Prize Poems 2024

2024 Poems that won awards or recognition Utah State Poetry Society 2024 Annual Spring Contest 'Fur Elise' First Place (27 entries) Category 13: For Tiny 'Ant Highway' Third Place (34 entries) Category 26: Kolette Montague Memorial 'the wolf at twilight' Second Place (33 entries) Category 31: Haiku 'At the Breakfast Table' Third Honorable Mention (30 entries) Category 33: Meagher Memorial 2024 Continued NFSPS Contests (National Federation of State Poetry Societies) 'Happy Hollow Nursing Home' Fourth Honorable Mention (179 entries) Contest 4: Donald Stodghill Memorial Award 'The Fortune Teller' Seventh Honorable Mention (154 entries) Contest 13: Arizona State Poetry Society Award 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Bale of Hay? ' First Place (66 entries) Contest 26: Nevada Poetry Society Award 2024 Continued Arizona State Poetry Society Contest 'Miracle Man' Third Place Category 19: Sonnet 2024 Continued Florida State Poets Association Contest 'Today I Danced' First Honorable Mention Category 13: The Henrietta and Mark Kroah Founders Award 'Changing the World' First Honorable Mention Category 25: The Josephine Davidson Memorial Award 2024 Continued Poetry Society of Indiana contest 'Gift of the Walnut' Second Place Category 13: Linda Bannon Memorial Award (42 entries) 'Looking Forward to Tomorrow' Second Honorable Mention Category 14: Debra Sue Lynn Award (28 entries) 'Grandma's Corncob Pipe' First Honorable Mention Category 17: Grands (29 entries) 'Fur Elise' First Place Category 22: Pets (40 entries) 2024 Continued Poetry Society of Texas Contests 'Eating Severed Limbs' Fourth Place Contest 93: The Hurley Award (34 entries) 2024 Continued Illinois State Poetry Society contest 'Unhurried Ride' Third Honorable Mention Category 3: Any Subject & Form Award 2024 Continued Poetry Society of Tennessee annual contest (Their awards festival was not held until 26 April 2025.) 'Shrinking' First Place Category 6: Southeast Region Contest (form: Nonet) 'Old Enough' First Honorable Mention Category 10: West Region Contest (form: Dorsimbra) 'Surely I'm Not Obese' First Honorable Mention Category 15: Strauss Memorial (form: rhymed, metered) 'Lying on my Back' First Honorable Mention Category 20: Double Judge (form: free verse)