SAN
ANTONIO
POETRY
FAIR

San Antonio Poetry Fair

The 2011 Fair will be held Saturday, October 29, 2011, beginning at 1:00 PM and usually ending about 3:00 PM. Winners will need to arrive at 12:30 PM.  The Poetry Fair will take place at the UTSA Downtown Campus in the Buena Vista Street Building.  The campus is located between West Durango and South Frio Streets. Location of free parking will be furnished at Fair time. A map can be found at : //http:www.utsa.edu/maps/downtown/. More than likely, parking will easily be found at Cattleman Square on Buena Vista Street across the street from the auditorium on Buena Vista Street.

Questions may be directed to: sanantoniopoetryfair@yahoo.com
                                      
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In 2011 there is one contest open to national adult participants living outside the San Antonio area, with total cash awards of $350.00.  There are six contests open to local adult participants with varying cash awards.  There are also contests for the San Antonio area's various student levels from kindergarten through college, offering trophies, certificates, and publication.  All winners are invited to read their poems at the annual San Antonio Fair where they are presented their awards. All contest winners and selected other entries will be published in VOICES ALONG THE RIVER, the San Antonio Poetry Fair anthology.  For more information, click below.  

Winners of 2011 San Antonio Poetry Fair 

Contest # 1 National SAPF Award:       Sponsors: Carol Siskovic and Billie Stroud

1st Place:  "What Remains,"    Jim Barton, Huttig, AR

2nd Place:  "Thoughts About the Interior," Catherine Moran, Little       Rock, AK

3rd Place:  "Choosing a Casket," Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT

Honorable Mention:  "When Your Mind's On Other Things," Aaron E. Holst, Sheridan, WY

HM:  "Tango por la Tarde (Afternoon Tango)," Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA

HM:  "Price of Peace," Alice King Greenwood, Odessa, TX

Also Selected for Publication:

"Dreaming Beethoven," Vera Ogden Bakker,West Bountiful, UT

"Ear to the Heart"& "For Now Suddenly,"Byron Hoot, Wexford, PA

"Monumental Complexion," Susan L. Lemon, Dubuque, IA

"The Chevy Nova in the Rear View Mirror," Budd Powell Mahan, Dallas, TX

"Night Bus Ride"  John McBride, Bettendorf, IA

"Keep the Headwaters in Mind," Dory Maguire, Houston, TX

"Winter Sadness" & "Mariposa Hermosa," Peggy Silha Ritzer, Sherman, TX

"Soul Found Waiting Area,"  Jeannie Salo,  Alexandria, VA

"Departing Daughter,"  Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX

"Annie, Making Up Her Mind," Hilda F. Wales, Albuquerque, NM

"Black Feathers," Loretta Diane Walker, Odessa, TX

"Love in the Crescent City," Jim Barton, Huttig, AR

"A Shower of Stones," Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA

"Grasshopper's Penance," Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT

"Finding the Words," Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AK

"Recovery From Lost Love," Peggy Silha Ritzer, Sherman, TX

"Postlude," Hilda F. Wales,  Albuquerque, NM

"Reflection," Loretta Diane Walker, Odessa, TX

"What is Life?" Kevin S. Stuart,  US Armed Forces

 Contest # 2 Local SAPF AWARD:                          Sponsors:  Billie Stroud and Carol Siskovic

1st Place: "My Mother Did Not Read to Me," Charles Darnell

2nd Place: "Every Day Heroes," Rita Wright

3rd Place: "Epitaph," Julie Turrisi

Honorable Mention:"When Caged Birds Can't Sing," Teresa Brown

HM: "After the Ice Storm," Toni Heringer Falls

HM: "Chocolates for Judith," Elaine Wong

Also Selected for Publication:

