2024 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
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Nature, Seasons, Landscape
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Colorado Smith
Kathryn Schmeiser
Paula Appling
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SkyFire
Last One Standing
Cognitive Dissonance
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February
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Love
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Richard T. Ringley
Jeff Graham
No Placing Poem
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The Parts of You I Cannot Name
Nocturne 31
No Placing Poem
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March
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Open, Free Subject
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Sean McGrath
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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hunger for eternity
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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April
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Mythology, Dreams, Other Universes
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1st
2nd
3rd
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May
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Personification, Characters, Portraits
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1st
2nd
3rd
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June
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The Supernatural
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1st
2nd
3rd
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July
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Childhood, Memoirs
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1st
2nd
3rd
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August
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Places, Poems of Location |
1st
2nd
3rd
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September
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Colors, Music, Dance
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1st
2nd
3rd
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October
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Humor, Satire
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1st
2nd
3rd
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November
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Family, Friendship, Relationships
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1st
2nd
3rd
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December
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Back Down to Earth (Time, Seasons)
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1st
2nd
3rd
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2023 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
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Nature, Seasons, Landscape
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Gurupreet K. Khalsa
Joseph Savashinsky
Sami Helgeson
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Slip Your Mind Into the Water
Orchard in Autumn
november (it's only just begun)
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February
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Love
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jean Varda
Erin Garstka
No Placing Poem
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Lover
In the Twilight
No Placing Poem
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March
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Open, Free Subject
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Ross Canton
Ed McManis
No Placing Poem
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The Art of Poetry
Thirtieth Anniversary
No Placing Poem
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April
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Mythology, Dreams, Other Universes
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Lucia Kiersch Haase
Gurupreet K. Khalsa
No Placing Poem
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I Have Dreams
Provisional Identity
No Placing Poem
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May
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Personification, Characters, Portraits
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Allison Burris
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Two Good Witches
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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June
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The Supernatural
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1st
2nd
3rd
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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July
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Childhood, Memoirs
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jane Stuart
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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When Memories Fade
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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August
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Places, Poems of Location |
1st
2nd
3rd
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Jiang Pu
Michael Shoemaker
No Placing Poem
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Hakone Garden
Stargazing at Capitol Reef
No Placing Poem
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September
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Colors, Music, Dance
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Joan Gerstein
Stewart Breier
Kevin Madrigal Galindo
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Grayscale of Truth
Hellstorm, Stars & Angels
the rhythm of the wind
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October
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Humor, Satire
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1st
2nd
3rd
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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November
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Family, Friendship, Relationships
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Mia Kernaghan
Jeff Graham
Carla Schick
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A Strange Chance
Though
Today I Could Be Something
I've Never Been
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December
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Back Down to Earth (Time, Seasons)
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Thomas Feeny
Jane Stuart
No Placing Poem
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Fall Afternoon
December Melody
No Placing Poem
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2022 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
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Nature, Seasons, Landscape
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Pamela Stone Singer
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Forest Air
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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February
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Love
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jerry Douglas Smith
Jane Stuart
No Placing Poem
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Lovers
Crossing the Moon
No Placing Poem
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March
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Open, Free Subject
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jeff Graham
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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A Certain Day's Every
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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April
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Mythology, Dreams, Other Universes
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Debra Darby
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Awaken
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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May
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Personification, Characters, Portraits
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Carol L. Hatfield
Joan Gerstein
No Placing Poem
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Cloud on the Ground
White on White
No Placing Poem
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June
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The Supernatural
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Pamela Stone Singer
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Buffaloes Escape
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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July
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Childhood, Memoirs
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Anna Jasinska
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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My chicken egg apron
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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August
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Places, Poems of Location |
1st
2nd
3rd
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Sean McGrath
Jerry Douglas Smith
Teresa Bullock
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10/21: At Sea, After Light
Tigers of the Tsangpo
Born Again
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September
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Colors, Music, Dance
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jane Stuart
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Watching Time Go By
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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October
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Humor, Satire
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1st
2nd
3rd
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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November
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Family, Friendship, Relationships
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Richard L. Matta
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Shucking Shells
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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December
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Best of Your Best
Winning or published poem only. Indicate
complete name of contest or publication
and the issue/date of the publication/
award.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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David Anderson
Carla Schick
No Placing Poem
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Where Plovers Complain
She Painted ...
