| Mid South Poetry Festival |
The pre-festival dinner party was held on Friday evening at Sarah Gurley's home. The Festival took place on Saturday October 1, 2011 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. Wynne Huddleston was our featured presenter. Festival Contest Results are below and on a downloadable .pdf.
WINNER'S LIST
54th Annual Mid-South Poetry Festival
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Tennessee
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Thanks to all who entered.
Best of the Fest (Chosen among all First Place Winners)
BEST OF THE FEST - Judged by Wiynne Huddleston
“A Time to Dream” by Lee Pelham Cotton
Contest #1 - The Benefactors' Awards (53 entries) Judged by Susan Chambers
1st Place - "Night Watchman" - Jim Barton
2nd Place - "Where I Lived Then" - Russell H. Strauss
3rd Place - "What Remains" - Jim Barton
1st HM" - "A Life Not Chosen" - Michael R. Denington
2nd HM - "Touched" - Pat Jordan
3rd HM - "Lena Mae Rocking from Her Front Porch to Heaven" - Russell H. Strauss
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Contest # 2 - Poet's Field Day (47 entries) Judged by Madelyn Eastland
1st Place - "Porch Swing" - Jim Barton
2nd: "Leonard Woolf Let's Go" - Randall G. Stoker
3rd: "The Ides of March" - Frances Cowden
1st HM: "Saying Goodbye to the Year Just Past" - Jeanine Mah
2nd HM: "Life Oak" - Jim Barton
3rd HM: "Southern Rhythms" - Betty Heidelberger
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Contest # 3 - Lyric Challenge (19 entries) Judged by Charles Frimage
1st Place - "Roll On" - Benjamin A. Dugger
2nd Place - "C'mon Luke" - Russell H. Strauss
3rd Place - "WHO YOU HUSHABYING, HENRY" - Verna Lee Hinegardner
1st HM - "KEEP ON BUILDIN' THOSE BINS" - Lucille Morgan Wilson
2nd HM - "Music From Blue Mountains" - Sara Gipson
3rd HM - "Drivin' With Tears in My Eyes" - Diane "Dee" Bowlin
Contest #4 - The Frances P. Denington Memorial Award (34 entries) Judged by Mick Denington
1st Place - "The Dog That Could Not Walk" - Trudy Wells
2nd Place - "Twilight Conflagration" - Lee Pelham Cotton
3rd Place - "Downstream" - Lucille Morgan Wilson
1st HM - "A Dry Sermon" - Tommy Little
2nd HM - "Cold Mountain" - Pat Jordan
3rd HM - "In Her Hands" - Vera Ogden Bakker
Contest #5 - The Poetry Society of Tennessee NE Award (23 entries) Judged by Ethan McCarland
1st Place - "Chinese New Year" - Jim Barton
2nd Place - "Past the Baobab Tree" - Lucille Morgan Wilson
3rd Place - "Walking Israel" - Lynnie Mirvis
No Honorable Mentions
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Contest #6 - The Joan T. Strauss Memorial Award (8 entries) Judged by Russell Strauss
1st Place - "Blues Singer" - Laura Loughridge
2nd Place - "American Idol" - Jim Barton
3rd Place - " Casual Muse" - Jerri Hardesty
No Honorable Mentions
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Contest #7 -- The Frances Mah Memorial Award (44 entries) Judged by Jeanine Mah
1st Place - "Critical Absence" - Benjamin A. Dugger
2nd Place - "Peeking in the Window" - Kathy Larson
3rd Place - "CELEBRATING THE FOURTH" Lucille Morgan Wilson
1st HM - "A Summer" - Sarah Hull Gurley
2nd HM - "Forgotten Memories" - Lynnie Mirvis
3rd HM - "Drought" - Jim Barton
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Contest #8 - The Bobbie Droebeck Memorial Award (11 entries) Judged by Russell Strauss
1st Place - "The bus is destroyed" - Catherine Moran