"Freedom Cafe," Rasul Obadiah Amenhotep

"Cacophonies," Nelda Andrewartha

"Cashing a Check," Greg Bateman

"Trapped Inside," Caroline Dobson Chavez

"Sipping from the Fountain 0f Youth," Ruth Davalos

"Circles Below my Eyes," Wendy Davis

"The Smell of the Roses When I Come Home," Robert Etter

"The Red Coat," Lea S. Fagen

"I am not White," Peter Holland

"Home," Jodi Lynne Ierien

"The Strongest Bond," DeJaneiro Jackson

"The Flood," Suzanne Karfiol

"River Walk Sun," Tom Keene

"Lord Let Them Play," Rev. Lillie Manning

"Shoeboxes," Roxanne Miranda

"Vortex of Memory," Charlene P. Plover

"Tennessee Evening." Jose I. Rivera

"People and Waves," Marylou Thompson

"Blind Faith," Loretta Burns Vaughan

 Contest # 3 Point of the Moon Award:                         Nancy Membrez & Point of the Moon Productions

1st Place:  "My Web Cam," Charlene P. Plover

2nd Place:  "Black Hole," Charles Darnell

No other entries selected for prizes or publication. 

Contest # 4 The Heritage Award:                   Sponsors: Libby Stutz Bishop and Justin Bishop

1st Place: "Heritage Defines Who We Are," Antonia Murguia

2nd Place: "Looking Back," Charles Darnell

3rd Place: "Perception," Jan Michel Fleury

HM: "Irony - The Indian," Juan Manuel Perez

HM: "The Tree," Peter Holland

HM: "Like Me," Marylou Thompson

 Contest # 5  The MAAHS Excellence in Poetry Award Sponsors: Iris & Harvey Maahs

1st Place: "Letter to My Daughter,” Loretta Burns Vaughan

2nd Place: "An Equation in Nature," John Friedland

3rd Place: "Love Matters," Toni Heringer Falls

HM: "Waiting Room Blues," Karen Schneider

HM: "But for What Reason?" Manuel Torrez, Jr.

HM: "Picky, Picky," Susan Langan

Also Selected for Publication:

"In Silence," Tom Keene

"Synonymic," Juan Manuel Perez

"War's End," Jodi Lynne Ierien

"Answers," Rita Wright

Contest # 6  The TEMPIE-SHERRITT-HICKMAN  AWARD                                                                                   Sponsor: Peggy Mott in honor of her mother

1st Place: "Surviving the Flood," Peter Holland

2nd Place: "The Dark Side of Me," Charlene Plover

3rd Place: "The Words, the Paper and the Pen," Antonia Murguia

HM: "Hero Afraid of Lightning," Charles Darnell

HM: "Love Wounds," Aracelli R. Madero

HM: "Blood Memory," Roxanne Miranda

Contest # 7 The VANNOY LINDSEY TAYLOR AWARD  Sponsors: Paula Taylor and Pat Warr in honor of Paula's mother

1st Place: "The Sea," Tom Keene

2nd Place: "My Tapestry of Life," Araceli R. Madero

3rd Place: "Crumpets and Tea," Susan Langan

HM: "The Game of Life," Rita Wright

HM: "Going Home," Charles Darnell

HM: "The Plateau," John Friedland

Also Selected for Publication:

”House of Goodbyes," Paul Aleman

"Bar-Be-Cue Cat,"  Jodi Lynne Ierien

"Ode to the Twenty-Twelvers, "Juan Manuel Perez

"Woman," Charlene P. Plover

”Morning Storm," Marylou Thompson

"Prince of Madcap," Loretta Burns Vaughan

Contest # 8 The VIOLET TINGLEY Award Sponsor: Sheila Tingley Moore in honor of her mother.  

1st Place: "Crape Myrtle Crescendo," Karen Schneider

2nd Place: "Missing You," Charles Darnell

3rd Place: "When My Mother Writes Her Name in English," Elaine Wong

HM: "My Captor," Loretta Burns Vaughan

HM: "Lover's Lament," Rita Wright

HM: "Love Me?" Jodi Lynne Ierien

Also Selected for Publication:

"Musk for a Tuscan Muse," Robert Allen

"A Mother's Voice," Holly Ballew

"Dream State," Wendy Davis

"Coastal Plain, Somewhere in S. Texas," Toni Heringer Falls

"A Celebration," Peter Holland

"Rewriting History," DeJaneiro Jackson

"Crashing Glass Memories," Suzanne Karfiol

"Soup Celebrates," Tom Keene

"No!" Antonia Murguia

"Reflections of Jack," Charlene Plover

"Knights and Ladies in Shining Armor," Marylou Thompson

FUTURE POETS OF TEXAS        STUDENT WINNERS: 

CONTEST # 9, COLLEGE:

1st Place:  Lynette Vega, "Remnants of a Pageant Queen,"

   Our Lady of the Lake University.

