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JUNE. 15, 2013
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2009 WINNERS
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2011 WINNERS:
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.
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San Antonio Poetry Fair
In 2012, The Fifteenth San Antonio Poetry Fair was composed of contests with a published
anthology, VOICES ALONG THE RIVER.
There will be no Fair event in 2012.
Preordered
anthologies will be mailed around the first of November. To order anthologies or to ask questions,
go to:
sanantoniopoetryfair@yahoo.com
Anthology cost: $10.00 + $2.00 postage
Check this site regularly for updates.
Conditions may change as to sponsoring groups or entities, and contests or
events.
In 2012 there was one contest open to national adult participants living
outside the San Antonio area, with total cash awards of $350.00; and there
was one contest open to local adult poets living in the San Antonio area,
also offering $350.00 in cash awards. There were five contests open to
local students based on their grade levels from kindergarten through high
school, offering recognition through publication. All contest winners,
and selected other entries also deemed worthy, are published in VOICES ALONG
THE RIVER, 2012, the San Antonio Poetry Fair anthology, a beautiful, perfect
bound collection. For more information, click below.
Questions may be directed
to: sanantoniopoetryfair@yahoo.com
Winners of 2012
San
Antonio Poetry Fair
2012 National Adult Contest #1
1st Place:
"Summer Poems," Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
2nd Place:
"Swallows," Aaron E. Holst, Sheridan, WY
3rd Place:
"Butterfly Season," Stephen Sanders, Fort Worth, TX
Honorable Mention: "In the Chihuahuan Desert,"
Barbara
Blanks, Garland, TX
Honorable Mention:
"Diamondback,"
Sally
Clark, Fredericksburg, TX
Honorable Mention: "Poetry's
Assassination,"
Loretta
Diane Walker, Odessa, TX
Selected for Publication in Anthology:
"Unlucky at Cards, Lucky in Love," Van S. Bourland, Happy,
TX
"God Save Me," Ella Cather-Davis, New Richmond, OH
"Siesta," Lee Pelham Cotton, Locust Hill, VA
"A Smile," Rodger Cunningham, Atascosa, TX
"Feral No More," Nanci Falley, Lockhart, TX
"Apt Pupil," Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
"Truly," Byron Hoot, Wexford, PA
"Carol Burnett," Mark Hudson, Evanston, IL
"Summer Encounter," Peter Lawrence Jackson, Jr., Belton, TX
"Strange Tradition," Cara Latt, Arlington, VA
"Grandview," Frank Latt, Arlington, VA
"At the Alzheimer's Special Care Center," Catherine L'Herisson, Garland, TX
"There's No Fool," LaVern Spencer, McCarthy, Blair, OK
"Carrion Call," Carol Dee
Meeks, Tulsa, OK
"Come Dwell the Desert," Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT
"In Between,"
Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
"Welcome to Chorizoville," Juan Manuel, Perez, La Pryor, TX
"This Now," Jeannie Salo, Alexandria, VA
"Freedom," Chris Smith, Victorville, CA
"The Visit," Hilda F. Wales, Albuquerque, NM
"White Wedding," Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
"Storm Cellar--1938," LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Blair, OK
"5:30 a.m. Immersions," Kolette Montague, Centerville, UT
"Stranded," Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
"Truffles," Stephen Sanders, Fort Worth, TX
"We Pass Through Night," Hilda F. Wales, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Local Adult Contest #2
1st Place:
"Old Khaki Face Lady," Akeith Walters
2nd Place` "Desire," Antonia Murguia
3rd Place:
"Morning Rush Hour," Susan Damon
Honorable Mention: "On the Streets of Old Bejar,"
Peter Holland
Honorable Mention: "Do's Left Undone," Rita Wright
Selected for Publication in Anthology:
"Resume," Sheri Flowers Anderson
"A Teacher's Marathon," Holly Ballew
"Melissa - Force of Nature,"
Nadia Barlow
"Stone Remembers," Charles Darnell
"Red Hot Retirement," Ruth
Davalos
"Master of Strings," Alethia
Jones
"The Places I've Lived,"
Edna Kitchen
"A Gift," Susan Langan
"Oil and Whine Don't Mix,"
Catherine A. Lee
"Memory," Lea S. Lopez Fagin
"Before I Go," Araceli R.
Madero
"Birdsong," Margaret Barrett
Mayberry
"Generations," Jose L.
