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New England Poetry Club 2007 Contest Results

Golden Rose Award:
David Ferry

May Sarton Award:
Galway Kinnell

Erika Mumford Award:
Winners: Steve Lautermilch of NC for "Reading a Sutra"
and Dianalee Velie of NH for "Positano Pantoum"
Honorable Mention: "The Stone Money of Yap" by Alfred Nicol of MA
Honorable Mention: "Foundation for Hell" by Adnan Omart
Judged by David Ferry

Boyle / Farber Award:
Winners: Dolores Hayden of CT for "Time Look into Space"
and Robert Crawford of NH for "Kitchen Remodeling"
Judged by Victor Howes

Barbara Bradley Award:
Winner: "Milk" by Melissa Stein of San Francisco, CA
Judged by Irene Koronas

Der-Hovanessian Translation Award:
First Place Winner: H.R. Coursen for translating Beaudelaire's "Women Damned"
Second Place Winner: Len Krisak for translation of "Leda" by Rilke
Third Place Winner: Beatriz Alba Delrio for "The Shapes of Grief" by Benedetti
Judged by Ottone Riccio

Firman Houghton Award:
Winner: "This Dream the World" by Carolyne Wright of Seattle, WA
Honorable Mention: "Enigma" by Lynn Veach Sadler of NC
Honorable Mention: "Prospects Ahead" by Marian Steele of Pacific Palisades, CA
Judged by George Kalogeris

Gretchen Warren Award:
Winner: "Man In the Moon" by Martha Carlson Bradley published in Diner
Honorable Mention: "The Burren Way" by Daniel Tobin published in The Sewanee Review
Honorable Mention: 3 poems by Gwendolyn Jensen in Beloit Poetry Journal
Judged by Svetlana and Harris Sussman

Daniel Varoujan Award:
Winner: Atar Hadari for "When"
Honorable Mention: "The Janjaweed's Wife" by Leslie McGarth of CT
Honorable Mention: "Love Letter to a Falling Woman" by Michael David Jewell of VT
Judged by F.D.Reeve

Shelia Motton Book Award and Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award:
Chapbook Winner: Steve Lautermilch for "Mirror Light"
Book Award Winners: Rafael Campo for "The Enemy"
and Mara Mazziotti Gillan for "All That Lies Between Us"
Judged by Khatchig Mouradian and Patience Wales


Student Prize Winners
Judges: Karen Carmean, Diana Der-Hovanessian,
Nancy Jones and Heather Moulton

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Prizes and Honorable Mentions:
PATRICK ONWUKA, HAYDEN McKEE, MOMO AFREEN, ATHENA DELGADO,
NASSIM HOSSEINZADEH, ZION HARVEY, ROBERT GOODMAN-SCHNEPS,
ELEANOR McCARTNEY, LEO HARRISON POLK, ERIC TAO,
RUSHA PRAJAPATI, EMMA RAMSDELL, AMANI HAYES-MESSINGER,
AMALIA HOLGUIN, AARON GRAY, THEODOR LUKIN-YELIN and WEILEEN CHEN

For more information, contact us at contests@nepoetryclub.org