No Placing Poem
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2021 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
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Nature, Seasons, Landscape
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Emory D. Jones
Marlene Hitt
David Anderson
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Sanctuary
Summer of Fire
The Coming Snow
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February
|
Love
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Claire J. Baker
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Speculation
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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March
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Open, Free Subject
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Julia Park Tracey
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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Just One Thing
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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April
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Mythology, Dreams, Other Universes
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jerry Douglas Smith
Teresa Bullock
Ruth Berman
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Aboriginal Americans
Plein Air, Oxford
Praxilla's Folly
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May
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Personification, Characters, Portraits
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Louise Kantro
Elaine Westheimer
Elizabeth Kuelbs
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Is That a Bird?
Mending Its Own Business
The House Knows
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June
|
The Supernatural
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Gail White
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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The Ghost in the Restaurant
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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July
|
Childhood, Memoirs
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Corey Weinstein
Keala Rusher
Chryss Yost
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Mezzrow's Mistake
On Butterflies
Canid
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August
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Places, Poems of Location |
1st
2nd
3rd
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Ahmad Aamir Malik
Eileen Carole
Lynne M. Hansen
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Montreal from a Departing
Plane's Window
Caribbean Dreams 1 & 2
Anacapa, Island of Mirage
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September
|
Colors, Music, Dance
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Catherine McCraw
Carla Schick
Jonathan Ansley Ward
|
Blue Plate Special
Other Miracles I Failed to
Notice (Remembering Col-
trane's Dear Lord)
Are Islands Alive?
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October
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Humor, Satire
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Joan Gerstein
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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A Day of Races
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem
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November
|
Family, Friendship, Relationships
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
Marilyn Robertson
Cathleen Porter
Jeff Graham
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Cannery Row Mural, 1946
Insatiable
Ode: The 2020's
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December
|
Best of Your Best
Winning or published poem only. Indicate
complete name of contest or publication
and the issue/date of the publication/
award.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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Lynn M. Hansen
Elizabeth Kuelbs
Louise Kantro
|
Storm Spiders
Flower Moon
By the Campfire, Borrego
Desert
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2020 CSPS Monthly Contest Winners
| Month | Topics | Place | Poet | Poem |
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January
|
Nature, Seasons, Landscape, Ecology
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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Jane Stuart
Jane Stuart
David Anderson
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When All Was Mystery
Early on a Winter
Morning
The Apple Spy
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February
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Romance, Love, Emotions
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
Pamela Shea
Jane Stuart
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Rosebuds and Lovers
Dancing into Love Again
No Placing Poem
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March
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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Dorothy Skiles
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The Coyote's Howl
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |
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April
|
Travel, History, Mythology, Other Cultures
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1st
2nd
3rd
|
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No Placing Poems
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May
|
Portraits, Persons, Characters
Portraits of animals, objects, places
with character.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
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Marlene Hitt
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Enlightenment
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |
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June
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Joyce Futa
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Kumquat Marmalade
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |
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July
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Childhood, Memoir, Lessons of the Past
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Jackie Chou
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Cerulean
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |
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August
|
Humor, Satire, Joy of Life
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1st
2nd
3rd
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Joan Gerstein
|
Self Portrait as Clark
Gable One Liner
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |
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September
|
Free Subject
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Louise Moises
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Empty Chairs
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |
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October
|
War & Peace, Activism & Politics
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
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No Placing Poems
|
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November
|
Family, Friendship, Human Condition
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Charlene Langfur
|
Meandering
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |
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December
|
Best of Your Best
Winning or published poem only. Indicate
complete name of contest or publication
and the issue/date of the publication/
award.
|
1st
2nd
3rd
|
Ambika Talwar
|
Losses into Treasures
No Placing Poem
No Placing Poem |