ReadMe Publishing – Poetry Winners Announced!
Published By Casey Quinn • Apr 5th, 2009 • Category: Short Story NewsWith over 350 well written poems the Everyday Musing poetry contest was extremely hard to judge. The contest involved a wide range of takes on the theme and forms including many structured styles, haiku, tanka and free form.
There were three rounds in the contest.
The first round cut the 350 down to 50 poems.
The second round cut the 50 poems down to 25 poems. The 25 poems that made it to this round will be included in the collection released this summer.
The third round picked the three winners. The prizes include:
Winning poem will be paid $50.00, Second place $25.00, Third Place $10.00. The top 25 poems will be published in a poetry collection to be published in June of 2009.
The winners of the Everyday Musing Poetry Contest:
First Place: Gloria MacKay – Refolding a Swan
Second Place: Heather Truett – Say Cookie
Third Place: Natalie L. Sin – Crossed Cultures
Poets whose poems will be included in the collection:
Gloria MacKay
Heather Truett
Natalie L. Sin
Phyllis St. George
Steven Farrell
Karyne Contreras
Pat Iacurci
Robert Buck
Jasmin Randick
Denise Buckley
Don Magin
Janet Paszkowski
M.F. Walkden
Jonathon Wigley
Susan Vander Burght
Fei Wu
Patsy Goodsir
Aliya Shobi Khan
Kiley Hazelaar
Larry Lefkowitz
Nana Kofi
Adelaide B. Shaw
Gary Winters
Darrell Lindsey
Ana Garza G’z
ReadMe Publishing is planning to run a free to enter poetry contest each year. Please check back often to http://readme.us.com for more details about the upcoming poetry collection and other free writing contests we offer.
