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Ohio Poetry Day 2016 Contest Winners Announced

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Ohio Poetry Day 2016 is fast approaching, and the list of winners of the OPD poetry contests has been released. We're excited to see so many OPA members among the winners and honorable mentions.

There were more than 1,000 entries to this year's OPD contests, which are open to anyone and offer a chance to win prizes and be published in the annual Best of Ohio Poetry Day anthology.

This year's OPD will take place at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio, October 14–15, 2016. Friday evening, following his visit to Heidelberg, poet laureate of Kansas and Associate Professor of English, Washburn University, Eric McHenry will lead an evening poetry workshop. He will also be reading from his work. Ohio Poet of the Year, Maggie Smith of Columbus will be reading from her work Saturday afternoon mostly likely sharing poems from her recent book, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison.  It will be a high-powered two days of poetry.

"All interested writers and friends are welcome!" says OPD co-coordinator Bill Reyer. "Members of the Ohio Poetry Association who have never attended Ohio Poetry Day will find the event in October an enriching and warm experience."
To learn more about this year's event, email event organizer, Bill Reyer  at wreyer@heidelberg.edu.

Congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions in this year's OPD contests!



Ohio Poetry Day 2016 Winners List


Please note:  Prize-money checks and certificates will be mailed after the Ohio Poetry Day event the weekend of October 14 - 15 for those winners who cannot attend.         

1.         OPD Special Award - 80 entries
1st - Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
2nd - Phyllis Lee, Sebring, OH
3rd - Rita Aiken Moritz, Pell City, AL
HM - J. Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX n; Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX; Linda Frisa, Cincinnati, OH; Jake Olson, Tiffin, OH; Betsy M. Hughes, Dayton, OH; Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL; Joanne Greenway, Cincinnati, OH; Valerie Esker, Beverly Hills, FL; Richard L. Luftig, Pomona, CA

2.         Got It Covered - 8 entries
1st - Alice E. Irvin, Blanchester, OH
2nd - Mary Turzillo, Berea, OH
HM - Sara Gipson, Scott, AR

3.         Evelyn Barker Award - 52 entries
1st - Alison Chisholm, Merseyside, UK
2nd - David George, Urbana, OH
3rd - Rita Aiken Moritz, Pell City, AL
HM - Elaine Costanzo, New Concord, OH; Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX; Anne Pierre Spangler, Lebanon, PA; Benjamin A. Dugger, Elizabethton, TN; Beth Staas, La Grange Park, IL

4.         Crème de la Crème - 659 entries                 
1st - Von S. Bourland, Happy, TX
2nd - Alison Chisholm, Merseyside, UK
3rd - Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX
HM - Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN; Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL; Nancy Susanna Breen, Loveland, OH; Linda Frisa, Cincinnati, OH; Jane  K. Kretschmann, Piqua, OH; Catherine M. Moran, Little Rock, AR; Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL; Rhonda Baughman, Indianapolis, IN; Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA; Maureen S. Fry, Conover, OH

5.         Unexpected Joy - 37 entries       
1st - Sally Bulford, Hopewell, OH
2nd - Marilyn Tullys, Canton, OH
3rd - Joan Terry, Dallas, GA,
HM - Jan O'Dea, Columbus, OH, Betsy Kennedy, Columbus, OH, David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ, Kerry Trautman, Findlay, OH, Anna L. Cates, Wilmington, OH, Barbara Blank, Garland, TX, D Beecher Smith, II, Memphis, TN
           
6.         Small Stuff - 47 entries
1st - Crystie Cook, Sandy, UT
2nd - Roberta Angerman, Wooster, OH
3rd - Phyllis Lee, Sebring, OH
HM - Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL; Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA; Madelyn Eastlund, Beverly Hills, FL; Geoffrey A. Landis, Berea, OH; Ruth Naylor, Bluffton, OH; Robert Schinzel, Highland Village, TX; LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Blair, OK; Caroline Walton, Crystal River, FL; Vera Ogden Bakker, Bountiful, UT

7.         Columbus, Ohio, Now and Then - 12 entries
1st - Rhonda Baughman, Indianapolis, IN
2nd - Rikki Santer, Columbus, OH
3rd - Annie McWilliams, Columbus, OH
HM - Wendy Colopy, Danville, OH;  Brenda Miller, Orrville, OH

