2008 Winners
GPS 2008 Contest Season
Contest Chair:
Dr. Robert Simon
Contest Winners:
The Byron Herbert Reece International Award:
Judge: Nick Norwood
1st Place: "Ars Poetica” by Constance Snyder
2nd Place: "Resolution” by M.B. Powell
3rd Place: "Haying Time in Chattooga County” by David Hightower
Founders Award:
Judge: Barry Marks
1st – "Please, Melanie” by John Ottley
2d – "The Pond” by Jim Barton
3d – "Corners” by Marguerite Watkins
2 Honorable Mentions:
"The Shut-in” by Jill Jennings
"Night Witness” by Lou Jones
Educator’s Award:
Judge: Ralph Tejeda Wilson
1st Place: "One Mother's Day" by M. B. Powell
2nd Place: "Lesson on Less" by Jane Blanchard
3rd Place: "Equus Felinus" by Lynn Sadler
Mnemosyne Award:
Judge: Robert Boliek
First Place: "A Review of the Situation” by Catherine Moran
Second Place: "About Playing House, I Can Tell you” by M. B. Powell
Third Place: "Blood Memories” by Tonette Long
The Edgar Bowers Award:
Judge: Thomas Lux
First Place: "Ode to an Armchair Athlete” by Larry Hand
Second: "Tulips at the Door” by J.C. Reilly
Third: "The VFW Post 3308 Cemetery” by M. B. Powell
The Langston Hughes Award:
Judge: Jennifer Horne
1st Place: "Blues Rose" by Jim Barton
2nd Place: "Here One Day and Gone" by Karen Garner
3rd Place: "Drop-in Centre” by Ruth Hill
Honorable Mentions:
"Daddy Left with His Guitar” by Terry Hensel
"Almighty Bright” by Ron Self