2nd Place: "College," Joe Guillotin  San Antonio College.

3rd Place: Mecca Miles, "Tears of a Clown,"

   St. Mary's University.

HM: DeJaneiro Jackson, "Don't Worry, I'm STILL Here,"

   University of Texas at San Antonio.

HM:  Julian Rios, "1000 Stabbing Wounds,"

   St. Philip's College.

CONTEST # 10, HIGH SCHOOL:

1st Place:  Alfred Mejia, "Mermaid's Lamentation,"                           Marshall High School, 12th.

2nd Place: Sarah Reeves, "Things I Don't Know How to Say,"     Winston Churchill High School, 10th.

3rd Place:  Dyhanara Rios, "You," Communications Arts                    High School, 10th.

HM: Nicholas Previc, "For the Sky Stays Grey," Clark High School, 10th.

HM: Stephanie Maldonado, "Before You Were A Man,"                   Warren High School, 12th.

HM: Karen Jones, "Memories,"  Smithson Valley High School, 10th.

Also To Be Published:

1.  Logan Bianek, "Daisy," Smithson Valley High School, 10th.

2.  Lauren Bracken, "Iron Butterflies," Health Careers High School, 12th.

3.  Megan Carew, "Needles of Life," Smithson Valley High School, 10th.

4.  Keith Cissell, "Life," Bandera High School, 12th.

5.  Hilaria Juarez, "Huevos"  Harmony Science Academy, 11th.

6.  Myya Madrigal, "The Void," Robert E. Lee High School, 11th.

7.  Cassidy Miller, 'The Puppeteer," Clark High School, 10th.

8.  MacKenzie A. Miller, "Hands," Warren High School, 12th.

9.  Allison Price, "Stranger," Smithson Valley High School, 10th.

10. Danielle Ruckman, "From the Bottom of My Heart," Warren           High School, 12th.

11.  Matthew Schultz, "Why," Ronald Reagan High School, 12th.

 CONTEST # 11, MIDDLE SCHOOL:

1st Place: Mia Self, "I Wonder," Garner Middle School, 7th.

2nd Place: Paige Grover, "Stranger," Hill Country Montessori School, 6th.

3rd Place:  Viktoria Haynes,''Thirsty,"Hill Country Montessori School, 6th.

CONTEST # 12,  4TH / 5TH GRADE:

1st Place: Benjamin Hirach, "I Am a Poet,"    Hill Country Montessori School, 4th.

2nd Place:  Belicia Brewer, "Art," Hill Country Montessori School, 5th.

3rd Place:  Jessica Cox, "Beautiful Butterflies," Hill Country Montessori School, 4th.

HM:  Devon Ahrens, "Book,"  Hill Country Montessori School, 4th.

HM:  Kathleeen Bratton, "Without You," 4th.

HM:  Olivia Grace Mulliner, "Purple," Stone Oak Elementary, 5th.

HM:  Sydney Sommers, "Howling," Hill Country Montessori School, 4th.

HM:  Ashley Street, "Lightning Bolt," Hill Country Montessori School, 4th.

CONTEST # 13,  2ND / 3RD GRADE:

1st Place:  Emma Mulliner, "Speck," Stone Oak Elementary, 3rd.

2nd Place:  Erin Love, "Dragons," Hill Country Montessori School,     Lower Elementary.

3rd Place:  Noah Hernandez, "My Yard," Hill Country Montessori School,  Lower Elementary.

HM:  Sophia Carlson, "The Owl," Hill Country Montessori School,      Lower Elementary.

HM:  Zachary Perkins, "Resting," Hill Country Montessori School,      Lower Elementary.

