REGIONAL AWARDS

STATENAMEAWARDCITYTITLE
AlabamaReese Danley-KilgoSenior Poet LaureateHuntsville"Tinker Toys"
ArizonaRochelle BrenerSenior Poet LaureateSedona"Senior Ball"
ArkansasJohn W. CrawfordSenior Poet LaureateArkadelphia "Ballad of the Bog"
Betty HeidelbergerRunner UpLexa"Storybook Time"
CaliforniaDewell H. ByrdSenior Poet LaureateEureka"Not Every Day"
Harvey Thomas SampsonRunner UpSantee"I'm Sorry, I Can't Go"
ColoradoIda FaselSenior Poet LaureateDenver"The Call"
ConnecticutGloria PondSenior Poet LaureateWoodbury"Aggravation"
FloridaKatherine Sherin ZaunerSenior Poet LaureateVenice "Handmaidens"
Virginia Artrip SnyderRunner UpDelray Beach"SHOJI’S Ashes"
GeorgiaHenry Newton GoldmanSenior Poet LaureateAugusta"Poet’s Autumn"
Sylvia Sampson-HaneyRunner UpStockbridge"A Dozen Days"
IllinoisPatricia A. HareSenior Poet LaureateWoodstock"Growing Young"
Helen E. RillingRunner UpAuburn"Postcards of the Mind"
IndianaJeanette OestermyerSenior Poet LaureateRochester"Angels on Earth"
IowaLila Borg RohrerSenior Poet LaureateVictor"Knit Together"
Grace E. RasmussenRunner UpManilla "More Precious than Gold"
KentuckyE. Gail ChandlerSenior Poet LaureateShelby"Watching Birds"
Martha Victoria Rosett LutzRunner UpLexington"Snow on Mei Lung’s Grave"
MaineM. L. HannahSenior Poet LaureateBowdoin"A Sense of Place"
MassachusettsCynthia Lelos Senior Poet LaureateNew Bedford"Sunny Money"
MichiganSallie A. HindsSenior Poet LaureateEast Tawas"If I Could Choose"
Lorene D. GoffRunner UpWalled Lake"Hands"
MissouriEdwin S. RiceSenior Poet LaureateKansas City"All About Hats"
Al BeckRunner UpMonroe City"Fantasy"
NevadaJane LoganSenior Poet LaureateSparks"Mona Lisa’s
Last Day of Posing"
New HampshireP. M. UnderhillSenior Poet LaureateConcord"And Then and Then"
Maren C. TirabassiRunner UpPortsmouth"Resting"
New MexicoCarol Dee MeeksSenior Poet LaureateArtesia"Tunes of Midnight"
Barbara DuBoisRunner UpSocorro"Why Do Birds Sing?"
New YorkVincent J. Tomeo Senior Poet LaureateFlushing"Wacky"
Kimberlee EdgecombRunner UpHornell"Emergence"
North Carolina Jean CalkinsSenior Poet Laureate Waynesville"Somebody Used to Live Here"
Joyce TaylorRunner UpMurphyWail, Save The Hemlocks!...
Ohio Don HolmesSenior Poet Laureate Greenville "Forest Fare"
Timothy RussellRunner UpToronto "Satori"
Oklahoma Dena GorrellSenior Poet LaureateEdmond "Sea Treasures"
PennsylvaniaDouglas CampbellSenior Poet LaureatePoint Marion"Following The School Bus"
Rodica MihalisRunner UpWyndmoor"Happiness Defined"
South Carolina Verna Lynn PuntiganSenior Poet Laureate Spartanburg "There’s Nothing Wrong with Me"
Tennessee Claude BlackwoodSenior Poet LaureateMemphis "The Singing Thread"
Texas Sheila Tingley MooreSenior Poet LaureateSan Antonio "Fighting Dragons"
Nick SweetRunner UpLeander"My Father’s Woodpile"
UtahM. M. FisherSenior Poet Laureate Salt Lake City "Backyard Mountain"
Theda Bassett Runner Up Salt Lake City"Parade Starts at Sundown"
Virginia Elaine P. MorganSenior Poet Laureate Warrenton"Night Watch"
Washington Frieda RisvoldSenior Poet Laureate Seattle"Request"
Wisconsin Helen Jordan CaseSenior Poet Laureate Marinette"The Eagles"
WyomingEugene V. SheaSenior Poet LaureateHanna "The Four Camels of Apocalypse"


SPECIAL AWARDS

  NAMEAWARDCITYTITLE
International Agatha LaiDiploetic
Ambassador		Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia "A Rose In the Wind"
Helen Bar-LevSenior Poet LaureateMetulla, Israel"Aged Gemini"
Texas Von S. BourlandSpecial Judge's
Award		Happy"Stages Of Grief"
California Delphine LeDouxGolden Pen
Non-Living Poet
Award		Sacramento"Accolade"
M. D.(Delphine) LeDouxGolden Pen
Living Poet
Award		Sacramento"Peace Thief"