8.         Exploring Nature, Discovering Meaning - 86 entries
1st - Dalene Stull, Danville, OH
2nd - Margaret Gleave, Ainsdale, UK
3rd - Alison Chisholm, Merseyside, UK
HM - Louise Onyett-Love, Boulder, CO;  Amy Jo Schoonover, Mechanicsburg, OH; Carol Louise Moon, Sacramento, CA; Annie McWilliams, Columbus, OH; Rhonda Baughman, Indianapolis, IN; John McBride, Bettendorf, IA; Jim Villani, Youngstown, OH; Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX

9.         Just for the Fun of It - 90 entries
1st - Roberta Angerman, Wooster, OH
2nd - Gail White, Breaux Bridge, LA
3rd - Brenda Miller,  Orrville, OH
HM - E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY; David Lee Garrison, Dayton, OH; Ruby Kapp, Green Springs, OH; Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX; Amy Jo Schoonover, Mechanicsburg, OH

10.       In Memory of My Three Brothers - 92 entries                   
1st - Crystie Cook, Sandy, UT
2nd - Linda Frisa, Cincinnati, OH
3rd - John McBride, Bettendorf, IA
HM - Russell Strauss, Memphis, TN; Nancy Susanna Breen, Loveland, OH; Nancy J. Binghurst, Ashland, OR; Mary Turzillo, Berea, OH; Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL

11.       Haiku for Betty - 64 entries       
1st - Mary Turzillo, Berea, OH
2nd - D. Beecher Smith, Memphis, TN
3rd - Anna L. Cates, Ashland, KY
HM - Rita Aiken Moritz, Pell City, AL; John Bing, Tiffin, OH

12.       In Memory of Steven Lee - 58 entries
1st - John Bing, Tiffin, OH
2nd - Crystie Cook, Sandy, UT
3rd - Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
HM - Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA; Dalene Stull, Danville, OH; Von S. Bourland, Happy, TX; Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX; Maureen S. Fry, Conover, OH

13.       Literary Personas - 30 entries                   
1st – Dargan Ware, Moody, AL
2nd – E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY
3rd – Larry Michaels, Fremont, OH
HM – John Bing, Tiffin, OH; Rose Ann Spaith, Columbus, OH; Geoffrey A. Landis, Berea, OH

14.       "I hate you—let's have drink - 35 entries       
1st - Alison Chisholm, Southport, UK
2nd - Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA
3rd - Nancy L. Marshall, Sugarcreek, OH
HM - Rita Aiken Moritz, Pell City, AL; Anne Pierre Spangler, Lebanon, PA

15.       Let It Flow - 46 entries
1st - Nancy Susanna Breen, Loveland, OH
2nd - LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Blair, OK
3rd -Maureen S. Fry, Conover, OH
HM - Phyllis Lee, Sebring, OH; Betsy M. Hughes, Dayton, OH;

16.       In Memory of Tessa Sweazy Webb - 21 entries       
1st - Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL
2nd - Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
3rd - Von S. Bourland, Happy, TX
HM - Helen Webb, South Point, OH; Catherine M. Moran, Little Rock, AR; Sara Gipson, Scott, AR

17.       Thomas Finley Award - 70 entries
1st - Christine Howey, Cleveland, OH
2nd - Diane Kendig, Canton, OH
3rd - Tanya Pilumeli, Geneva, OH
HM - Robert Schinzel, Highland Village, TX; Helen Webb, South Point, OH; Vera Ogden Bakker, Bountiful, UT; Gail White, Breaux Bridge, LA; Linda Frisa, Cincinnati, OH

18.       Wright Writers of Dayton - 47 entries
1st - Betsy M. Hughes, Dayton, OH
2nd - Crystie Cook, Sandy, UT
3rd - Barbara Blanks, Garland, TX
HM - David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ; Alison Chisholm, Merseyside, UK

19.       Through the Window - 75 entries
1st - Mary Turzillo, Berea, OH
2nd - Gordon Smith, Hot Springs, AR
3rd - Alison Chisholm, Merseyside, UK
HM - Phyllis Lee, Sebring, OH; Annie McWilliams, Columbus, OH; Emery L. Campbell, Lawrenceville, GA; Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN; Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA; Von S. Bourland, Happy, TX; Richard L. Luftig, Pomona, CA; Maureen S. Fry, Conover, OH; D. Beecher Smith, II, Memphis, TN

20.       Great Expectations - 75 entries                   
1st - Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX
2nd - Beth Staas, La Grange Park, IL
3rd - Jane K. Kretschmann, Piqua, OH
HM - Elaine Costanzo, New Concord, OH;  Eric Blanchard, Dayton, OH; Dalene Stull, Danville, OH; Nancy Susanna Breen, Loveland, OH

