24th Dancing Poetry Festival, 2017 Winners List
In 2017, we had 550 entries from 215 people living in 25 states and 6 countries
in alphabetical order by poets surname
3 Grand Prizes of equal merit to be danced at the Dancing Poetry Festival
Constantina Clark, Waynesville, OH (Submitted from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), The God Who Dances
Shirley McPhillips, Dumont, NJ, Shinrin-yoku: Forest Bathing
Claudine Nash, New Rochelle, NY, How to Come Full Circle in Five Steps, More or Less
6 First Prizes of equal merit
Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA, Costumes for the Stage
Katy Brown, Davis, CA, The Theory of 3 Baskets
Michael Coolen, Corvallis, OR, Afterimages
Johanna Ely, Benicia, CA, The Murmuration of Starlings
Diane Frank, San Francisco, CA, Margalit
Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Davis, CA, Into the Forest (after a painting by Evard Munch)
12 Second Prizes of equal merit
Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA, Song of the Nightingale
Christina Wos Donnelly, Buffalo, NY, The Poet Thanks the Master but Has Small Need of Chairs
Noel J. Doyle, Jr., Leesburg, VA, March Madness
Amy (Filomena R.) Estrada, Alameda, CA, Sharing With You
Ziji Beth Goren, Hadley, MA, What Matters Now
Ruth Hill, Chetwynd, BC, Canada, Harbor of Rainbows
Marianne Lyon, Yountville, CA, If the Beach Could Sing She Would Sound Like a Cello
Shirley McPhillips, Dumont, NJ, Once upon a time
Anne Molin, Wawona, CA, Mayfly
George Perreault, Reno, NV, La Migracion
Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CA, A Paris Reading at the End of the Occupation
Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD, Requiem for Judith Resnick
30 Third Prizes of equal merit
Lourdes Costales, Alameda, CA, Night Sky
Jan K. Dederick, El Cerrito, CA, Garden as Warden Villanelle
Raynette Eitel, Las Vegas, NV, Dreams, the best thing in the World
Bridget Yoke Lin Eu, Ipoh, Parak, Malaysia, A Box of Dreams
Randy Fingland, Berkeley, by prescription only
Carol Frith, Sacramento, CA, Pantoum for an Echo
Laverne Frith, Sacramento, CA, Fireflies
Scotti Fritts, Paradise, CA, Plein Air
Leanne Grossman, Oakland, CA, Lifesaver
Gillie Haynes, Silver Spring, MD, Reach for Me
Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL Figure Study: Reclining Female
Tanya Joyce, Emeryville, CA, At the Marina
Helene Knox, El Cerrito, CA, Beginning(s)
Joan Leotta, Calabash, NC, Spotting Carolina Jessamine After the First Spring Rains
Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA On the Road after a Record Rain
Charles McCauley, Martinez, CA, home on the river
Satyam S. Moorty, Cedar City, UT, Watching my daughter Neela perform Bharata Natyam, South Indian Classical Dance
Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR, Those Parting Comments
Garrett Murphy, Oakland, CA, Outline
Elizabeth Pelaez Norris, Oakland, CA, Little Beachcomber
Elma Photikarm, Palatine, IL, Haiku in Dance
Kay Renz, Santa Rosa, CA, My Master is Survival
John Rowe, El Cerrito, CA, Arrival / Departure
Deborah Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA, Maya
Gary Turchin, Berkeley, CA, Crying Sky Morning
Lilija Valis, Vancouver, BC, Canada, On the Move
Davi Walders, Chevy Chase, MD, Working Wonders
Emanuel Williams, Alameda, CA, Tug of War
Katherine Wilson, San Jose, CA, Shen Yun Dancers
Diane Woodcock, Doha, Qatar, Rejection, Rock Dove – Style