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Entry Fee -PayPal or mail to address on the application form.
Up to three poems for $15 entry fee
Winners - May 2025
Charlene Puder
First Place Winner
of $200 prize for her poem
"Fire Season"
Charlene with Lorrain Gabbert and Luanna Leisure
Poetry contest coordinators
Lisa Scott-Ponce
Second Place Winner
of $150 prize for her poem
"Malaysian Moon Pantoum"
This was a non-pen women contest and now Lisa is a member of the National League of American Pen Women. We are so pleased to have you as a member.
Mahal Miles
Third Place and
Honorable Mention Winner
Third place prize was $75 for "Red-Tailed Hawk", and Mahal received an Honorable Mention certificate for her poem, "Solar Flares."
Maya Sing
Maya received an Honorable Mention Certificate for her poem, "Baring Trauma"
Congratulations Winners!
Maya Singh, Mahal Miles, Lisa Scott Ponce, Charleene Puder