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Poetry Categories
Poetry Contest Manager: Tom Mach, District 2
See also: Poetry Winner Photos |
Classic Forms |
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Judge:
Amy Fleury, Washburn Univ. assoc. prof, poetry collections, award winner
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1 |
Ted Farmer |
Viking Warrior |
D5 |
El Dorado |
2 |
Kristine Polansky |
Graduation |
D1 |
Topeka |
3 |
Tom Mach |
The Power of Words |
D2 |
Lawrence |
HM1 |
Gwen Funston |
Matching Wings |
D1 |
Topeka |
HM2 |
Yvonne Evie Green |
Military Son |
D1 |
Topeka |
Free Verse |
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Judge:
Gary Lechliter, winner of two major poetry awards, published in journals |
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Kristine Polansky |
The Prairie is Burning |
D1 |
Topeka |
2 |
Peg Nichols |
Reason Enough |
D2 |
Olathe |
3 |
Ted Farmer |
Aryan |
D5 |
El Dorado |
HM1 |
Kimberly Engber |
Topography |
NM |
Wichita |
HM2 |
Ted Farmer |
River Crossing
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D5 |
El Dorado |
| HM3 |
Barbara Brady |
Separating Symbols |
D1 |
Topeka |
Rhyming Verse |
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Judge:
Brian Daldorph, KU English prof, three poetry collections published |
1 |
William Karnowski |
The Crow |
D4 |
Wamego |
2 |
William Karnowski |
Punishing a Horse |
D4 |
Wamego |
3 |
Audrey Collins |
Do Over |
D6 |
Hutchinson |
HM1 |
Ted Farmer |
Battle at Wilson’s Creek |
D5 |
El Dorado |
HM2 |
Duane Johnson |
Eternal Mystery |
D1 |
Topeka |
Narrative Verse |
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Judge:
Phil Wedge, Asst. KU prof, editor of Cottonwood Press, published in journals |
1 |
Tom Mach |
Inside the Canvas |
D2 |
Lawrence |
2 |
Kristine Polansky |
You’ve Got to Blame Somebody |
D1 |
Topeka |
3 |
Sally Jadlow |
The View |
D2 |
Overland Park |
HM1 |
William Karnowski |
The Professor Emeritus |
D4 |
Wamego |
HM2 |
Kathryn Cooper |
A Widow’s Flag |
D2 |
Ottawa |
Whimsy |
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Judge:
Elizabeth Schultz, author of poetry in books & journals, retired KU prof. |
1 |
Jo Chenoweth |
Outa Luck |
NM |
Leavenworth |
2 |
Rosemary Torrez |
Planning the Eighties |
D1 |
Topeka |
3 |
Joan Breit |
The Quangle Wangle and the Pobble Duck |
D5 |
North Newton |
HM1 |
Marie Marshall |
The Science Fair |
D2 |
Ft. Scott |
HM2 |
Jenna Carver |
Wild Women, Kansas Style |
NM |
Delphos |
Haiku |
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Judge:
Kevin Rebas, Emporia State asst. prof, co-editor of Flint Hills Review, & published |
| 1 |
Barbara Brady |
Eggplant on a vine |
D1 |
Topeka |
| 2 |
Yvonne Evie Green |
Full moon rests on tree |
D1 |
Topeka |
| 3 |
Ruth Bahr |
Bare fields—white on black |
D2 |
Ft. Scott |
| HM1 |
Barbara Booth |
Pictures in child scrawl |
D4 |
Clay Center |
| HM2 |
Diane Palka |
Jagged lightning spotlights fawn |
D2 |
Overbrook |
Themed Poem Contest
"Come West and Go Wild with Words" |
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Judge:
Michael Johnson, KU English prof., poetry books & numerous journals |
| 1 |
Barbara Brady |
Words I want |
D1 |
Topeka |
| 2 |
Grace Bell |
Where the Old West Meets the New |
NM |
Great Bend |
| 3 |
Yvonne Evie Green |
Come West—and Go Wild With Words |
D1 |
Topeka |
| HM1 |
Tom Mach |
There, in Dodge |
D2 |
Lawrence |
| HM2 |
Marie Marshall |
Cattle Call |
D2 |
Ft. Scott
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Prose Categories
Prose Contest Manager: Frankie Roland , District 3
See also: Prose Winner Photos |
