The Poetry Society of South Carolina
Spring 2013 Contest Winners
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
Tim Harkins, “Return to Charleston”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “Accord”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Tim Taylor, “thanks”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “Losing Season”
The Forum Prize
Denise K. James, “Stephanie, 12:30 a.m.”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Tim Harkins, “Trip to the Zoo”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Aly Goodwin, “The Man with the Plow”
The Peter Pan Prize
Sybil B. Collins, “The Trade: The Tale of a Cat and a Crow”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Emily Abedon, “Shrill and Young, and Most Persistent”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Brian Slusher, “I Saw the Opera of My Life”
The Skylark Prize
Kirby Knowlton, “my aunt on dauphine street”
Tim Harkins, “Return to Charleston”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “Accord”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Tim Taylor, “thanks”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “Losing Season”
The Forum Prize
Denise K. James, “Stephanie, 12:30 a.m.”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Tim Harkins, “Trip to the Zoo”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Aly Goodwin, “The Man with the Plow”
The Peter Pan Prize
Sybil B. Collins, “The Trade: The Tale of a Cat and a Crow”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Emily Abedon, “Shrill and Young, and Most Persistent”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Brian Slusher, “I Saw the Opera of My Life”
The Skylark Prize
Kirby Knowlton, “my aunt on dauphine street”
Judges for PSSC’s Spring 2013 Competitions:
Eric Nelson’s poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, The Southern Review, Missouri Review, The Sun, and Oxford American. He has been a Featured Poet on Poetry magazine’s website, Verse Daily, and Poetry Daily. His poems also appear in several anthologies, including A New Geography of Poets, (University of Arkansas Press); I Feel A Little Jumpy Around You, (Simon and Schuster); and Georgia Voices: Poetry (University of Georgia Press). Among his awards are the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Award, the Arkansas Poetry Award, and fellowships to the Hambidge Center for the Arts and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. His books include The Twins (Split Oak Press, 2009), Terrestrials (Texas Review Press, 2004), The Interpretation of Waking Life (University of Arkansas Press, 1991), The Light Bringers (Washington Writers Publishing House, 1984), and On Call (Moonsquilt Press, 1983).
David St. John is the author of ten collections of poetry (including Study for the World’s Body, nominated for The National Book Award), most recently, The Auroras. He is also the co-editor of American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry. He teaches in the Ph. D Program in Literature and Creative Writing at The University of Southern California and lives in Venice Beach.
Jillian Weise is the author of a poetry collection, The Amputee’s Guide to Sex (2007), and a novel, The Colony (2010). PBS and the Poetry Foundation selected her poem “Incision” for the film series Poetry Everywhere. Her work has been anthologized in Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability; Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House; and Love Rise Up: Poems of Social Justice, Protest and Hope. She identifies as a cyborg and discusses the identity in essays for The New York Times and the online magazine Drunken Boat. She is an Assistant Professor at Clemson, and contributing editor for The South Carolina Review. She has been awarded fellowships from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Fulbright Program. Her forthcoming collection, The Book of Goodbyes, won the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award and will be published by BOA Editions this fall.
David St. John is the author of ten collections of poetry (including Study for the World’s Body, nominated for The National Book Award), most recently, The Auroras. He is also the co-editor of American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry. He teaches in the Ph. D Program in Literature and Creative Writing at The University of Southern California and lives in Venice Beach.
Jillian Weise is the author of a poetry collection, The Amputee’s Guide to Sex (2007), and a novel, The Colony (2010). PBS and the Poetry Foundation selected her poem “Incision” for the film series Poetry Everywhere. Her work has been anthologized in Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability; Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House; and Love Rise Up: Poems of Social Justice, Protest and Hope. She identifies as a cyborg and discusses the identity in essays for The New York Times and the online magazine Drunken Boat. She is an Assistant Professor at Clemson, and contributing editor for The South Carolina Review. She has been awarded fellowships from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Fulbright Program. Her forthcoming collection, The Book of Goodbyes, won the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award and will be published by BOA Editions this fall.