21.       Words to a Newborn - 34 entries
1st - Brenda Miller, Orrville, OH
2nd - Von S. Bourland, Happy, TX
3rd - Alison Chisholm,  Merseyside, UK
HM - Jake Olson, Tiffin, OH; Geoffrey A. Landis, Berea, OH; Jennifer Hambrick, Worthington, OH

22.       New Ballad Award - 31 entries
1st - Brenda Miller, Orrville, OH
2nd - J. Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX
3rd - Alison Chisholm, Merseyside, UK
HM -Evelyn Corry Appelbee, Henderson, TX; Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, FL; Geoffrey A. Landis, Berea, OH; Lucille Morgan Wilson, Des Moines, IA; Eric Blanchard, Dayton, OH; Joyce Gorum McGee, Gary, TX; Emery L. Campbell, Lawrenceville, GA; Jim Villani, Youngstown, OH; Charles K. Firmage, Boise, ID; D. Beecher Smith, II, Memphis, TN

23.       Tantrum - 53 entries
1st - Mary Turzillo, Berea, OH
2nd - Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
3rd - Larry Michaels, Fremont, OH
HM -Amy Jo Schoonover, Mechanicsburg, OH; Nancy L. Marshall, Sugarcreek, OH; Rhonda Baughman, Indianapolis, IN; Louise Onyett-Love, Boulder, CO; J. Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX; Betsy Kennedy, Columbus, OH

24.       Family Ties - 60 entries       
1st - Vera Jones, Weaverville, NC
2nd - Maureen Fry, Conover, OH
3rd - Dalene Stull, Danville, OH
HM - Nancy K. Jentsch, Melbourne, KY; E. Gail Chandler, Shelbyville, KY; Gail White, Breaux Bridge, LA; Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX; J. Paul Holcomb, Double Oak, TX

25.       Welcome Aboard - 17 entries
Co-1st - Anna L. Cates, Wilmington, OH
Co-1st - Bea Wissel, Cincinnati, OH
HM - Cecile Cary, Dayton, OH; Ruby Kapp, Green Springs, OH; Pat Snyder Hurley, Columbus, OH
                                                                                   
26.       Heidi Knecht Memorial - 34 entries
1st - Amy Jo Schoonover, Mechanicsburg, OH
2nd - Nancy Susanna Breen, Loveland, OH
3rd - Tanya Pilumeli, Geneva, OH
HM -Larry Michaels, Fremont, OH; Gloria Alden, Southington, OH; Rose Ann Spaith, Columbus, OH; Wendy Colopy, Danville, OH; Nicole M. Gnezda, Worthington, OH; Anna L. Cates, Wilmington, OH; Jake Olson, Tiffin, OH

27.       Family Ties - 76 entries
1st - Margaret Gleave, Southport, UK
2nd - Mary O'Dell, Louisville, KY
3rd - Kerry Trautman, Findlay, OH
HM -  Deborah Walker, Conover, OH; Lisa Brandstetter Holt, Mt. Orab, OH; Betsy Kennedy, Columbus, OH; Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, UT; Susan Iwinski, Kettering, OH; Nancy K. Jentsch, Melbourne, KY; Diane Kendig, Canton, OH; Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR; Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN; Jake Olson, Tiffin, OH

27.       Evan Lodge Workshop Awards - 26 entries

Alphabetically arranged - ten equal awards

John Bing, Tiffin, OH
Lisa Brandstetter Holt, Mt. Orab, OH
Anna L. Cates,  Wilmington, OH
Gene Corman, Fullerton, CA - Ohio native
Elaine Costanzo, New Concord, OH - two awards
Pat Snyder Hurley, Columbus, OH - two awards
Mary Turzillo, Berea, OH
Deborah Walker, Conover, OH


Total number of poets who entered OPD 2016:  135
Total number of poems entered in OPD 2016:  1010
Total number of states represented:  26, Canada (1 entrant) and the UK (2 entrants)

                                                                                                                       
© 2016 Ohio Poetry Association

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  1. John B. BurroughsAugust 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM

    Ohio Poetry Day Contest 5 Unexpected Joy results:

    FIRST - Sally Bulford, Hopewell, OH
    SECOND - Marilyn Tullys, Canton, OH
    THIRD - Joan Terry, Dallas, GA
    1HM - Jan O'Sea, Columbus, OH
    2HM - Betsy Kennedy, Columbus, OH
    3HM - David L. Byrn, Prescott, AZ
    4HM - Kerry Trautman, Findlay, OH
    5HM - Anna L. Cates, Wilmington, OH
    6HM - Barbara Blank, Garland, TX
    7HM - D Beecher Smith, II, Memphis, TN

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