San Antonio Poetry Fair
In 2012, The Fifteenth San
Antonio Poetry Fair will be composed of contests with a published anthology,
VOICES ALONG THE RIVER. There will be no Fair event this
year.
Questions may be directed to: sanantoniopoetryfair@yahoo.com
Check this site regularly for updates.
In 2012 there is one contest open to
national adult participants living outside the San Antonio area, with total
cash awards of $350.00; and there is one contest open to local adult poets
living in the San Antonio area, also offering $350.00 in cash awards.
There are 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, will be published in VOICES ALONG THE RIVER, 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 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
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