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Contests : Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2003

2003 Wergle Flomp Winners

We sought the best parody poems that have been submitted to "vanity contests" as a joke. These are contests that give the impression of being selective but are not. They praise poems indiscriminately hoping to induce poets to buy their books, bowls and plaques.

Congratulations to our 2003 winner Callaghan Howard and our nine honorable mentions. Their poems were judged the best of the 704 entries we received. Ms. Howard won a cash prize of $817.70, and all honorees received an official Winning Writers polo shirt. Click the names below to view the winning entries and learn about the honorees. Read comments on the entries from contest judge Jendi Reiter.

First Prize
Callaghan Howard
"An Ode to Buns"

Honorable Mentions
Rob Daugherty, "Roses can open in the darkness"
Megan Gilmore, "A Love Letter from Prague, the Capital of Amsterdam"
David Greaves, "Chipmonks and Chimps"
Wilhelmina Hemmingway, "The Most Exquisite Corpse"
Lenny Lianne, "The Worst Lamb"
Mark Orr, "Vanity! All's is Vainity"
Brian L. Perkins, "Black Market Human Organs"
Joseph Spensley, "Bolox"
Kevin Wohler, "Bad Fry"



                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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Wergle Flomp Poetry Contest
2011 Wergle Flomp Results

Congratulations to our 2011 winners John M. Harris Jr., Charles Doyle and Alicia Ruskin, and our 12 honorable mentions and 15 finalists.

First Prize - $1,500
John M. Harris Jr.
The Flight Line Commedia

Second Prize - $800

Charles Doyle
T'was the Week After Doomsday

Third Prize - $400
Alicia Ruskin
Speaking of Speaking

Honorable Mentions - $75 each
Stuart Anderson and Nancy Lee
Janette Berry
Paula Camacho
Jeff Cooke
Megan Elaine Davis
Wayne Edwards
Randy Gross
Kathleen Lynch
J.S. McTuile
Jennifer Moore
Lauren Singer
Amoja Sumler

Finalists
Catherine Affleck
Emmalina Bear
John Crowley
Dale Dewoody
Alice Friman
Corey Ginsberg
Tim Goldstone
George Grace
Danica Green
Rick Lupert
Dennis McLelland
Hope Murphy-Nanton
John Nuck
Marilyn Gear Pilling
Lauren Walker




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