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The 2011 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest
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s p o n s o r e d..b y

2C Poetry • Alan Britt • Amber Decker • Charles Portolano • Colin Galbraith • Corey Mesler • Anonymous (Dedicated to Wil Mills) • Edgar & Lenore's Publishing House • Ellaraine Lockie • F. J. Bergmann • Faith Frisby-Petrusevski • Hardened Sailors School of Vulgar Vernacular • IMPpress • Ink Publications • Jerry Garcia • Katherine L. Gordon • Ken Head • Larry Bubar • "Laughing" Larry Berger • LB Sedlacek • Linda Leedy Schneider • mgversion2>datura • Poetic Matrix Press • Rick Lupert • Robert Reeves • Scarlet Literary Magazine • The Plebian Rag • The Poetry Market Ezine • Sandra Soli • Small World Books • The Splinter Generation • Uncapped Press • Unlikely Stories/Unlikely Books • Valley Voices of the Muse • W. David MacKenzie • Winning Writers

Winners | Prizes | Meet Your Judges | Contest Calendar

See winners Judges, Winners and Prizes from previous contests:

1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

 

Winners and What They Won

First Place:
Amber Decker
$250.00

Second Place
Brenda Levy Tate
$150.00

Third Place
Buxton Wells
$100.00

We received 498 entries into the contest. The $498 (one dollar per poem entry fee). We threw in $2 to make it an even $500. This 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:

 Poetry Super Highway Contests

2C Poetry
http://www.2CPoetry.com/
10 copies of the spoken word CD "Elemental" by Ashira Malka.
5 copies of the DVD "Wadi" along with a printed version of the poem in card and sticker format by Ashira Malka.
10 poetry sticker packs in hand-made tree-free paper containers written, designed, and made by Ashira Malka.
10 poetry card packs in seed packet-envelopes written, designed, and put together by Ashira Malka.

Alan Britt
2 copies of the book "Alone with the Terrible Universe" by Alan Britt

Amber Decker
2 copies of the book "Lost Girls" by Amber Decker

Charles Portolano
1 signed copy of the book "All Eyes on Us" by Charles Portolano

Colin Galbraith
http://www.colingalbraith.co.uk/
2 signed copies of the chapbook, Fringe Fantastic, by Colin Galbraith
1 signed copy of the chapbook "Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.3" by Colin Galbraith

Corey Mesler
http://www.coreymesler.com/
1 signed copy of the book "Before the Great Troubling" by Corey Mesler

Anonymous (Dedicated to Wil Mills)
1 one-year subscription to Able Muse
1 one-year subscription to Poetry Magazine

Edgar & Lenore's Publishing House
http://edgarallanpoet.com/
2 copies of the book "A Song Beneath Silence" by Apryl Skies

Ellaraine Lockie
http://literati.net/ellaraine-lockie
1 copy of the chapbook "Wild as in Familiar" by Ellaraine Lockie

F. J. Bergmann
http://fibitz.com/
1 copy of the poetry chapbook "Constellation of the Dragonfly" by F.J. Bergmann
1 copy of the poetry chapbook "Steaming A Head" by F.J. Bergmann
1 copy of the anthology "The Hungry Dead" (Popcorn Press, 2010)
1 letterpress haiku broadside by F.J. Bergmann

Faith Frisby-Petrusevski
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FaithsLovelyTrinkets / http://www.etsy.com/shop/CapturedDivinely
15 $5 coupons to Lovely Trinkets
15 $4 coupons to Captured Divinely

Hardened Sailors School of Vulgar Vernacular
1 copy of the book "Mein Krap" by Daniel S. Irwin

IMPpress
http://www.imppress.co.uk/
1 copy of the chapbook "And what did you want?" by Jay Arr
1 copy of the book "The Anatomy of a Cratedigger" by Eric Evans

Ink Publications
http://www.inkpublications.com/
1 set of 3 Ink Publications Broadsides - includes "Gepmetry for Two" by Lisa Feinstein, "Losing Duende" by Alicia Hoffman and "Boston via Lisbon" by Eric Evans

Jerry Garcia
http://www.gratefulnotdead.com/
3 Prints from Jerry Garcia's California Photo Collection

Katherine L. Gordon
1 copy of the  book "What Lightning Brings" by Katherine L. Gordon

Ken Head
http://www.kenhead.co.uk/
2 signed copies of the book "Listening For Light" by Ken Head
1 copy of the e.chapbook "Finding" The Heart by Ken Head
1 copy of the e.chapbook "A Devil's Dozen" by Ken Head

Larry Bubar
1 copy of the book "Breathe Volume 2"

"Laughing" Larry Berger
http://www.poeticconversations.blogspot.com
1 copy of the book "Middle Kingom" By Adrinne Su

LB Sedlacek
http://www.lbsedlacek.com/
1 copy of the chapbook "Twisting" by LB Sedlacek
1 copy of the chapbook "Hemlock Suicides Planned by Well-Dressed Men in Suits" by LB Sedlacek

Linda Leedy Schneider
http://www.pw.org/content/linda_leedy_schneider
2 copies of the book "Some Days: Poetry of a Psychotherapist" by Linda Leedy Schneider

mgversion2>datura
http://mgversion2datura.hautetfort.com/
Translation in French of the poem(s) awarded and publication in a French-speaking journal of poetry and literature.