Winter 2012 Contest Winners
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize
Danielle DeTiberus, “I Thought After Thirty”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Frances J. Pearce “My Mind Wanders During the Morning Service”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Warren Slesinger, “Wren”
The Jane Moran Prize
Danielle DeTiberus, “Love and Other Hand Grenades”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Melissa Slayton, “Wisteria”
The Pegasus Prize
Ruth Ilg, “March 20th”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Starkey Flythe, “Katherine locked in the bathroom”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Melissa Slayton, “Newer Endymion”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Ann Herlong-Bodman, “Lost and Found”
Danielle DeTiberus, “I Thought After Thirty”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Frances J. Pearce “My Mind Wanders During the Morning Service”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Warren Slesinger, “Wren”
The Jane Moran Prize
Danielle DeTiberus, “Love and Other Hand Grenades”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Melissa Slayton, “Wisteria”
The Pegasus Prize
Ruth Ilg, “March 20th”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Starkey Flythe, “Katherine locked in the bathroom”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Melissa Slayton, “Newer Endymion”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Ann Herlong-Bodman, “Lost and Found”
Judges for PSSC’s Winter 2012 Competitions:
Gerry LaFemina’s latest books are Steam Punk (chapbook, Smalls Press, 2012) and Vanishing Horizon (2011, Anhinga Press). He directs the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at Frostburg State University where he also teaches, and he teaches private workshops online throughout the year. For more you can email him at <gerrylafemina@gmail.com>
Eric Nelson has published four collections of poetry, including Terrestrials, winner of the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Award (2004), and The Interpretation of Waking Life, winner of the Arkansas Poetry Award (1991). He coordinates the Department of Writing and Linguistics’ creative writing concentration at Georgia Southern University.
Tara Powell is an associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina. She is the author of Physical Science (2010), a chapbook of poems from Finishing Line Press, and a book of literary scholarship called The Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Southern Literature (2012), from Louisiana State University Press.
Eric Nelson has published four collections of poetry, including Terrestrials, winner of the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Award (2004), and The Interpretation of Waking Life, winner of the Arkansas Poetry Award (1991). He coordinates the Department of Writing and Linguistics’ creative writing concentration at Georgia Southern University.
Tara Powell is an associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina. She is the author of Physical Science (2010), a chapbook of poems from Finishing Line Press, and a book of literary scholarship called The Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Southern Literature (2012), from Louisiana State University Press.
Spring 2012 Contest Winners
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
Carol G. Furtwangler, “Single House”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Deborah Lawson Scott , “Countdown”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Kit Loney, “Dragonskins”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Ruth Ilg, “Cambodia”
The Forum Prize
Ed Madden, “Before the Viewing”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Jack Tracey, “Car Encounter”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Frances J. Pearce, “Moonflower”
The Peter Pan Prize
Danny B. Riley, “Little Duckling”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Starkey Flythe, “Jr. League Cookbook”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Frances J. Pearce, “Casting Call”
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Ed Madden, “That Day”
The Skylark Prize
Zoe Abedon, “Solitude: To Be”
Carol G. Furtwangler, “Single House”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Deborah Lawson Scott , “Countdown”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Kit Loney, “Dragonskins”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Ruth Ilg, “Cambodia”
The Forum Prize
Ed Madden, “Before the Viewing”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Jack Tracey, “Car Encounter”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Frances J. Pearce, “Moonflower”
The Peter Pan Prize
Danny B. Riley, “Little Duckling”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Starkey Flythe, “Jr. League Cookbook”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Frances J. Pearce, “Casting Call”
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Ed Madden, “That Day”
The Skylark Prize
Zoe Abedon, “Solitude: To Be”
Judges for PSSC’s Spring 2012 Competitions
Sandra Beasley
is the author of three books: I Was the Jukebox, which won the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize; Theories of Falling, which won the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize; and Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life, a memoir and cultural history of food allergies. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Garrett Doherty
has since 2001 served sometimes as Editor and sometimes as Managing Editor of Crazyhorse literary journal. His poems have been published in Poetry, Verse, The Massachusetts Review, Seneca Review, Slate.com, The New Republic, and elsewhere.
Worthy Evans
has grown up with, lived in, and reported on all four regions of South Carolina over the course of his short life and loves each dearly. A history graduate from the College of Charleston, he currently works as a communications specialist for a Medicare contractor and writes a little something every day, sometimes about his two children. Green Revolver (USC Press, 2010) is his first book, which won the 2009 SC Poetry Prize.
