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2008 Winners List, Dancing Poetry Contest
This year, 239 poets sent in 683 poems from 32 states and 11 countries
All poems in one prize category are of equal merit and are listed in alphabetical order
 

Grand Prizes:

            Lucille Lang Day, Oakland, CA                     In Praise of the Jellyfish

            Janice P. Egry, Verbank, NY                          Silence of the Song

            Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL                      Xenophilia

First Prizes:

            Katy Brown, Davis, CA                                  Arpeggio

            Young-jim-fong Larriva, Alamosa, CO          Dance of the Wax Puppets

            Michael Magee, Tacoma, WA                       Chagall Dreams

            Anne Ranasinghe, Colombo, Sri Lanka         Museum Piece: Sigiriya Ear Ornament

            Diane G. Woodcock, Doha, Qatar                 Movement

Second Prizes:

            Lisa Bao, Wilmington, DE                             Harvest-time

            Carol Carpenter, Livonia, MI                        The Season of the Hummingbird

            Janice P. Egry, Verbank, NY                         Of Shadow and Light

            Ziji Beth Goren, Hadley, MA                        Who Am I?

            Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL                     The Numerology of Kisses

            Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL                      Poets’ Boot Camp

            Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY             On Halloween I Rearrange My Spice Rack

           Carol Louise Munn, Huston, TX                   Virgen de los Desamparados

            Joan Van Poznak, London, England,             A Chorus for St. Thesaurus

            Diane G. Woodcock, Doha, Qatar                A Cupful of Light

Third Prizes:

            Katy Brown, Davis, CA                                In the Storyteller’s Basket

            Nancy Jean Carrigan, Warrenville, IL            First Light   Last Light

            Nancy Jean Carrigan, Warrenville, IL            Mammuthus

            Patricia Luce Chapman, Rockport, TX          Come Dance with Me

            Lucille Lang Day, Oakland, CA                     Woman: After a Painting by Nathan Oliveira

            Mary Jane Derschan, Orange, CA                 Children’s Crusade

            Lily Dayton, Moss Landing, CA                    Spring Tide

            Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA                      A Woman Alone

            Dah Helmer, Berkeley, CA                              A Shawl of Indigo Aura

            Fay Williams Jones, North Little Rock AR    In the Mirror

            Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA                         Clarkia

            Erica Lehrer, Houston TX                              Cerulean

            Erica Lehrer, Houston, TX                             Into the Garden

            Nancy T. Ling, Walpole, MA                       Late Night in the Library

            Nancy T. Ling, Walpole, MA                       Shanghai Dance Studio

            Peter Nelson, Vancouver, WA                     Native Language

            Julia Paul, Manchester, CT           The Power of Little Yao (After an Ancient Chinese Folktale)

            Jendi Reiter, Northampton, MA                   Nature Morte, Palm Beach

            Julia Meylor Simpson, Riverside, RI             Champagne Dancer

            Sherry Weaver Smith, San Ramon, CA        Grove at Mission Santa Ines

            Nick Sweet, Taft, OK                                      Victory Dance, 1945

            Jan Marin Tramontano, Albany, NY             The Flamenco Dancer

            Joan Van Poznak, London, England              Art Lover

            Sharon K. Wieland, Ann Arbor, MI               Maitake

            Maxine N. Williams, Sebastopol, CA             Dali