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Contests : Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2010
This year we made the contest wide open, no longer requiring that entries be pre-submitted to "vanity contests" as a joke. In response, entries surged over 2009 levels by a factor of three. This was by far our most competitive contest yet.
Congratulations to our 2010 prizewinners "Tabitha Bagatha", Wendy Waters, and Benjamin Taylor Lally, and to our 12 honorable mentions and 14 finalists. Their poems were judged the best out of the 2,751 entries we received. Cash prizes totaling $3,600 were awarded, and all prizewinners and honorable mentions 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. Read the press release announcing the winning entries.
First Prize
"Tabitha Bagatha"
"A Frivolous Social Event in the USA"
Second Prize
Wendy Waters
"The Wife of Lance Allot"
Third Prize
Benjamin Taylor Lally
"The Ryme of the Old-Time Musique Man"
Honorable Mentions
Scott Bailey, "Greyhound"
James Roderick Burns, "Hot Dog and Bun: A Sedoka Duet"
Lauren Dunlop, "A Tale of Two Cutleries"
Corey Ginsberg, "Move to Miami"
Richard Hayes, "Waxingfat"
Paul Lojeski, "Poetry Market"
Leslie McClintock, "Living With the Lord"
Will Ross, "Things Every Kid Should Know"
Jason Schossler, "For Wile E. Coyote, Apetitius Giganticus"
Jon E. Seaman, "It's a Sign"
Caroline Zarlengo Sposto, "Sleeping Beauty - Au Courant"
Susan White, "Salvation Drive-Thru"
Finalists
Ryan Baker, "'Twas the Night Before New Year's"
Jackie Zollo Brooks, "Upon Reading Your Poem"
Diana Chickosky, "Ode to a Friend"
Jenny Doughty, "Travellers' Tales"
R.G. Evans, "Wordy Harry"
Tanya Grove, "A Song for J. Alfred"
Rachel James, "A Red Red Bum"
Jessica Kashdan-Brown, "Monday's Child Parody"
Louis Klomp, "Rooster Bill"
Andre Levi, "On the Succulence of My Lover, as Compared to Prozac"
George Mazzeo, "The Grammar Lesson"
Hazra Medica, "Ode to a Night in Ale"
Katherine Meyer, "The Kitty"
Jay Steingold, "Irony Has No Place in Poetry"
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