Tara Powell
is an associate professor of English and Southern Studies at the Univ. of South Carolina, where she teaches courses in regional studies, southern literature, and creative writing. She is the author of Physical Science (2010), a chapbook of poems from Finishing Line Press, and a book of literary scholarship called The Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Southern Literature (2012), from Louisiana State University Press.
Winter 2012 Contest Winners
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize
Kit Loney, “History of Petticoats”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Randy Spencer, “Ice Jesus”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Melissa Slayton, “The Pianist”
The Carrie Allen McCray Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “The Homeless Men of Paris and their Cats”
The Jane Moran Prize
Scott Owens, “Preservation”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “Playing Mary Chesnut”
The Pegasus Prize
Aly Goodwin, “Captain Cook's First Mate Speaks aboard
the Resolution, Antarctica, 1765”
The Constance Pultz Memorial Prize
Alice Osborn, “Saturday Banking in Northern Virginia”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Terri Lee McCord, “The Vacant House across the Street”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Eileen Rush, “The Second Mallard”
Kit Loney, “History of Petticoats”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Randy Spencer, “Ice Jesus”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Melissa Slayton, “The Pianist”
The Carrie Allen McCray Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “The Homeless Men of Paris and their Cats”
The Jane Moran Prize
Scott Owens, “Preservation”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “Playing Mary Chesnut”
The Pegasus Prize
Aly Goodwin, “Captain Cook's First Mate Speaks aboard
the Resolution, Antarctica, 1765”
The Constance Pultz Memorial Prize
Alice Osborn, “Saturday Banking in Northern Virginia”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Terri Lee McCord, “The Vacant House across the Street”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Eileen Rush, “The Second Mallard”
Judges for PSSC’s Winter 2011 Competitions
Sandra Beasley
Sandra Beasley is the author of three books: I Was the Jukebox, which won the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize; Theories of Falling, which won the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize; and Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life, a memoir and cultural history of food allergies. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Worthy Evans
Worthy Evans has grown up with, lived in, and reported on all four regions of South Carolina over the course of his short life and loves each dearly. A history graduate from the College of Charleston, he currently works as a communications specialist for a Medicare contractor and writes a little something every day, sometimes about his two children. Green Revolver (USC Press, 2010) is his first book, which won the 2009 SC Poetry Prize.
Diana Pinckney
A native of S.C., Diana Pinckney lives in Charlotte. Her work has appeared in Green Mountains Review, Atlanta Review, Iodine, Cave Wall, RHINO, Ekphrasis and numerous publications. A five-time Pushcart nominee, she has four collections of poetry: Fishing With Tall Women, winner of the Kinloch Rivers Memorial Chapbook Award and Persephone Press Book Award; White Linen, Nightshade Press; Alchemy, Main Street Rag; and Green Daughters, released this spring from Lorimer Press.
Barbara Presnell North Carolina poet Barbara Presnell’s collection, Piece Work, won the 2006 Cleveland State University Poetry Center’s First Book Prize, and was published by CSU in 2007. She has published three chapbooks, Snake Dreams, Unravelings, and Los Hijo. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including The Southern Review, Cimarron Review, and The Laurel Review, and anthologies, including Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia.
Spring 2011 Contest Winners
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
Brian Slusher, “On the Battery”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Ann Herlong-Bodman, “At Midnight”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Michael Hugh Lythgoe, “Of Birds & Angels at The Post Office”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Swan in Bare Outline”
The Forum Prize
Deborah Lawson Scott, “After the Grass”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Starkey Flythe, “We're Taking the Real Estate Exam”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Kit Loney, “Buzz and Tumble”
The Peter Pan Prize
Jerri Chaplin, “Direction (for a child)”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Brian Slusher, “Shadowbox”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “Pantomime”
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Terri McCord, “The Light”
The Skylark Prize
Allison Cooke, “Butterfly Road”
Brian Slusher, “On the Battery”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Ann Herlong-Bodman, “At Midnight”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Michael Hugh Lythgoe, “Of Birds & Angels at The Post Office”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Swan in Bare Outline”
The Forum Prize
Deborah Lawson Scott, “After the Grass”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Starkey Flythe, “We're Taking the Real Estate Exam”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Kit Loney, “Buzz and Tumble”
The Peter Pan Prize
Jerri Chaplin, “Direction (for a child)”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Brian Slusher, “Shadowbox”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “Pantomime”
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Terri McCord, “The Light”
The Skylark Prize
Allison Cooke, “Butterfly Road”
Judges for PSSC’s Spring 2011 Competitions
Dan Albergotti is the author of The Boatloads (BOA Editions, 2008), selected by Edward Hirsch as the winner of the 2007 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Shenandoah, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and Pushcart Prize XXXIII: Best of the Small Presses. Albergotti currently teaches creative writing and literature courses and edits the online journal Waccamaw at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC.