Rivera
"Carnation," Jennifer Salas
"Gone" &
"Someday," Marylou Thompson
"A Glass Half Full,"
Christine Torrence
"One March Morning" &
"Shamus," Cynthia Katz Tyroff
"I Am," Brian Nathan White
Winners 2012 SAPF Future Poets of Texas Contests
HIGH SCHOOL Contest #3
1st Place: "Noise," Jessica Spicer, Communications Arts High School
2nd Place: "Diversity Means Freedom,"
Christopher Findeisen, Brandeis High School
3rd Place: "Fear," Lauren Young, Brandeis High School
Honorable Mention:
"Diversigray," Atisha Patel,
East Central High School
Selected for Publication in Anthology:
"The Lilium Leira," Brezina
Adam,
John Jay Science &Engineering Academy
"My Dream," Cassidy Castro, Lanier High School
"Daisy," Annakila Jepson, Brennan High School
"Cold Chills," Cody Joseph
Leigh,
Keystone
Online Virtual School
"Regret," Tyler Lewin, Brennan High School
"Listen," Cassandra Meyer, Brennan High School
"Lessons in Convalescence,"
Edward Sambrano,
Thomas Jefferson High School
"Lady Luna," David Stone,
Communications Arts
High.School
"Who Shall You Be?" Aislyn
VanBuren, Homeschool
"The Sword," Scott
Villarreal, Brandeis High School
"Waves of Demise," Breanna
Watje, Homeschool
MIDDLE SCHOOL Contest #4
1st Place: "Star Shaper," Katherine
Mansfield,
Keystone School
2nd Place: " Elegy to Rue," Katie
Carrillo,
Carrillo Homeschool Academy
3rd Place:
"Battle's Surprises," Tobias Claiborne,
Nimitz Middle School
Honorable Mention: "The Quill," Arturo Castillo,
Hill Country Montessori School
Honorable Mention: "My
Fire," Taylor Evans,
Nimitz Middle School
Honorable Mention: "Room 239," Ella Hirsch,
Hill Country Montessori School
Selected for Publication in Anthology:
"Artistic Thoughts," Evelyn
Alfaro, Nimitz Middle School
"Dear Mr. Wilson," Belicia
Brewer, Hill Country Montessori School
"My Prince Charming,"
Kasandra Guiterrez and
Saile
De La Torre, Burch Intermediate School
"Ode to My Father," Emily
Hernandez, Burch Intermediate School
"Birds," Sidney Herrera, Burch Intermediate School
"Sunrise," Julia LaFond, Smithson Valley Middle School
"Lost Girl Found Soul,"
Justine Lopez, Nimitz Middle School
"Darkness Rising," Meghan
Maloney, Keystone School
"Life as a Teen," D'Juan
Maxwell and Jose Manzano,
Burch Internediate School
"Basketball," Raven Perez, Nimitz Middle School
"The Candle," Mia Quintero, Keystone School
"Money Can Really Kill You,"
Pil Reyes, Burch Intermediate School
"My Exciting Trip," Kortez
Javon Robinson, Burch Intermediate School
"As the World Fades Away,"
Bridgette Wooden,
Burch Intermediate School
"Soul," Nabiha Zaman, Keystone School
4th-5th Grade Contest #5
1st Place:
"The Crown In My Dreams," Sophia Carlson,
Hill Country Montessori School
2nd Place:
"I Should Not Still Be Here," Corvin Eberle,
Timberwood Park Elementary
3rd Place:
"Dreams of Children," Eliana Carrillo,
Carrillo Homeschool Academy
Honorable Mention: "Today Is The Day," Devon Ahrens,
Hill Country Montessori School
Honorable Mention: "Rose," Alexandra Kovach,
Hill Country Montessori School
Selected for Publication in Anthology:
"Kirby," Jasmine Abney, Hill Country Montessori School
"Peace," Anahi
Chavez-George, Hill Country Montessori School
"Starlight," Jessica Cox, Hill Country Montessori School
"Just Look," Veronika
Haynes, Hill Country Montessori School
"Patches and Me," Emma
Mulliner, Stone Oak Elementary
"Periodic Snake," Zachary
Perkins, Hill Country Montessori School
2nd-3rd Grade Contest #6
1st Place:
"Paint the Wind," Jocelyn Kovach,
Hill Country Montessori School
2nd Place:
"Respect," Delaney Kowald,
Hill Country Montessori School
3rd Place:
"A Chestnut's Glare," Pauline Rahal,
Hill Country Montessori School
Honorable Mention: "The Sun," Cora Mei Tsang,
Homeschool
Selected for Publication in Anthology:
""Peacocks," Christian
Compton,
Hill Country Montessori School
"My Room," Josh Davila, Hill Country Montessori School
"Peace," Mia Miesen, The
Montessori School of San Antonio
"My Guinea Pig," Julia Mulliner, Stone Oak Elementary
"Sparkle," Larkin Mulliner,
Stone Oak Elementary
Kindergartin - 1st Grade Contest # 7
1st Place:
"Brothers," Cole Bullock, Hill Country Montessori School
2nd Place:
"What Is It?" Rylan
Mulliner,
Crown
of Life Lutheran Preschool
3rd Place:
"A Little Boy," Braden Smith,
Hill Country Montessori School
Honorable Mentions :
"Wings on a Heart," Olivia
Davila, Hill Country Montessori School
"FBI," Elijah Harrison, Hill Country Montessori School
"Kittens," Maya Nalluri, Hill Country Montessori School
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