HM:  Travis Ratterres, "Food and a Guinea Pig," Hill Country Montessori School,  Lower Elementary.

CONTEST # 14,  KINDERGARTEN / 1ST GRADE

1st Place:  Calista Perkins, "The Crack's Song" Hill Country Montessori School,  Lower Elementary.

2nd Place:  Jocelyn Kovach, "My Horses,"  Hill Country Montessori School, Lower Elementary.

3rd Place:  Julia Mulliner, "Going to the Beach,"   Stone Oak     Elementary, 1st..

HM:  William Bradshaw, "Submarines," Hill Country Montessori School,     Lower Elementary.

HM:  Tyler Garritano, "Sky," Hill Country Montessori School,  Lower Elementary.

CONTEST # 15, POINT OF THE MOON, COLLEGE:

    DeJaneiro Jackson,  "Director's Cut," UTSA.

(No others selected for awards or publication)

CONTEST # 16,  POINT OF THE MOON,    HIGH SCHOOL / MIDDLE SCHOOL:

1st Place:  Bailee Hauck, "Bye," Bandera High School, 10th.

2nd Place:  Jeremy Sanchez, "Digital," Bandera High School, 11th.

3rd Place:  Jordan Carvajal, "Heyy," Bandera High School, 10th.

HM:  Cecilia Saez, "Black Hole," Bandera High School, 10th.

Also Selected for Publication:

Abigail Dominguez, "Texting," Bandera High School, 9th.

CONTEST # 17,  POINT OF THE MOON,     KINDERGARTEN / 5TH GRADE

1st Place: Sydney Sommers, "Five Senses," Hill country Montessori School, 4th Grade.

2nd Place:  Allison Sommers, "Element," Hill Country Montessori School,  Lower Elementary.

3rd Place:  Jack Mixon, "My Rocket Ship," Hill Country Montessori School, Lower Elementary.

HM:  Elim Maldonado, "The Moon," Hill Country Montessori School,      Lower Elementary.

HM:  Veronika Haynes, "Science Forever," Hill Country Montessori School, Lower Elementary.

HM:  Jasmine Alney, "Space," Hill Country Montessori School,           Lower Elementary.

HM:  Sebastian Montalban, "Space,"  Hill Country Montessori School,  Lower Elementary.

HM:  Josh Davila, "Stars," Hill Country Montessori School, Lower Elementary.

HM:  Belicia Brewer, "To the Point of the Moon," Hill Country Montessori School, Lower Elementary.

Also Selected for Publication:  Joseph Palma, "The Poem About Earth," Hill Country Montessori School,   Lower Elementary.

2010  WINNERS:

1. SAPF NATIONAL CONTEST 

1st Place - Barbara Green Powell - "Will Love Bring You Back To Me"
2nd Place- D. Beecher - Smith, III - "Leonardo’s Model"
3rd Place - Nick Sweet - "Victory Dance, 1945"
HM - Nick Sweet -" My Father’s Woodpile"
HM - Lee Pelham Cotton - "Tango Memento"
HM - Lee Pelham Cotton -" The Secret, Shining Heart"
HM - Ella Cather-Davis - "Eternally Dreaming"
Published:
1.  Carolyn Adams - "Oceans"
2.  Vera Ogden Baker - "Late Afternoon"
3.  Von S. Bourland - "Prairie Patches"
4.  Lee Pelham Cotton - "White Man’s Foot, White Man’s Flies"
5. . Rosemarie Goos - "Checks and Balances"
6.  Alice King Greenwood - "Pilgrimage"
7.  Catherine L’Herisson -"Confession
8.  Beth Honeycutt - "After Reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
9.   Kathy Larson - "Delicate Chains "
10. Janet Lombard - "In Celebration"
11. Catherine Moran - "Beneath the Layers"
12. Barbara Green Powell - "Ever-Lasting Journey"
13. Madeline Queen - "If I Could Choose"
14. Peggy Silha Ritzer - "Autumn III"
15. Julie “Scotty” Scott - "Ennui"
16. Janis Stone - "Goodbye At O’Hare"
17. Nick Sweet -"Lindsay"
18  Hilda F. Wales - "Mortality"
19  Loretta Diane Walker - "Pinwheel Predictions"
20. Eryk S. Wenziak - "An Associated Press Writer Writes:"
21  Carolyn Adams - "The Things You Left Behind"
22. Rosemarie Goos - "Choices"
23. Alice King Greenwood - "Tenacious Taskmaster"
24  Barbara Green Powell - "Raptured"
25. Peggy Silha Ritzer - "Loss"
26. Janis Stone - "Letting One Go"
27. Rosemarie Goos - "The Sturdy Oak"

