Contest Winners

Southaven I’d like to extend my sincere thanks to all of the participants in our annual Whispering Prairie Press Writers Contest.  We had excellent submissions this year, from all over the country.  It made for some hard decisions for our judges, but they really enjoyed seeing the fine work that filtered through to us this year.

vulgarly Congratulations to our winners.

POETRY

1st Place ~ The Student by Julie Stuckey of Pawling, NY

2nd Place ~ An American in Spain by Sheri Pattillo of Kerrville, TX

3rd Place ~ Impetus of Momentum by Samantha Seto of Tampa, FL

Honorable Mentions

Poetic by Mike Turvey of Shawnee, KS

To My Lover, the Scientist by Jennifer Buchi of Heber City, UT

Memories of Color by Jamie Lynn Heller of Lenexa, KS

REX ROGERS FORMAL POETRY CONTEST

1st Place ~ Seeing my ex-lover at a party by Catherine Moran of Little Rock, AR
2nd Place ~ Sonnet To A Wall by Carl Groat of Sturgeon, MO
3rd Place we had a tie between:

To Be Let Go by Alan Proctor of Kansas City, MO

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Silencing the Chimes by Edwin Frownfelter of Lee’s Summit, MO

Innovative Award ~ Parsing by Barbara Ellen Sorensen of Lyons, CO

Honorable Mention ~ Early Morning at Pebble Beach by Carol Snow of Tulsa, OK