Prize Poems 2021

2021 Utah Poetry Society Spring Contest 'It Really Happened' First Honorable Mention Category # 9: Celebrating a Small Town Childhood (26 entries) 'Old Baldy and Me' Second Place Category # 24: Dixie Poets Award (15 entries) 'I Love Those Country Crooners' Second Honorable Mention Category # 25: Rhyme & Reason Award (32 entries) 'Shopping Tips from an Old Pro' First Honorable Mention Category # 26: Martha Morrise Memorial (18 entries) 2021 Continued NFSPS Contests 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Bale of Hay? ' First Honorable Mention Contest # 36: Mississippi Poetry Society Award (88 entries) 'Pirate Jean LaFitte' First Honorable Mention Contest # 48: Maine Poets Society Award (125 entries) 2021 continued Arizona State Poetry Society Annual Contest 'Sittin' ‘Round the Campfire' Third Place Category 2: Cowboys 'Old Mac' Second Place Category 5: Humor 'The Streaker' Third Place Category 5: Humor 'My Uncle Paul' Second Honorable Mention Category 5: Humor 2021 continued Poetry Society of Texas Annual Contest 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Bale of Hay? ' Tenth Place (32 entries) Contest 2: Qamar Award 'King George' Eighth Place (22 entries) Contest 30: Clement Ellison Memorial Award 'Looking Forward to Tomorrow' Sixth Place (46 entries) Contest 40: Sisters Prize 'That Explains It! ' Second Place (19 entries) Contest 83: Faux Pas Award 2021 Continued Illinois State Poetry Society Annual Contest 'Brief Encounter' Third Place Category 5: The Alan Harris Appreciation Award 'When I Am Gone' First Honorable Mention Category 7: Formal Verse Award 'Forever' Third Place Category 10: Shakespearean Sonnet Award