2.  SAPF LOCAL CONTEST WINNERS

1st Place - "Gift" - Toni H. Falls
2nd Place - "Breath" - Suzanne Karfiol
3rd Place - "One Night In The Psych Ward At County" - Jonathan Beachy
HM - "Writer's Block" - Charles Darnell
HM - "No Show Super Hero" - Dejaneiro Jackson
HM - "Are You Jesus?"- Ryan Schoensee
HM - "Suddenly, Things Seemed Right Again" - Manuel Torrez, Jr.
Published:
1.   "Labor of the Soul" - Roy Barrera
2.   "Drought of 08 and 09" - Jonathan Beachy
3. . "Gifts Of Joy" - Chloe Ledbetter Brown
4.  "Stars On His Hands" - Pamela Ferguson
5.   "Kalidescope" - John F. Friedland
6.   "A Pisces Soul" - Jennifer Honeycutt
7.   "A Gift" - Susan Langan
8.   "Cosmic Youth" - Lea S. Lopez-Fagin
9.   "Of Long Ago" - Antonia Murguia
10.  "Speedy Gonzalez Speaks" - Juan Manuel Perez
11.  "I Wonder" - Karra Stoller
12.  "La John B. Hood" - Joe Tabor
13.  "Fiesta Splendor" - Loretta Burns Vaughn
14.  "Country Kitchen" - Wallace Vaughn
15.  "Uncle Jesse" - Janie Zepeda
16.  "Night Overpowered" - Jonathan Beachy
17.  "Roots Of Hope" - Lea S. Lopez-Fagin
18.  "Not Alone" - Jonathan Beachy
19.  "Wintricity" - Lea S. Lopez-Fagin
20.  "Winter" - Jonathan Beachy

3. MAAHS EXCELLENCE IN POETRY AWARD
   ( Iris & Harvey Maahs, Sponsors) 

1st Place - John F. Friedland - "The Ambiance of Funerals"
2nd Place - Pamela Ferguson - "The Red Oak"
3rd Place - Charlene P. Plover - "Mt Obree Surrenders Her Secret"
HM- Toni H. Falls - "Sisters"
HM - Charlene P. Plover - "Memories"
HM - Charles Darnell - "Speaking In Colors"
HM - Manuel Torrez, Jr. - "While Waiting For the 341"

4. VIOLET TINGELEY AWARD
     (Sheila Moore, Sponsor) 

1st Place - Robert Allen - "Before the Reading"
2nd Place - Toni H. Falls - "In The Final Days"
3rd Place - Juan Manuel Perez - "The Poet’s Life"
HM - Lynne Werner - "The High Dive Goof"
HM - Araceli R. Madero - "Every Day Is A Miracle"
HM - Chloe Ledbetter Brown - "Carrot Cake"
HM - Joe Tobar - "Mi Huelita"
HM - Manuel Torrez, Jr. - "I Didn't Know He Wore A Mask"

5. TEMPIE SHERRITT-HICKMAN AWARD
    (Peggy Mott, Sponsor) 

1st Place - Charles Darnell - "Photograph"
2nd Place - Pamela Ferguson - "Memory’s Touch"
3rd Place - Toni H. Falls - "Strings"
HM - Aeacelli Madero - "A Kiss in the Wind"
HM - Stephen R. Jordan  - "Witchery Stitchery"
HM - Christine Torrance - "The Stories We Weave" 