Gilbert Allen lives in Travelers Rest, SC, and teaches at Furman University, where he is the Bennette E. Geer Professor of Literature. His collections of poems are In Everything, Second Chances, Commandments at Eleven, and Driving to Distraction. He received the 2002-2003 Literary Arts Fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission and the 2007 Robert Penn Warren Prize from The Southern Review. His work has been featured on The Writer’s Almanac and Verse Daily.
S.C. native Diana Pinckney lives in Charlotte, N.C. Her work has appeared in Green Mountains Review, Atlanta Review, Iodine, Cave Wall, RHINO, Ekphrasis, and numerous publications. A 5 time Pushcart nominee, she has four collections of poetry: Fishing With Tall Women (Winner of the Kinloch Rivers Memorial Chapbook Award and Persephone Press Book Award), White Linen (Nightshade Press), Alchemy (Main Street Rag), and Green Daughters (Lorimer Press).
Eric Nelson has published four collections of poetry, including Terrestrials, winner of the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Award (2004), and The Interpretation of Waking Life, winner of the Arkansas Poetry Award (1991). He coordinates the Department of Writing and Linguistics’ creative writing concentration at Georgia Southern University.
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Winter 2010 Contest Winners
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize
Janet Joyner, “Cassandra”
The Footlight Players Prize
Mary Harris, “After Dinner”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Cassie Premo Steele, “Spirit Lesson”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Tim Harkins, “Ebbing Yuletide”
The Carrie Allen McCray Prize
Ann Herlong-Bodman, “Third Birthday”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Linda Lee Harper, “Watch Out For The Low Beams”
The Pegasus Prize
Kit Loney, “History of the Black Hose”
The Post and Courier Prize
Brian Slusher, “Crybaby Bridge”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Kit Loney, “Anthony”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “Never Land”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Cassie Premo Steele, “This is my disease”
Janet Joyner, “Cassandra”
The Footlight Players Prize
Mary Harris, “After Dinner”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Cassie Premo Steele, “Spirit Lesson”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Tim Harkins, “Ebbing Yuletide”
The Carrie Allen McCray Prize
Ann Herlong-Bodman, “Third Birthday”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Linda Lee Harper, “Watch Out For The Low Beams”
The Pegasus Prize
Kit Loney, “History of the Black Hose”
The Post and Courier Prize
Brian Slusher, “Crybaby Bridge”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Kit Loney, “Anthony”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “Never Land”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Cassie Premo Steele, “This is my disease”
Judges for PSSC’s Winter 2010 Competitions
A 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship recipient,
Sandra Meek is the author of four books of poems, Biogeography, winner of the Dorset Prize (Tupelo 2008), Burn (2005), Nomadic Foundations (2002), and the forthcoming Road Scatter (Persea Books), and editor of Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad (Ninebark 2007).
Young Smith has received fellowships from the NEA, the James Michener Foundation, and the Kentucky Arts Council. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The Iowa Review, Pleiades, Crazyhorse, Agni, and The Harvard Divinity Bulletin, among others, and last year Black Zinnias Press published his In a City You Will Never Visit. He is Associate Professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University, and coordinates their Brief-Residency MFA.
Evie Shockley is author of the new black (Wesleyan, 2011), a half-red sea (Carolina Wren, 2006), and two chapbooks. Her poetry and criticism appear in numerous journals and anthologies, recently including Callaloo, esque, Harvard Review, and Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry. She co-edits jubilat and is Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, where she teaches African American literature and creative writing.
Eric Nelson has published five collections of poetry, including Terrestrials, winner of the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Award (2004), and The Interpretation of Waking Life, winner of the Arkansas Poetry Award (1991). He coordinates the Department of Writing and Linguistics' creative writing concentration at Georgia Southern University.