Short Story |
37 entries |
Judge:
Cheryl Carvajah, Ph.D. English Lit., author, Monroe, Washington |
1 |
Steve Laird |
The Magnetic Personality of Fella |
D2 |
New Strawn |
2 |
Charlene Scott |
Chief Buck |
D7 |
Spearville |
3 |
Sam Pierson |
If Only |
D2 |
Lebo |
1HM |
Luanna French |
Lizzy |
D6 |
Great Bend |
2HM |
Ralph Allen |
The Chamber |
D5 |
Wichita |
Feature Article |
19 entries |
Judge:
Susan Thomas, Comm. Instructor, Independence Comm. College. |
1 |
Tracy Million Simmons |
Sunlight Saunas Leading “Green” and Employee Satisfaction into the Workplace |
D2 |
Emporia |
2 |
Ursula Turner |
The Moving Wall |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
3 |
Luanne French |
Ironquill – Kansas Poet, Eugene F. Ware |
D6 |
Great Bend |
1HM |
Lorena Joyce Herrmann |
Would You Have Stayed In Kansas Before Electricity? |
D7 |
Offerle |
2HM |
Lorraine Kaufman |
Awaiting The Inevitable |
D5 |
Moundridge |
Memoir
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46 entries |
Judge:
Nola Deffenbaugh, author, writer, former member KAC. Bartlesville, OK |
1 |
Ursula Turner |
Coming To America |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
2 |
Barbara Brady |
Rita the Rattler |
D1 |
Topeka |
3 |
Peg Nichols |
Scooped! |
D2 |
Olathe |
| 4 |
Judie R. Miller |
Daddy's Hands |
D1 |
Topeka |
| 5 |
Nancy Kopp |
Mirror Magic |
D4 |
Manhattan |
1HM |
Tracy Million Simmons |
What I Told the Trees |
D2 |
Emporia |
| 2HM |
Sam Pierson |
Willie's Rocking Chair |
D2 |
Lebo |
Story for Children
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12 entries |
Judge:
Carlene Smith, English Instructor, Independence Community College |
1 |
Barbara Brady |
Grandpa, Tell Me A Story |
D1 |
Topeka |
2 |
Duane Johnson |
Prophet of the Forest |
D1 |
Topeka |
3 |
Arlene Whittaker |
Ricky, the Rescued Rabbit |
D6 |
Great Bend |
HM |
Frankie Roland |
Cleanup on Aisle Four |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
HM |
Frankie Roland |
How Can I Help? |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
Inspiration
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22 entries |
Judge:
Brenda Sanchez, Developmental Studies Instructor, Independence community College |
1 |
Frankie Roland |
Just A Little Respect |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
2 |
Frankie Roland |
Think the Lord will get any tithe out of those beans, Pastor? |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
3 |
Barbara Brady |
The Quilt |
D1 |
Topeka |
1HM |
Yvonne Evie Green |
Tiny Miracles |
D1 |
Topeka |
2HM |
Lorena Joyce Herrmann |
Who Enjoys the Kansas Wind? |
D7 |
Offerle |
First Five Pages of a Book
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12 entries |
Judge:
Matt Hoven, English Comp/Lit. Independence Community College |
1 |
Bonnie Eaton |
Assisted Living |
D3 |
Atlanta |
2 |
Judy Brewster |
The Blue Pearl |
D2 |
Leawood |
3 |
Barbara Brady |
Secrets of the City Dump |
D1 |
Topeka |
1HM |
Kevin Gray |
Where's Daddy? |
D2 |
Paola |
2HM |
Ursula Turner |
Mrs.Friddle Solves a Riddle |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
Theme:
"Come West and Go Wild with Words" |
16 entries |
Judge:
Marsha Hayes, English Instructor, Independence Community College. |
| 1 |
Ian Hall |
Word War |
NM |
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| 2 |
Dolores Baker |
Devotion |
D6 |
Great Bend |
| 3 |
Barbara Brady |
Reluctant Rider |
D1 |
Topeka |
| 1HM |
Doris Schroeder |
Go West And Go Wild With Words |
D6 |
Hutchinson |
| 2HM |
Ursula Turner |
Going West to Join the Indians |
D3 |
Coffeyville |
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