6. VANNOY LINDSEY-TAYOR AWARD
     (Paula Taylor and Pat Warr, Sponsors)

1st Place - Pamela Ferguson - "Concentric"
2nd Place - Christine Torrence - "Past Remembering"
3rd Place - Charlene P. Plover - "Finality"
HM - John F. Friedland - "Superintendent Comes To Visit"
HM - Antonia Murguia - "Synchronized Steps"
HM - Stephen R. Jordan - "Dream Horse"
HM - Robert Allen - "Night Vision"
HM _ Manuel Torrez, Jr. - "On A breezy Winter Day"

STUDENT CONTEST WINNERS 

7.  High School: 

1st Place - Nathan Anderson - "Stone Cold"- - - 10th Grade, John Jay Science & Eng. Acad.
2nd Place - Miranda Gutierrez - "Yesterday We Danced" - - 11th Grade, NE School of Arts
3rd Place - Jeslyn Schuh - "How Can It Be?" - - -10th Grade, John Marshall High School
HM - Kortny Wilkerson -- "I’m So Alone"- - -10th Grade, John Marshall High School

8.  Middle School: 

1st Place - Francisco Rodriguez - "Hoop Dreams" - 6th Grade, Gonzales Achievement Center.
2nd Place - Abraham Hernandez - "My Favorite Foods" - 6th Gr., Gonzales Ach Center
3rd Place - Jennifer Levine - "That’s Nice" - 6th Grade. Gonzales Ach. Center
HM - Vanessa Perez - "Different Creatures Under the Water" - 6th Gr., Gonzales Ach. Center
HM - Alberto Compeon - "My Mom" - 6th Gr., Gonzales Ach. Center

 9.  4th/5th Grade:

1st Place - Asher Hermann -"What Is Wisdom?" - 5th Grade, Oak Meadow Elem. School
2nd Place - Paola Perez - "Life" - 5th Gr., Gonzales Achievement Center
3rd Place - Kristian Magana - "If Poem" - 4th Gr., Fernandez Elem. School
HM - Brandin Oseguera - "Roxy" - 4th Gr., Fernandez Elem. School
HM - Leonard Hernandez - "The Mystery of the Black Sea" - 4th Gr., Gonzales Ach. Center.
HM - Dion Burton - "Mom" - 5th Gr., Gonzales Ach. Center
HM - Holden Cerda - "Fox In A Box" - 4th Gr.,  Gonzales Ach. Center

 10.  2nd/3rd Grade:

1st Place - Emma Mulliner - "Peep" - 2nd Gr., Stone Oak Elem. School
2nd Place - Karen Lopez - "Te Doy Mi Corozon" - 3rd Gr., Westwood Terrace Elem.
3rd Place - Sydney Sommers - "Sunday Is" - 2nd/3rd Gr., Hill Country Montessori School
HM - Savannah Bryan - "I Feel" - 3rd Gr. - Fernandez Elem. School
HM - Zachary Perkins - "Ear" - 2nd/3rd Gr. - Hill Country Montessori School
HM - Kathleen Bratton - "Children Need" - 3rd Gr., Johnson Ranch Elem. School
HM - Elysia Davila - "I Feel" - 3rd Gr., Fernandez Elem. School
HM - Sophia Carlson - "Spring Days" - 2nd/3rd Gr., Hill Country Montessori School
HM - Anni Chavez-George - "I Love You Mom"- 2nd/3rd Gr., Hill Country Montessori School
HM - Eduardo Ramirez -"Tennis Menace" - 3rd Gr., Gonzales Achievement Center 

11.  Kindergarten/1st Grade: 

1st Place - Julia Mulliner -"I Like Coming To the Beach" - Kinder, Stone Oak Elem.
2nd Place - Allison Sommers - "Summer" - 1st Gr., Hill Country Montessori School
3rd Place - Larkin Mulliner - "I Like the Beach" - Kinder, Stone Oak Elem.
HM - Noah Hernandez - "School" - 1st Gr., Hill Country Montessori School
HM - Joshua Davila - "Music" - 1st Gr., Hill Country Montessori School
HM - Avery Davis - "Mom" - 1st Gr., Hill Country Montessori School