The Poetry Society of South Carolina
Spring 2010 Contest Winners
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
Michael Lucas, “Old Tabby”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Tim Harkins, “Horizons”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Marilyn R. Mumford, “true story (philadelphia 1994)”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “The Invisible Rope Trick”
The Forum Prize
Aly Goodwin, “Interruption”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Brian Slusher, “Leavings”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Jules Riley, “Winter Garden”
The Peter Pan Prize
Sybil B. Collins, “Where Tigers Roam”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Thomas L. Johnson, “On Deciding Whether or Not to Purchase a Scenic Print of Table Rock Reflected in a Lake at Sunset”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Janet Lombard, “Closing Night”
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Doaty Flanigan, “Anger Fulfilled”
The Skylark Prize
Victoria Sharpe, “Letter to Gloria”
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize
Nick Bozanic, “Isaac”
The Footlight Players Prize
Elizabeth Bernardin, “Story”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Ellen E. Hyatt, “Genesis”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Kit Loney, “Influence of Two Moons”
The Carrie Allen McCray Prize
Aly Goodwin, “What Happened on Flat Creek in Montreat, North Carolina, When I Was 14, That Changed My Life”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Susan Finch Stevens, “Marsh Impasto”
The Pegasus Prize
Frances Pearce, “Postcard from the King Tut Exhibition, Munich, 1980”
The Post and Courier Prize
Libby Swope Wiersema, “Haunting Pawley’s Island”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “Being Kissed By A Poet”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Susan Finch Stevens, “Chickadee”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Tim Harkins, “Crows Finally Find Me in Spartanburg”
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
James J. Lundy, Jr., “Hot Market”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Kit Loney, “Eye of the Skull”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Brian Slusher, “Dead, I Take-up Stargazing”
The Sandy Eubank Memorial Prize
Tim Harkins, “Omaha”
The Forum Prize
Kit Loney, “Sooner Or Later They Ask Me My Age”
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The Humorous Verse Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “High On The Hog”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Scott Owens, “Adding Up the Day”
The Peter Pan Prize
Elsie T. Holcombe, “What If the World was Upside Down?”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
James B. Hudson, “Monte Sano At Wheeler”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Michael Hugh Lythgoe, “The Mah Jongg Ladies Attend the Ballet”
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Thomas L. Johnson, “The Sign of the Mona Lisa Motel,
Fallen at Camden”
The Skylark Prize
Noah Roy Fram, “Memories”
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize
Aly Goodwin, “Ancient Greek Wisdom”
The Footlight Players Prize
Mary Wideman Carson, “Returning to the New World”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Terri McCord, “Found Jesus”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Bryan Penberthy, “Musetta's Waltz & Electric Guitar”
The Carrie Allen McCray Prize
Kate Hanzalik, “The Thickening”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Libby Bernardin, “What You Gave Me”
The Pegasus Prize
James J. Lundy, Jr., “Abstract Painting”
The Post and Courier Prize
Linda Annas Ferguson, “Rituals”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Brian Slusher, “Wife Not Comfortable with the Idea of Nudist Resort”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Linda Lee Harper, “Nameless”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Starkey Flythe, Jr., “The House”
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
Donald L. Geddes, “The Tear of Things”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Patricia Tanner Candal, “Before We Leave”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Patricia Tanner Candal, “Calling Out the Memories”
The Forum Prize
Aly Goodwin, “The Moon of Ripe Blackberries”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Jane Emerson Blewer, “I Should Have”
The Gertrude Munzenmaier Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “In the Garden”
The Peter Pan Prize
Jane Emerson Blewer, “A Rainbow in the Making”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Donald L. Geddes, “Ordnance”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Michael Hugh Lythgoe, "The Alchemist"
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Ann Herlong-Bodman, “History 101”
The Skylark Prize
Cameron Blake Rotton, “Apocalypse”
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize
Helen C. Brandenburg, “After the Storm”
The Footlight Players Prize
Tim Harkins, “Dying for a Drink”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Jerri Chaplin, “Passover, Junior Year”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Libby Bernardin, “First Snow”
The Carrie Allen McCray Prize
Kit Loney, “Madame Butterfly and the Down Syndrome Kid”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Mary Hutchins Harris, “Waiting to Be Served”
The Pegasus Prize
James J. Lundy, Jr., “Silent Film Prayer”
The Post and Courier Prize
Terri McCord, “Grainy”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Marguerite Scott, “Personal Effects”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Brian Slusher, “No Children”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Aly Goodwin, “In the Moon of Yellow Fever,
Campobello, South Carolina, 1916”
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
Debra Daniel, “His Daughter Who Goes to College in Charleston”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Libby Bernardin, “On Isle of Palms in the Month of No Moon”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Jules Riley, “Waist Deep in Winter Water”
The Forum Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Old Man”
The Humorous Verse Prize
Lee Robinson, “Advice We Give Our Children”
The Peter Pan Prize
Mary Wideman Carson, “Inside Out”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Charleston Docks, Posed for Watercolor”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Jane Emerson Blewer, "Maybe Once Upon a Time?"
