An Echo of You South Jordan UT

1^st HM Clarence P. Socwell Celestial Flower Ogden UT

2^nd HM Elaine W. Christensen Ave Pacem Sandy UT

3^rd HM Emery L. Campbell Meager Legacy Lawrenceville GA

SR Vera Bakker Bliss of Solitude W Bountiful UT

SR Geraldine Felt Wildflower Layton UT

SR LaVerna B. Johnson Magical Inch, Ireland St George UT

SR Kolette Montague Entanglements Centerville UT

Category 34. Up and Coming 21 entries

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Tom Padgett (MO)

1^st Kathleen M. Campbell Orange West Valley City UT

2^nd Roger Baker Generations Erda UT

3^rd Roger Baker Acorn Erda UT

1^st HM Katheryn Newman Jasperson Illumination North Salt Lake UT

2^nd HM Holly Harmon Alignment Centerville UT

3^rd HM Gail M. Peterson Yesterdays Attic Roy UT

SR Stacy W. Julin Spider Memories Provo UT

SR Gail M. Peterson A Woman’s Journey Roy UT

Category 37. Kathryn Kay Poetry 69 entries (1 disqualified)

Sponsor: Valley Winds Chapter Judge: Maxine K. Russell (MN)

1^st Nad Richard Brown Doing Time Inside a Poem Springville UT

2^nd LaVerna B. Johnson Literary Judgment in Ireland St George UT

3^rd N. Colwell Snell Things To Do With Bottles Salt Lake City UT

1^st HM Martha P. Morrise Night Writing Exercise Roy UT

2^nd HM Mary Ann Meiling Conception Midvale UT

3^rd HM Theda Bassett At the Barricades Salt Lake City UT

SR Helen Keith Beaman ON the Horizon Provo UT

SR Emery L. Campbell Sonnets >From the Duc de Guise Lawrenceville GA

SR Nona Horsley Trouble With Retirement Ogden UT

SR Judy Johns Poetry Restaurant Pleasant View UT

Category 39. Ken Brewer Memorial 83 entries (1 disqualified)

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Cy Swann (TX & SD)

1^st Sharon Price Anderson Before Elijah Orem UT

2^nd M. M. Fisher Leaves Salt Lake City UT

3^rd Sharon Price Anderson From Wooded Lands Orem UT

1^st HM Rosalyn Ostler Following a Truck Loaded With Pipe Salt Lake City UT

2^nd HM Markay Brown Renewal Springville UT

3^rd HM Helen Mar Cook Last Night Argyle TX

SR Karen K. Gibson Reconciliation Provo UT

SR Maurine E. Haltiner The Glove Salt Lake City UT

SR Kolette Montague Cotton Stockings and Silk Scarves Centerville UT

SR Joel Passey Daughters Layton UT

Category 40. Lloyd Murray Light Verse 23 entries

Sponsor: USPS Judge: Beverly Taylor (WV)

1^st Gail G. Schimmelpfennig Limbo Snowman Sandy UT

2^nd Masrtha P. Morrise Charley Horse Roy UT

3^rd Bonnie Stucki Gudmundson Promises . . . Promises Bountiful UT

1^st HM Theda Bassett This Happens Every Year Salt Lake City UT

2^nd HM Janet J. Williams Bitten and Hidden Bountiful UT

3^rd HM Dalene Stull Rest-Room Danville OH

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