The Plebian Rag
http://theplebianrag.com/
Feature for one week in the online magazine home page.
2 copies of The Plebian Rag print magazine: Into the Sphere

Poetic Matrix Press
http://www.poeticmatrix.com/
2 copies of the book "Light in All Directions" by Brandon Cesmat
1 copy of the book News of the Day by John
1 copy of the book Dingle Day by Irish poet Joe O'Connell
1 copy of the book Merge with the river by Yosemite James Downs
1 copy of the book Winds of Change/Vientos de Cambio Bilingual Poems by Tomas Gayton

The Poetry Market Ezine
http://www.thepoetrymarket.com/
1 Starter Special classified ad - poetry or writing related text ad to appear in an issue of The Poetry Market Ezine monthly newsletter.

Rick Lupert
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
1 copy of the book "Sinzibuckwud!" by Rick Lupert

Robert Reeves
http://outerchild.wordpress.com/
1 copy of the book Because "Meditations on the Beatles Songbook" by Robert Arthur Reeves

Sandra Soli
1 copy of the chapbook "What Trees Know" by Sandra Soli.

Scarlet Literary Magazine
http://scarletzine.wordpress.com/
2 copies of the book "Fatal Women" by Kevin Nicholas Roberts
2 copies of the book "Quest for the Beloved" by Kevin N. Roberts

Small World Books
1 $25 gift card to Small World Books in Venice, CA.

The Splinter Generation
http://www.splintergeneration.com/
2 copies of the inaugural Splinter Generation collection chapbook

Uncapped Press
1 copy of the book "How to Make a Living as a Poet" by Gary Mex Glazner
1 copy of the CD "Wild Words from Wild Heart" by Albert Vetere Lannon, with Kaitlin Meadows

Unlikely Stories/Unlikely Books
http://www.unlikelystories.org/
1 copy of "Soy solo palabras but wish to be a city" by León De la Rosa (illustrated by Gui.ra.ga7) bound with "Monolith" by Anne McMillen
1 copy of the books "My Hands Were Clean" by Tom Bradley bound with "Dr. Gonzo" by Deb Hoag
2 copies of the books "Trust Fund Babies" and "Phenomena of Interference" (bound together) by Steve Dalachinsky
2 copies of the book "When You Come Again, You Will Never Go" by Andreas Morgner
2 copies of the book "Carny Takedown" by Lawrence Welsh (illustrated by Bill Rakocy)
2 copies of the book "Outside the Clinic" by Andrew Rihn
2 copies of the book "I Can Sing Fire" by Anne Lombardo Ardolino
2 copies of the book "Blue Rooms, Black Holes, White Lights" by Belinda Subraman (illustrated by César Ivan)

Valley Voices of the Muse
1 copy of the book "Pax Vobiscum: Anti-War Poetry Collection" by Patricia D'Alessandro
1 copy of the book  "Visions & Dichotomies on the Scarfaced Clock of Time" by Patricia D'Alessandro
1 copy of the book "Famiglia E Amici Con Amore" by Patricia D'Alessandro

W. David MacKenzie
http://www.swampmist.com/
1 copy of the book "Swampmist and Other Short Stories" by W. David MacKenzie

Winning Writers
http://www.winningwriters.com/
1 One-year subscription to Poetry Contest Insider


____________________ Meet Your Judges ____________________

  • C. W. (Chris) Emerson (Los Angeles, California)
    C. W. (Chris) Emerson is a Los Angeles-based poet, psychologist, reader, writer, and teacher. After first braving the local poetry scene some two years ago, C. W. began reading publicly and submitting poetry to journals and publications of all kinds. He studies with Laurel Ann Bogen and Jack Grapes, two fixtures of the creative writing scene in Southern California. He is very pleased to be participating as a judge in this year's Poetry Super Highway Contest.
  • Kathleen Tyler (Los Angeles, California)
    Kathleen Tyler lives in Los Angeles where she teaches English at a local high school. Her publications include The Secret Box from Mayapple Press, and My Florida from Backwaters Press. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including The Rattling Wall (Pen/USA), Visions International, Runes, Solo, Poetry Motel, Margie, Seems, Cider Press Review, and others. She has been the featured reader at many Southern California venues. A poem from My Florida was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

  • Nicholas Petrone (Syracuse, New York)
    Nicholas Petrone lives in Syracuse, NY. In his spare time he enjoys long walks along the shores of Onondaga Lake (now only the nation's fourth most polluted body of water) and teaching his kids how to write poems about toilet paper. His poems have appeared in a bunch of places (including Poetry Super Highway) but all the good ones are being saved for posthumous publication.


_________________ 2011 Contest Calendar _________________

  • July 14: Contest begins
  • July 18 - 24: Judges featured as Poets of the Week
  • July 24, 2:00 pm (pacific): PSH Live Judges Event: Live broadcast where Judges will have the chance to read poems and discuss the contest and you can call in live and ask them questions. Click here for more info.
  • October 1: Final deadline for contest entries. (Entry fees must be received by PayPal or postmarked by October 1 or they'll be returned.)
  • October 8: Judges deadline for returning scored poems.
  • October 13: Second round scoring deadline (in the event of tied scores.)
  • October 16: 2pm (pacific) PSH Live Event: "Winners Announced" in a special broadcast. Listen to it live and if any of the winners happen to be listening, they'll be invited to call in and read their winning entries live on the air..
  • October 17 - 23: Contest Winners featured as Poets of the Week.

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 Stolen Mummies| Brendan Constantine is My Kind of Town | Up Liberty's Skirt | Feeding Holy Cats | Mowing Fargo | I'm a Jew, Are You
Lizard King of the Laundromat | I Am My Own Orange County | Paris: It's The Cheese | Poetry Super Highway | Judaic Links
Rick's Bookmarks | Cobalt Poets | E-mail Rick | Other Cool Rick Stuff / Upcoming Readings | Who The Hell Is Rick