2nd Place - "Rainy Sunday" - Jerri Hardesty
3rd Place - 'Rosa and Buses" - Laura Loughridge
1st HM - "Bus Concert" - Susan Levasseur
2nd HM - "DESTINY RIDES A BUS" - Jeanine Mah
3rd HM - "My Baby Shower on the Bus" - Babs Franklin Moore
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Contest 9 - Florence M. Gibbs Memorial Award (19 entries) Judged by Betty Heidelberg
1st Place - "A Taste of the Story" - Catherine Moran
2nd Place- -"Comfort Companions" - Vera Ogden Bakker
3rd-Place -"Food For Thought" - Dena R. Gorrell
1st HM - "There it is again" - Susan Levasseur
2nd HM - "Life Begins On Page One" - Jeanine Mah
3rd HM "Book of Knowledge" - Russell H. Strauss
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Contest #10 - The Rev.. Melvin and Ruth Brown Memorial Award (10 entries) Judged by Jesse Robbins
1st Place - "Feeding the Flock" - Lee Pelham Cotton
2nd Place -"Invitation to the Choir" - Russell H. Strauss
3rd Place - "Sunday Dinner with the Preacher" - Michael R. Denington
1st HM - "A Country Preacher's Gift" - Sara Gipson
2nd HM - "Walking on Water" - Carol Reiley
3rd HM - "In His Presence" - Jerri Hardesty
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Contest #11 - The Sarah Catherine Anderson Memorial Award (15 entries) Judged by Sarah Gurley
1st Place - "November Reverberations" - Benjamin A. Dugger
2nd Place - "Words of a Song" - Diane "Dee" Bowlin
3rd Place - "West Main Street Rental - Kutztown, PA" - Caroline Zarlengo Sposto
1st HM - "Old Friends" - Jerri Hardesty
2nd HM - "Banquet" - Pat Jordan
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Contest #12 - The Jo Elliotte Memorial Award (11 entries) Judged by Pete Harris
1st Place - "Rush Hour Stroke" - Russell H. Strauss
2nd Place - "MY MOTHER HAD HER HAUGHTY SIDE" - Jean Marie Purcell
3rd Place - "Dream Deferred" - Randall G. Stoker
HM - "Poetry Tag 1" - Jerri Hardesty
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Contest #13 - The Sarah Hull Gurley and Pat Crocker Double-Judged Award Judged by Sarah Hull Gurley and Pat Crocker
(15 entries)
Pat's Results
1st Place - "Pete's Predicament" - D. Beecher Smith, II
2nd Place - "Running Buddies" - Jim Barton
3rd. Place - "In the Interim" - Catherine Moran
HM. - "A New Day Dawning" - Jeanine Mah
Sarah's Results
1st Place - In the Interim – Catherine Moran
2nd Place - Pete's Predicament – D. Beecher Smith, II
3rd Place - When” – Jim Collier
HM - Fences” – Jerri Hardesty
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Contest #14 - The Epigram Challenge Award (16 entries) Judged by Pete Harris
1st Place - "The Serpent's Trail" - Jim Barton
HM - "To Dorothy Parker" - Lynnie Mirvis
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Contest 15 - Florence Rogers Tuck Memorial Award (22 entries) Judged by Leslie Blakeburn
1st Place - “Greening the Emptiness” - DeSha Dye Montgomery
2nd Place - “Leather Coat” - Malu Graham
3rd Place :- “Seasons of Love” - Frances Brinkley Cowden
1st HM - “All That Remains” - Jerri Hardesty
2nd HM: - “Self Medicating” - Eileen Spears
3rd HM – “In Memory of Faye Williams Jones” - Sara Gipson
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Contest # 16 - The Katie Akin Honorary Award (12 entries) Judged by Jacob Hempel
1st: Place - "Organ Concert" - Russell H. Strauss
2nd: Place - "Funny" - Jerri Hardesty
3rd Place - "Ode to Jerry and his Friendship" - D. Beecher Smith, II
HM - "The Lesson" - John Ottley, Jr.
