SPECIAL AWARDS SECTION

GOLDEN PEN AWARDS

The Golden Pen Award is given in honor of outstanding poets whose contributions to poetry are memorialized both for living and deceased poets. This year we honor six Golden Pen poets.

LIVING POETS

Bruce Howard Hamilton	Monterey, California	To Remember Life
Anne Thomas	Sendai, Japan	With Love from Anne
Thomas Fair	Green Brook, New Jersey	Reminisce

IN MEMORIAM (Deceased)

Augusta K. Black	Richland, Missouri	Good Morning, Doll
Bill Kiene	Coralville, Iowa	There was a Time
Helen E. Rilling	Auburn, Illinois	Jamie Learns a Lesson

INTERNATIONAL DIPLOEMAT AWARD

This award is sponsored by The Diploemat Newsletter, title of which is derived from the term "Diploet" which means "diplomatic poet." It is the only award in the competition which is granted a non-American poet.

Agatha Lai

Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia

The Child and the Dame

AMY KITCHENER'S SCRIBE’S SCROLL AWARD

Nominees for the Scribe's Scroll Award are selected by Amy Kitchener, spiritual inspiration behind the online website that bears her name and sponsors the annual Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Competition for American poets age 50 and older. It is a symbolic honor. No money is involved.

Ray Malus	Woodland Hills, California	Trust
The Masquers	Monterey, California and Springfield, Missouri	Golden Words