Poetry Super Highway Contests

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The 2007 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest
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Anthony Liccione, Assume Nothing Press, bottle rockets press, Brandon Cesmat, Christine Bruness, Chrystine Julian, Cloudy Day Art - Poetry Podcast, Daniel E. Levenson, Deborah P Kolodji, Egoboy Studios, Ellaraine Lockie, Evvy Garrett, Feel the Flow Publishing, Fickle Muses, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Frances Macaulay Forde, from east to west: bicoastal verse, Helene Cardona, Ink Publications, J. Graham Publishing, Jerry Garcia, John M. FitzGerald, Katie Davis-Steward, L.B. Sedlacek, Larry O. Bubar, Late Blooms Poetry Postcard Contest for Women Over 40, layalama.com, Lenar Poetry Gifts, Magdalena Ball, Mary Brown, Mary Kennedy Eastham, Matthew Abuelo, Maureen Alsop, Michaela A. Gabriel, Mike Scheidemann for 'Voices' The Israel English Poetry Association, Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry, Point of Life Inc, Pun Night Lady productions, The Rancho Pantalones Foundation, Santiam Publishing, Southern California Haiku Study Group, Stellar Showcase Journal, Terrie Leigh Relf, The Other Voices International Project, The Poetry Market Ezine, The Science Fiction Poetry Association, Trellis Literary Corporation/Trellis Magazine, Trish Shields, Turtle Ink Press, Twisted Tongue Magazine, Unlikely 2.0, Vasin, Heyn & Company, Winning Writers

for information on sponsoring the 2008 contest
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Winners | Prizes | Meet Your Judges | Contest Calendar

See winners Judges, Winners and Prizes from previous contests:

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Winners and What They Won

First Place:
Gabrielle Mittelbach
$411.00

Second Place
Janet Leigh Dowd
$246.60

Third Place
P.J. Nights
$164.40

We received 497 entries into the contest. The $497 (one dollar per poem entry fee), along with an additional $225 donation from Vasin, Heyn & Company, and an additional $100 donation from Lenar Poetry Gifts, was divided amongst the top three scoring poets. First place won 50%, Second place took 30%, and Third Place won 20%.

Every single poet who entered the contest will receive at least one prize just for entering thanks to the generosity of the many sponsors who supported this years contest.

Thanks to everyone for entering!

read the winning poems

Prizes

First Prize: 50% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH

Second Prize: 30% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH.

Third Prize: 20% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are able to supplement the cash prizes with an impressive array of prizes which would be of interest to poets and writers.

The following prizes were used to bolster first through third prize as well as distributed to other contest entrants.

Additional Prizes:

Meet Your Judges

Katherine L. Gordon (Rockwood, Ontario, Canada)
Katherine L. Gordon lives to write in a secluded Eramosa river valley in rural Rockwood, Ontario. Her work has been translated into many languages including Chinese, Spanish, French and Hindi. She is an award-winning poet who believes that poetry is a mighty bond between cultures. Katherine is the Resident Columnist for Ancient Heart Magazine published quarterly in Bristol, England. She is the author of 2 full collections, many chapbooks and anthologies. Her latest book MYTH WEAVERS a
collection of Canadian myths and legends, was released by Serengeti Press this April. She belongs to a summer group of fine poets who produce a weekly poem to prod each other into creativity on a theme, very enjoyable and stmulating. try it!
Steve Norwood (Lewisville, Texas)
The epileptic father of an autistic son, Steve is certain his grandchildren will be firestarters. His distinctive style does not fit neatly into literary, coffeehouse or slam categories. Steve's poetry displays lyrical, caustic and ironic wordplay that compliment 20 years of writing. Steve has been featured in many online and print journals including PoetrySuperHighway, Smog, Lid, (this), Friction, Recursive Angel, Conspire , Grumpy Dog, SFSalvo, Atom Mind, Concrete Wolf, Maelstrom, the AIPF's 1998 anthology di-verse-city, too and the PoetWorks Press publication When I Was A Child. His poem "Two Kinds" won the 2006 PSH annual contest's grand prize. Steve has two print collections of earlier works, helen could waste away and because I love you so damn much I'd wait for you . He has recently finished his first CD of poetry, nervous laughter. He also runs the blog Controlled Burning.
PB Rippey (North Hollywood, California)
PB Rippey’s poetry, fiction and book reviews have appeared in journals such as Zyzzyva, Runes, Pool, Slope, Solo, Mary, California Quarterly, The Chattahoochee Review, Poetry NZ and Phoebe and she has been a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Poetry Open and several GT short story contests. She is the current recipient of the Abroad Writers’ Conferences 2007 Poetry Fellowship. Her poetry chapbook Nightmares With Moons was published by Pudding House last October. PB is completing her first full length collection of poetry and a novel.
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2007 Contest Calendar

July 5: Contest begins
July 9 - 15: Judges featured as Poets of the Week
July 15, 2:00 pm (pacific): PSH Live Event: Listen live to a conversation with the contest judges and Rick Lupert. Call in to ask your own questions. Click HERE to listen live during broadcast time or to hear the archived show after it has broadcast.
September 22: Final deadline for contest entries. (Entry fees must be received by PayPal or postmarked by September 22 or they'll be returned.)
September 30: Judges deadline for returning scored poems.
October 4: Second round scoring deadline (in the event of tied scores.)
October 7: 2pm (pacific) PSH Live Event: "Winners Announced": Click HERE to listen live during broadcast time or to hear the archived show after it has broadcast.
October 8 - 14: Contest Winners featured as Poets of the Week.