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Contest 17 - Glenda Tuck Mechtel Award (23 entries) Judged by Leslie Blakeburn
1st Place – “Claire the Near-sighted Dance Hall Girl” - Jim Barton
2nd Place – “Camel” - Jean Marie Purcell
3rd Place: - “There was a young doctor named Brown” - J. Pompford (Pete) Harris
1st HM – “A Separate Feast” - Randall G. Stoker
2nd HM – “Misplaced Resources” - Russell H. Strauss
3rd HM – “Shocked” - Betty Heidelberger
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Contest #18 - The Pat Crocker Award (6 entries) Judged by Pat Crocker
1st Place - "Dad's Jury Notice" - Russell H. Strauss
2nd Place - "Building the Treehouse" - Catherine Moran
(no 3rd place or honorable mention)
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Contest #19 - The Malra Treece Memorial Awards (22 entries) Judged by Diane Clark
1st Place - "Neighbors" - Benjamin A. Dugger
2nd Place - "A reason to speak" - Catherine Moran
3rd Place -- "Dialectic" - Pat Jordan
1st HM--"Street Wisdom: The Earnestness of Being Important" - D. Beecher Smith, II
2nd HM-- "Conversation with Mr. Franklin" - Russell H. Strauss
3rd HM--" Turning Pages" - Tommy Little
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Contest #20 - The Cumberland Award (31 entries) Judged by Elizabeth Howard
1st Place - "Earth Song" Vera Ogden Bakker
2nd Place - "Leavening" Janice Hornburg
3rd Place: -"A VISIT TO FORD'S THEATRE SEPTEMBER, 1989" Dena R. Gorrell
1st HM - "Icicles on the Windshield" Frances Brinkley Cowden
2nd HM - "WHIRLIGIG" Tommy Little
3rd HM- "Night-Blooming Cereus" John W. Crawford
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Contest #21 - The Ophelia Dunn Moore Memorial Award (36 entries) Judged by Jeanine Mah
1stPlace - "War Widow" - Malu Graham
2nd Place "HORIZON" - Tommy Little
3rd Place - "Icarus Ascending" - D. Beecher Smith, II
1st HM - "Reciprocity" - Jerri Hardesty
2nd HM - "When I Talk To Myself" - Jim Collier
3rd HM - "Breaking Camp" - John Ottley, Jr.
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Contest # 22 - The Ruth Boyd Pell Memorial Award (17 entries) Judged by Elizabeth Pell
1st Place - “A Time to Dream” - Lee Pelham Cotton
2nd Place: - “Autumn Arrives via Canyon Wall" - Carol Dee Meeks
3rd Place - "Don’t Undersell the Small and Quiet” - Lucille Morgan Wilson
1st HM: - “Midnight Robber” - Russell H. Strauss
2nd HM: - “Messages” - Lynnie Mirvis
3rd HM: “When We Meet Again” - Dena R. Gorrell
4th HM (tie): “Conundrum” - D. Beecher Smith, II
“The Wooded Path” - Vera Ogden Bakker
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Contest #23 - The Orville Hancock Memorial Award (15 entries) Judged by Ann Carolyn Cates
1st Place - "Pinch Hitting" - Benjamin A. Dugger
2nd Place - "The Last Inning" - Janice Hornburg
3rd Place "How the Press & I Disappeared" - Russell H. Strauss
1st HM - "At Bat" - Catherine Moran
2nd HM - "Stolen News" - Sara Gipson
3rd HM - "Slowly Pitched" - Rose Klix
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Contest #24 - The Sam Saxx Memorial Award (17 Entries) Judged by Tom McDaniel
1st Place - "Afghanistan Farewell" - Verna Lee Hinegardner
2nd Place - "Tumbleweed Dreams" - Jim Barton
3rd Place - "The Ice Cream Truck Departs" - Russell H. Strauss
1st HM - Homecoming Confession" - D. Beecher Smith, II
2nd HM (tie) - "A Silent Spring" - Jeanine Mah
2nd HM (tie) - "Simple Request" - Vera Ogden Bakker
3rd HM - "Be With Me" - Diane "Dee" Bowlin
Contest #25, The T. A. Dugger Jr. Memorial Award (8 entries) Judged by Ben Dugger
1st Place: "At the Grave of Billy the Kid" - Jim Barton
2nd Place: "LONG BEACH, Calif., December 29, 1954 (AP) --" - Caroline Sposto
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Contest # 26 - The Rose Klix Award (11 entries) Rose Klix
1st Place - "Just Wait" - Jim Collier
