Art
Affair Poetry Contest Rules:
Art Affair's poetry contest
is open to any writer. Poems may be any style, any subject, and no more than 60 lines in length. Enter your own original work only. Please do not include a SASE;
entries will not be returned.
Entries must be postmarked
by August 1, 2008 and should be unpublished and/or unaccepted
for publication when entered into the contest.
Please type your name,
address, telephone number, and title of manuscript on a cover
page, which will be removed before judging. On your manuscript,
type line count in the upper right-hand corner of the first
page.
You may enter as many poems
as you wish, but each entry requires an entry fee.
Prizes: $40.00, $25.00,
$15.00 (Prize money and certificates will be mailed to the
winners and a list of winners will be published on the website
in December 2008.)
Entry Fee: $3.00 per poem
(Make check payable to Art Affair) Deadline: October 1, 2008
Mail entries to:
ART AFFAIR
- CONTEST
P.O. BOX 54302
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73154
Congratulations
to all writers who entered!
Art Affair 2007 Poetry Contest Winners:
First Place – Pat King, Albia, Iowa - “Two Cedar Trees Canting Apart”
Second Place – Pat King, Albia, Iowa - “Reading With Surgical Gloves On”
Third Place – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma - “Turning Away From Copernicus”
1st Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "Your First Christmas"
2nd Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "Moments After Murrah"
3rd Honorable Mention – Missy Madden, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "The Old Mahogany Sleigh Bed"
4th Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas - "What to Watch For"
5th Honorable Mention – Inez Phillips, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "Revenge of the Leaves"
6th Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "How My Neighbor's Garden Grows"
Art Affair 2006 Poetry Contest Winners:
First Place - Catherine Katey Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK - "Montana Memory"
Second Place - Sharon Burris, Ardmore, OK - "The Gypsy Calls"
Third Place - Lindsey Allgood, Norman, OK - "waterbaby"
Honorable Mention - Maureen Cannon, Ridgewood, NJ - "To Market! What Market?"
Honorable Mention - Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, OK - "Uninvited"
Honorable Mention - Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, OK - "Emancipation"
Honorable Mention - Catherine Katey Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK - "Lifting the Lid"
Honorable Mention - Lori Romero, Santa Fe, NM - "Tornado Tarantella in Stranger, Texas"
Honorable Mention - Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden, UT - "A Time Between"
Our 2006 poetry judge said at least half of the entries are ready to send out for publication.
Art Affair 2004 Poetry Contest Winners:
First Place - Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, OK - "Bone House"
Second Place - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "The Lady of Mercians"
Third Place - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "A Tiger of Vietnam"
First Honorable Mention - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "The Boys of Ho Chi Min"
Second Honorable Mention - Sharon E. Streeter, Portland, OR - "Dancing with Elizabeth"
Third Honorable Mention - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Wild Canaries"
Fourth Honorable Mention - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Field of Iris"
Additional Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):
Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Moving Wall"
Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Fire Red and Winter White"
Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Narcissus Old"
Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "That Yucatan Rock"
Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Painted Ground"
Judith Durbin, Midwest City, OK - "Her Father's Story"
Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Tehama, CA - "Home Visit"
Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Tehama, CA - "Trophy Wife"
Art Affair 2003 Poetry Contest Winners:
First Place - Maria Veres Homic, Edmond, OK - "February"
Second Place - Sharon E. Streeter, Portland, OR - "Edgar Meyer's Bass"
Third Place - Joe Jared, Yukon, OK - "Dove's Melody"
First Honorable Mention - Scott Heiserman, Yukon, OK - "Fences"
Second Honorable Mention - Scott Heiserman, Yukon, OK - "Pity the Weatherman"
Third Honorable Mention - Lanny Joe Burnett, Bonham, TX - "The Lesson"
Fourth Honorable Mention - J. C. Mahan, Edmond, OK - "Case of Runaway"
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