WINNERS - Pride In Poetry Prize

Pride In Poetry Prize Contest Winners

"NavWorks Press: Pride In Poetry Prize" 

All poems listed here will be published in the Prize Anthology due out this winter. There were a total of 52 winners. The winners were broken down as follows: First Tier Top 20, Second Tier Next 32. In addition to the contest winners, there were 22 Honorable Mentions chosen for publication.

The First Tier Top 20 winners are listed in ranked order according to how they placed, and the Second Tier Next 32 winners were NOT ranked, all winners in the Second Tier equally share 1st place in that tier.

The 52 winners will all receive a free copy of the anthology when it is published and be able to purchase additional copies at a prime publisher's discount price directly from NavWorks Press.

The top two winners will receive their monetary awards within two to three weeks.

The third place winner will receive five free copies of the anthology when it is published.

The Honorable Mentions will all be published in the anthology and will be able to purchase the anthology at a regular publisher's discount directly from NavWorks Press.

In addition to listing the winners in the format noted above, we decided to list the top 12 poems ranked by each of the four judges to show how the top 20 winners were derived.

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The Top Two Winners Plus The Next 10 by Each Judge

Judge 1

1 bj smith ~~ Fairytales Broken
2 Misty Walker ~~ (I still depend...) [untitled]
3 Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ Laughter
4 bj smith ~~ Maria
5 Timothy M. Collman ~~ Peaches
6 Ken Granby ~~ Country Music
7 Timothy M. Collman ~~ I drew her a portrait
8 Jeanine Stevens ~~ Women In Cafes
9 Kip Keith ~~ Oh The People You Can Sue
10 Alfred Booth ~~ a thousand paper birds
11 Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ American Dream
12 Shirley Moyer ~~ Where All The Poems Are


Judge 2

1 Misty Walker ~~ (I still depend...) [untitled]
2 Timothy M. Collman ~~ Peaches
3 bj smith ~~ Maria
4 Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ Laughter
5 Timothy M. Collman ~~ I drew her a portrait
6 Mark Deroin ~~ Leaves
7 Kip Keith ~~ Oh The People You Can Sue
8 bj smith ~~ Fairytales Broken
9 Ken Granby ~~ Country Music
10 Sue Carroll ~~ It
11 Hooshang Danesh ~~ Wings
12 Paul Webster ~~ Prayer of Wanting


Judge 3

1 bj smith ~~ Maria
2 Alfred Booth ~~ a thousand paper birds
3 bj smith ~~ Fairytales Broken
4 Timothy M. Collman ~~ Peaches
5 Charlotte Scadeng ~~ Bellow Brown and the Warner
6 Kate Tracy ~~ An Ocean Apart
7 Kip Keith ~~ Oh The People You Can Sue
8 Paul Webster ~~ Prayer of Wanting
9 Sue Carroll ~~ It
10 Mark Deroin ~~ Leaves
11 Misty Walker ~~ (I still depend...) [untitled]
12 Rafaella Del Bourgo ~~ Kobe, Japan


Judge 4

1 bj smith ~~ Maria
2 Misty Walker ~~ (I still depend...) [untitled]
3 Kip Keith ~~ Oh The People You Can Sue
4 Mark Deroin ~~ Leaves
5 Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ Laughter
6 Sue Carroll ~~ It
7 bj smith ~~ Fairytales Broken
8 Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ American Dream
9 Catherine De Laney ~~ Renewal
10 Hooshang Danesh ~~ Wings
11 Charlotte Scadeng ~~ Bellow Brown and the Warner
12 Alfred Booth ~~ a thousand paper birds


The top twenty positions were derived using a weighted average formula based on judging qualifications and editorial input with the lowest score thrown out. Poems were evaluated based on their overall quality and impact, use of poetic technique, internal consistency, emotional impact, intellectual impact, inspirational impact, originality, and use of language.

