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
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