Prize Poems 2020

2020 Utah Poetry Society Spring Contest 'Marvelous Hunting Dog' First Honorable Mention Category 3: Ann C. Larson Memorial (51 Entries) 'My Mother's Sacrifice' Second Place Category 5: Verna Hartsoe Chiong Memorial (33 entries) 'Dr. Sharp' Third Place Category 10: Honoring Dr. Sheldon B. Johnson (12 entries) 'he no longer snores' Second Honorable Mention Category 12: Tanka (28 entries) 'I Love Those Country Crooners' First Honorable Mention Category 23: Alice M. Whipple Memorial (28 entries) 'I've Been Around a While' Special Recognition Category 29: Lloyd Murray Light Verse (22 entries) 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Bale of Hay? ' Third Place Category 30: Leroy Meagher Sonnet (23 entries) 2020 continued NFSPS (National Federation of State Poetry Societies) Contests 'The Conversion' Fourth Honorable Mention Contest # 3 'Never-Changing Hills' Second Place Contest # 9 'My Amazing Grandpa' Seventh Honorable Mention Contest # 33 'Enchanted Princess' Seventh Honorable Mention Contest # 37 2020 continued Poetry Society of Texas Annual Contest 'The Pastor's Choice' Sixth Place Contest 3: Mahan Award (69 entries) 'went to the ocean' First Place Contest 85: Squirrel in a Cactus Garden Prize [haiku] (40 entries) 2020 continued Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest 'Deaf and Blind' Second Place Category 7: Morris Award (71 entries)