Prize Poems 2023

2023 Poems that won awards or recognition Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest (Sponsored by WyoPoets) 'Pilfered Peanuts' Second Honorable Mention (188 entries) 2023 Continued Utah State Poetry Society Spring Contest 'Swimming Naked in Snapping Turtle Pond' Third Honorable Mention (56 entries) Category 4: Valley Winds Award 'The Blue Pill' Third Place (25 entries) Category 6: Joseph K. and Orby Ann Crapo Memorial 'Good Life at the Rest Home' Second Honorable Mention (36 entries) Category 13: O. William Asplund Recognition 'How Pretzels Were Invented' Third Honorable Mention (28 entries) Category 19: Wes Vogler Appreciation Award 'Mystery Solved' Third Honorable Mention (37 entries) Category 32: Meagher Memorial Fund UTSPS 'Lingering' Second Honorable Mention (26 entries) Category 36: Leroy Meagher Sonnet 2023 Continued NFSPS (National Federation of State Poetry Societies) Contests 'Brief Encounter' Fifth Honorable Mention (133 entries) Contest 2: NFSPS Board Award 'My Father's Garden' First Honorable Mention (141 entries) Contest 11: Lucille Morgan Wilson Memorial 'Fur Elise' Fourth Honorable Mention (87 entries) Contest 21: Mildred Vorpahl Baass Remembrance Award 'The Ultimate Villanelle' Seventh Honorable Mention (110 entries) Contest 23: Jessica C. Saunders Memorial Award 'Two Chipmunks' Third Place (105 entries) Contest 34: Iowa Poetry Association Award 'Pistol Packin' Pete' Sixth Honorable Mention (80 entries) Contest 37: WyoPoets Award 'Many Wonders' Second Place (98 entries) Contest 40: Mississippi Poetry Society Award 'Feeling the Pressure' Second Honorable Mention (37 entries) Contest 49: Miriam S. Strauss Memorial Award 2023 Continued Poetry Society of Indiana Annual Contest 'Always Good for Something' Second Place Category 12: Oberlin Prize 'Still Mostly Working' First Place Category 13: Million Award 'Great Uncle Robert' Third Honorable Mention Category 22: Fruit of the Spirit Award 2023 continued Illinois State Poetry Society 2023 Annual Contest 'Adoring Books' Second Place Category 5: ISPS Formal Verse Award 'The Pastor's Choice' First Honorable Mention Category 9: Humor Award 'Without You...' Second Place Category 11: Jack Griffis Edwards Award