2nd Place - "Discovery" - Jerri Hardesty
3rd Place - "Another July 4th" - Jim Barton
1stHM - "Parapet" - Caroline Zarlengo Sposto
2ndHM - "Secrets" - Vera Ogden Bakker
3rdHM - "Mama Says" - Russell H. Strauss
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Contest #27 - The Anne George Memorial Award (25 entries) Judged by Malu Graham
1stPlace: - "Waiting For The Moon" Frances Brinkley Cowden
2nd Place - "In the Smothering Arms of the Vines" Jim Barton
3rd Place - "Oh Hell, Is This Hell?" Jim Collier
1st HM - "The Grimmest Reaper" Michael R. Denington
2nd HM - "Jockey" Russell H. Strauss
3rd HM - "Only a Game" Pat Jordan
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Contest #28. The Ann Carolyn Cates Picture Your Poetry Award (22 entries) Ann Carolyn Cates
1st Place - “The Man With An Umbrella” - Jeanine Mah
2nd Place - “Biloxi Lighthouse” - Jerri Hardesty
3rd Place "Gerta Baldwin" - Elizabeth Howard
1st HM - “Visiting the Mermaids” - Russell H. Strauss
2n HM - "Tete a Tete" - Caroline Zarlengo Sposto
3rd HM - “The Exchange” - Linda C. Zebert
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Contest #29 - The Anthony V. Zarlengo Memorial Award (6 entries) Judged by Jim Sposto
1st Place – “Memo to the Candidate: The Town Hall Meeting” - Jim Barton
2nd Place - :”Madame What's-her-name” - Russell H. Strauss
3rd Place – “A Balanced Budget” - Sara Gipson
HM – “Ten Amendments” - Jerri Hardesty
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Contest #30 - The Arkansas Poet Laureate Award (5 entries) Judged by Peggy Vining
1st Place – “Barter Day in Tennessee History Class, 1955” - Russell H. Strauss
2nd Place – “Growing up in Tennessee” - Lynnie Mirvis
3rd Place – “Harmless Fantasy” - Jerri Hardesty
No Honorable Mentions
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Contest # 31 - The Ruby Storm Pirate Days Award (9 entries) Judged by Angela Logsdon
1st place – “Pirated Away” - Russell H. Strauss
2nd place – “Pirate Play” - Sara Gipson
3rd place – “Buried Treasure” - Sarah Hull Gurley
1st HM – “The Empty Boat” - Malu Graham
2nd HM – “Pirate Dreams” - D. Beecher Smith
No 3rd HM.
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Contest # 32 The Dorothy Virginia Roden Memorial Award (35 entries) Judged by V. Martin Bailey
1st Place: “From the Hip” - Sheri Pattillo
2nd Place: “A Clean Break from Assisted Living” - Rose Klix
3rd Place: “Undone Everything” - Amy Taylor
1st HM – “Written in Stone” - Jim Barton
2nd HM – “Start Over” - Vera Ogden Bakker
3rd HM – “Temple in Orange Season” - Sharon Mishler Fox
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Contest #33 - The Frieda Beasley Dorris Memorial Award (8 entries) Judged by Bess Wells
1st Place – “Porch Talk” - Sarah Hull Gurley
2nd Place - "Floating Down to Memphis, 1937" - Russell H. Strauss
3rd Place – “Memphis in May, 2011” - Frances Brinkley Cowden
No Honorable Mentions
Contest # 34 – The Winifred Carley Sellers Award (31 entries) Judged by Polly Opsahl
1st place: - “Love and the Curvature of the Earth” - Jim Barton
2nd place – “Meeting my mother” - Catherine Moran
3rd place – “The Day the Papers Came” - Lucille Morgan Wilson
1st HM – “Fujita-Four” - Janice Hornburg
2nd HM – “What You Recall” - Laura Loughridge
3rd HM –“Scene Above” - Vera Ogden Bakker
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Contest # 35 - The Delta Poet's Award (25 entries) Judged by Betty Heideberg
1st Place - "The Revolution's End : Colbert's Raid on Arkansas Post" - Jim Barton
2nd Place: - "Magnolia Mockingbirds" - Sandra O. Hancock
3rd Place - "A Cedar Comb" - Sara Gipson
1st HM - "War (and Peace)" - Laura Loughbridge
2nd HM - "Forgotten" - Sarah Hull Gurley
3rd HM - "at last...." - Frances Brinkley Cowden
Congratulations!
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