2024 Dancing Poetry Winners List
Three Grand Prizes, Six 1st Prizes, Twelve 2nd Prizes, Thirty 3rd Prizes
Within each category, all prizes are equal. Each category is organized according to poet’s last name.
This year, there were 199 entries from 12 states and 5 countries.
3 Grand Prizes
What to Do With Your Fears, Cathy Dana, Alameda, CA
Many Thanks,Linda Eve Diamond, Port Orange, FL
When Casals Found the Bach Suites, Deborah Bachels Schmidt El Sobrante, CA
6 First Prizes
This Human Experience, Linda Eve Diamond Port Orange, FL
Show Your Son Where the Milkweed Grows, Katharyn Howd Machan Ithaca, NY
Lingering in the small places, Catherine Moran Little Rock, AR
Looking back at the threads, Catherine Moran Little Rock, AR
Sloth’s Reverie, Livingston Rossmoor Modesto, CA
The Creation of the Birds, Deborah Bachels Schmidt El Sobrante, CA
12 Second Prizes
Rehearsal for Paradise, Claire J. Baker Pinole, CA
Naga City, Romeo Alcala Cruz Hayward, CA
The Irregular Rhythm of Grief Evie, Groch El Cerrito, CA
Roadside Grave, David Holper Eureka, CA
Preserving Perfection, Mary K. Lindberg Bronx, NY
Everyone Knows the Game, Louise Moises Richmond, CA
Jalapeno, Elizabeth Pelaez Norris Oakland, CA
Time, Gordon Preston Modesto, CA
In the Mountain Temple, Deborah Bachels Schmidt El Sobrante, CA
Nanying Stella Wong, Ruth Wildes Schuler Novato, CA
Dancing into Sorrow, Allegra Silberstein Davis, CA
Absolution, Gail White Breaux Bridge, LA
30 Third Prizes
Welcome, Imagination, Claire J. Baker Pinole, CA
Late Middle Age, Larry Beresford Oakland, CA
Willow Tree, Lourdes Costales Alameda, CA
Karma, Eleanor Dodds Linwood, WA
Crossing, Arlene Downing-Yaconelli Citrus Heights, CA
Ukelele: Storytelling Music, Patrica Doyne Hayward, CA
An Adaptation of Love, Bridget Eu Ipo, Parak, Malaysia
The Monster Shebang, Rita Geil Carson City, NV
I Want to Come to You Like, Rain, Rita Geil Carson City, NV
Unlimited, Suparna Ghosh Toronto, ON, Canada
Cataract Surgery, Dorothy Gilbert Richmond, CA
An Evening Ritual of Elephants, Evie Groch El Cerrito, CA
The Other Shoe, Evie Groch El Cerrito, CA
Street Art 3 (Clara), Jerri Hardesty Brierfield, AL
Birdman, Jennifer Lagier Monterey, CA
Dancing Our Joy, Joan Leotta, Fairfax, VA
Intimations of Mortality, Mary Lindberg Bronx, NY
Weekday Evenings, Salvatore Marici Naples, FL
Dreams, Louise Moises Richmond, CA
Rain, Katrina Monroe Benicia, CA
Dead Bird’s Wing on a Sidewalk, Garrett Murphy Oakland, CA
On the New, Garrett Murphy Oakland, CA
Musing from the mat, Maria Teresa Pratico-Swanson Port St. Lucie, FL
Earth Bound, Miera Rao Menlo Park, CA
Hope, Livingston Rossmoor Modesto, CA
Dreamtime, Ruth Wildes Schuler Novato, CA
Explanation of a Writer, Ruth Wildes Schuler Novato, CA
We Held Out Our Hands, Kimi Sugioka Alameda, CA
Ash Dome, Nancy Tolin Benicia, CA
The Wars Drag On, Diana Woodcock Doha, Qatar
Still Learning, Diana Woodcock Doha, Qatar
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