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| STATE OR TERRITORY | GOLDEN LAUREATE | SILVER LAUREATE |
| ALABAMA |
Bettye Kramer Cannizzo, Decatur; St. Giles Cathedral |
Christra Pandey, Tuscaloosa; America was Beautiful |
| ARKANSAS |
Verna Lee Hinegardner, Hot Springs; The Last Time |
Faye Williams Jones, North Little Rock; In McDonalds' Parking Lot |
| CALIFORNIA |
Charlene M. Ashendorf, Costa Mesa; Ye Wei (Wild Taste) |
Dewell H Byrd, Eureka: Cool Gun Cecil Simpson, San Diego: A Church of Dreams |
| COLORADO |
Ida Fasel, Denver; Seedtime and Harvest |
Estelle Jones Langston, Denver; Transcendence |
| CONNECTICUT |
Billie Morrill, Niantic; Sightseeing Each Other |
Carol Leavitt Altieri, Madison; My Coming to Visit You, Dad, Continues |
| FLORIDA |
Barbara Lee Weston, Miami; Musical Legacy |
Carrillee Collins-Burke, Sarasota; I Can't Say Goodbye |
| GEORGIA |
Barbara Ruth Sampson, Blairsville; Retaliation |
Emery L. Campbell, Lawrenceville; Bittersweet |
| ILLINOIS |
Dorothy H. Bizer, Quincy; Survival |
Bernie Bernstein, Niles; My Stage |
| INDIANA |
Dianna Wilder, Winamac; The American Eagle | |
| IOWA |
Lila Borg Rohrer, Victor; A I Hate Rules Poem |
Louise M.Hunt, Atlantic; Requiem for Robins |
| KENTUCKY |
Marcus E. Omer, Sturgis; The Gift |
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| MARYLAND |
Ike Morah, Baltimore; In Praise of Forgery | |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
P.J. Roberts, Rockport; Saturday Night at That Alzheimer's Place |
Peg Mahoney, Braintree; my aging chin sags ... |
| MICHIGAN |
Lola Latreille, Rochester: The Haunted Field |
John Schwalbach, Bark River; Tiny |
| MISSOURI |
Jeanne Streible, Springfield; To Shake a World |
Michael A. Wells, Independence; Coming Out |
| NEVADA |
Jane Logan, Sparks; Still Learning |
William F. Armocida, Las Vegas It Happens Every Time |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
P. M. Underhill, Concord; You Who Must Your Life Deny | |
| NEW JERSEY |
Claire Levitt, Trenton; Out of Body Experience |
Maureen Cannon, Ridgewood; My Brother, Bringing Presents |
| NEW MEXICO |
Carol Dee Meeks, Artesia: Winter's Wart |
Barbara DuBois, Socorro; On a Roll |
| NEW YORK |
Angelia Alleyne Wedderburn, Brooklyn; Caribbean Mom | |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford; To "Talk in That Book" of Nature |
Dallas D. Lassen, West Jefferson; To Have or Have Naught |
| OHIO |
Nita Karpf, Oberlin; the snowflake's kiss |
Helen Webb, South Point; Chronicle of a Winesap |
| OKLAHOMA |
Dena R. Gorrell, Edmond: The Heart Remembers | |
| OREGON |
Robert Hoeft, Ashland; Jenny | PENNSYLVANIA |
Jeffrey Jubelirer, Philadelphia; Realization of Great |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
Verna Puntigan, Spartinburg; My New Home |
Troyce Leona Phillips Tollison, Anderson; How to Write Good Poetry |
| TENNESSEE |
Claude Blackwood, Memphis; The Thief | |
| TEXAS |
Sheila Tingley Moore
, San Antonio; Against All Odds |
Yvonne Byrd Nunn, Hermleigh; An Iris Brag |
| UTAH |
Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful; Chosen Fish |
Stewart C. Harvey, Salt Lake City; Growing Old |
| VIRGINIA |
Elaine Morgan, Warrenton; Alfie |
Mary Anne Burkhart, Charlottesville; What I Have Found |
| WASHINGTON |
Frieda Risvold, Seattle; Viewpoint |
Lilie Brucick, Spokane; Ice Storm--Beautiful Beast |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
Linda Poe, Gay; Saying Good-By to My Sister, Again |
Jean Ehman, Shepherdstown; Body and Soul |
| WISCONSIN |
Dorothy Carey, Green Bay; My Prayer | |
| WYOMING |
Eugene V. Shea, Hanna; Homeland | |
| HONORARY INTERNATIONAL (SEE GOLDEN PEN) |
Agatha Lai, Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia;
A Poem on The Sand | |