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Jane Emerson Blewer, “The Other Side of Town”
The Skylark Prize
Victoria Rose Witte, “Love, Cards, in the Atlantic”
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize
Kit Loney, “Unsmashing the Goblet”
The Footlight Players Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Meeting Cortez”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Michael Hugh Lythgoe, “Adoration of the Magi”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “I Watch the Final Wednesday
of November”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Aly Goodwin, “Written Sitting in the Ruins of Old
Sheldon Church, St. William's Parish, Beaufort
County, South Carolina, 16 October, 2004”
The Pegasus Prize
Carol Peters, “Aunt Naked”
The Post and Courier Prize Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “My Father Spends the Night Lost
in the Santee Swamp”
The Constance Pultz Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Matches”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Katherine Williams, “Anagram: Epithalamion”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Don Geddes, “Archie”
The John H. Bennett, Jr. Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “John Bennett”
The Jeanne Crandall Broulik Memorial Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Isn’t There A Ship”
The John Robert Doyle, Jr. Prize
Michael H. Lythgoe, “Tango de La Luna”
The Forum Prize
Carol G. Furtwangler, “Cocoon”
The Humorous Verse Prize
James J. Lundy, Jr., “When the Lights Go Out”
The Peter Pan Prize
Jane Emerson Blewer, “The Chase”
The Beatrice Ravenel Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “Elegy for the City”
The Patricia and Emmett Robinson Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “Tomorrow Afternoon the Fifth Graders
Will Hold Auditions for the Spring Play”
The William Gilmore Simms Prize
Henk Brandt, “Drawbridge on New Year’s Eve”
The Skylark Prize
Duncan Wallace Moore, “A Short Recounting
of One Road to Immortality”
The Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Prize
Deborah Lawson Scott, “The Elders”
The Footlight Players Prize
Michael H. Lythgoe, “Rooster Tales (3)”
The John Edward Johnson Prize
Kimberly Simms, “Brother’s Mess of Crosses”
The Lyric Poem Prize
Henk Brandt, “Woman”
The Marjorie E. Peale Prize
Debra A. Daniel, “My Grandmother Steals Oleanders at Windy Hill Beach”
The Pegasus Prize
Jules Riley, “Dogstar Moon”
The Post and Courier Prize Prize
George Pope, “Meeting Miss Mississippi (Columbus, Mississippi, Circa 1961)”
The Constance Pultz Prize
George Pope, “Freedom Hat”
The Kinloch Rivers Memorial Prize
Kit Loney, “Hot Night, No Screens”
The Archibald Rutledge Prize
Dennis Ward Stiles, “Pelican Mantras”
Kinloch Rivers Chapbook Prize Winner
Michael H. Lythgoe, Brass
High School Gold Winners in Poetry
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Victoria Doose Annie Doran Liz Gildea Daniel Perez Rebecca Plante |
Charleston County School of the Arts
Mary Ann Henry, Instructor Bishop England High School Helen Brandenburg, Instructor Charleston County School of the Arts Mary Ann Henry, Instructor Academic Magnet High School Wendy Pumphrey, Instructor Academic Magnet High School Junius Wright, Instructor |
Middle School Gold Winners in Poetry
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Meagan Brandli Lauren DiNicola Collins Rice Lauren Ryder Sally Sheppard |
Ashley Hall
Jane Pelland, Instructor Charleston County School of the Arts Mary Ann Henry, Instructor Charleston County School of the Arts Mary Ann Henry, Instructor Charleston County School of the Arts Rene Bufo Miles, Instructor Ashley Hall Jane Pelland, Instructor |