First Tier Winners

First Place $500: bj smith ~~ Maria

Second Place $100: Misty Walker ~~ (I still depend...) [untitled]

Third Place: Timothy M. Collman ~~ Peaches

4 bj smith ~~ Fairytales Broken
5 Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ Laughter
6 Kip Keith ~~ Oh The People You Can Sue
7 Mark Deroin ~~ Leaves
8 Timothy M. Collman ~~ I drew her a portrait
9 Sue Carroll ~~ It
10 Alfred Booth ~~ a thousand paper birds
11 Ken Granby ~~ Country Music
12 Charlotte Scadeng ~~ Bellow Brown and the Warner
13 Paul Webster ~~ Prayer of Wanting
14 Kate Tracy ~~ An Ocean Apart
15 Hooshang Danesh ~~ Wings
16 Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ American Dream
17 Jeanine Stevens ~~ Women In Cafes
18 Catherine De Laney ~~ Renewal
19 Rafaella Del Bourgo ~~ Kobe, Japan
20 Shirley Moyer ~~ Where All The Poems Are

Second Tier Winners (all winners share 1st place of the 2nd Tier, listed in alphabetical order by first name, any one of these could have been 21 in the top list).

Alfred Booth ~~ ain't no wind
Ann Howells ~~ Each Miracle Unique
Annette Stenslien ~~ My Sky Alight
Bruce Millar ~~ Sounds From A Trial
Catherine De Laney ~~ old glory
Catherine Moran ~~ Fiat Lux
Cheryl A. Faulkenberg ~~ Lament of Love's Weary Soldier
Dudley Hiles ~~ Free to Fail
G. Barrie Carlson ~~ The Collegian
James S. Bagnell ~~ Body Bags
JE Maverick ~~ I Have Heard
Jeff Gunderson ~~ (Verily of winged...) [untitled]
Jennifer Kirkpatrick ~~ Eyes Altered
Jill Raydean Egesdal ~~ I Miss Love
Jobyna Wilson ~~ The Corners of My Heart
John Wesley Bowers ~~ Hail Yeah
Kate Sender ~~ Hope Endures
Lin Cava ~~ The Excitement of the Chase
Lucia Kiersch Haase ~~ The Farmer
Lynn Veach Sadler ~~ Monkey Shines
Mary Hazen ~~ The Sandpipers
Misty Walker ~~ Ode to Zora Neale Hurston
Morgan Neal ~~ Going Over
Patricia Ponce ~~ Your Truest Splendor
Piotr Jacek Pawlowski ~~ Blackberries are Breaking the Bee
Rob McConnell ~~ Lottery Ticket
Shirley Moyer ~~ Caramel Sunshine
Sue Carroll ~~ Darkling
Susan Perry ~~ In a second...
Tara Brichetto ~~ White Wrinkles
Thomas L. Chatburn ~~ Emerson
Tiffany J. Garvie ~~ Cloaked

Honorable Mentions (listed in alphabetical order by first name)

Andrea L. Watson ~~ I am clothing this poem in skin
Bruce Millar ~~ Quiraing
Catherine De Laney ~~ continuity
Cathy Ackerman ~~Beauty of a Child
Dawn_Marie L. Rodriguez ~~ Angel's Kisses
Emanuela Puosi ~~ A Jazz Reverie
Gerard Holmes ~~ The Top of the Mountain
James R. Groepper ~~ Time Was
Jeff Gunderson ~~ (Lips touch...) [untitled]
Linda Foster ~~ The Fisherman
Michael A. Freude ~~ Vietnam
Misty Walker ~~ Perchance to Dream
Misty Walker ~~ Childhood
Paul Gaudaur ~~ These Hands
Paul Webster ~~ Words Unread
Susan Perry ~~ 4U
Tiffany J. Garvie ~~ The Prophet
Tiffany J. Garvie ~~ 100% Freedom
Timothy M. Collman ~~ Mother, may we
Timothy M. Collman ~~ My words failed me
Timothy M. Collman ~~ On a dock
Timothy M. Collman ~~ They had a fairytale

A total of 228 entries were received. A total of 74 poems were selected for publication. That is a little over 32% of all entries.

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