SAN ANTONIO POETRY FAIR 2008 CONTESTS
The mail out of all notification letters was completed on Saturday July 5, 2008. In addition to the winners listed below some poets will also have poems published in the anthology. They will be notified by letter.
This confirms the Fair is October 25, 2008 at UTSA Downtown Campus Buena Vista Street Theater beginning at 1:00 PM.
Winners of Contest #1 Director's Award are:
1st Place - Adriana Sanchez Alexander - Carmen
2nd Place - Toni Falls - Wisdom From the Sojourn
3rd Place - Cesar Martin Gutierrez - Drought's End
Honorable Mentions:
1. Karen Moon - To Emerence With Roses -1849
2. Benjamin Arias - My Father's Hands
3. Chloe L. Brown - Close Your Eyes
4. Caroline Dobson Chavez - Embracing San Antonio
5. Hart J. Tollett - If Walls Could Talk
6. Christina Torgerson - Teflon John
7. Margaret Mayberry - The River
8. Eric Ross - Deguello
9. Antonia Murguia - A Cherished Treasure
10.Pamela Ferguson - Ballad of Big Tom
11.Peggy Collins - South Llano
12.April Harris - Color Blind
13.Rebecca Burroughs - Dancing For Rain
Winners of Contest #2 the Tempie Sherritt-Hickman Award are:
1st Place - Christine Torrence "A Question of Faith"
2nd Place - Chloe Brown "Circumstantial Expectations"
3rd Place - Joan Seifert "Aransas"
Honorable Mentions:
1. Rebecca Burroughs "Bushwhacking Ghost Mountain"
2. Pamela Ferguson "Over the Cubicle Wall"
3. Peter Holland "The Coyote"
Winners of Contest #3 the Vannoy Lindsey Tayor Award are:
1st Place - Antonia Murguia "You Can't Stop the Dreamer".
2nd Place - Antonia Murguia "The Passion"
3rd Place - Margaret Mayberry "Autumn Leaves"
Honorable Mentions:
1.Paul Aleman "Happiness"
2.Celeste Mednansky "Blinded By Love"
3.Loretta Burns Vaughn "The Black and White of Then"
4.Rebecca Burroughs "Van Gogh's Riverbank In Springtime"
Winners of Contest #4 The Clan McDonald Award are:
1st Place - Toni H. Falls "White-wing Dove"
2nd Place - Chloe Ledbetter Brown "Embraced By Love"
3rd Place - Peter Holland "A Soldiers Christmas"
Honorable Mention:
1.Loretta Burns Vaughn "He Brings Me Things"
2.Manuel Torres, Jr. "River City Christmas Eve"
3.Margaret Mayberry "City Wind"
4.Carlos Ponce-Melendez "Sunday"
Winners of Contest #5 Future Poets of Texas High School Award are:
1st Place - Kara Noelle Zwart "Out On the Edge"
2nd Place - Phillip James "Song Of War"
3rd Place - Anna Gilligan "Out Of Place"
Honorable Mention:
1.Kayli Warmker - "Untitled"
2.Jessica Geroge - "Librarian"
3.Derek Munoz - "Falling or Fallen?"
Winners of Contest #6 Dana Day High School Poets Prize are:
1st Place - Marigold Hudock "Trapped Mind"
2nd Place - Jaclyn Furman "Dress"
3rd Place - Marigold Hudock "In Waiting"
Honorable Mention:
1.Marisol Gonzalez "A Heavy Burden"
2.Jacob Timm "The Unsteady Path Before Me"
3.Katie Thompson "The End"
4.Clinton Killough "I Am Athletic and
Competitive"
Winners of Contest #7 Maahs Middle School Award are:
1st Place - Erin Bell "Remember This"
2nd Place - Frank DiRosa "Tick Tock Goes the Clock"
3rd Place - Morgan Stevens "Voices"
Honorable Mention:
1.Britton Olds "A Day At the Beach"
2.Peter Aldaba "Untitled"
3.Amanda Bartlett "Shoe Boxes"
4.James Varnado "The Way I Feel About Storms"
Winners of Contest #8 Inspiration Prize Middle School Award are:
1st Place - Amanda Bartlett "A Place In Time"
2nd Place - Monica Kestermann "Respect Your Mother"
3rd Place - Galayna Wade "Life"
Honorable Mention:
1.Erin Bell "Let It"
2.Lindsey Todorovich "Remember Jake(My Dog)"
3.Dezera Oliveras "Untitled"
4.Shyanne Sotello "Untitled"
5.Brandon Avelar "Slipskull"
Winners of Contest # 9 Life Is Wonderful Contest 4/5th Grade are:
1st Place - Kathryn Carrillo "Feelings"
2nd Place - Allie Runas "If We All - - -"
3rd Place - Molly Kiehne "Differences"
Honorable Mention:
1.Benjamin Miller "Stream"
2.Gabi Velasco "Pollution"
3.Kathryn Carrillo "The Flower"
4.Quniy Castillo "Dictionary"
5.Raymond Costello "Tigers"
6.Karissa Soo "A Poem For An Expert On the Use of Band Aids"
Winners of Contest #10 Getting To Know You 2/3rd Grade are:
1st Place - Anna Costello "My Tiger"
2nd Place - Kassidy Bortoni "Silver"
3rd Place - Olivia Grace Mulliner "Green"
Honorable Mention:
1.Meghan Grace Maloney "Da Vinci"
2.Ariana Rivera "Yellow Is..."
3.Belicia Brewer "My Horse Riding Lesson"
4.Mateo Hernandez "The Fat Cat"
5.Zachary Chalmers "Red"
6.Olivia Monreal "Colors"
7.Mia Davilla "The Mystery Animal"
Winners of Contest #11 Grandparents Award Kindergarten/1st Grade are:
1st Place - Sydney Sommers "Untitled"
2nd Place - Dalton Lehr "Gorillas!"
3rd Place - Grace Stinson "My Mom"
Honorable Mention:
1.Veronika Haynes "Untitled"
2.Meghan McGilvray "Graduation"
3.Brooke Ashley Lester "My Mom"
4.Madelyn Ray "Emma"
5.Ethan Miller "Creepy Crawlies"
6.Eliana Carrillo "My Turtle"
7.Trey LaFleur "Trey"
This completes the list of winners.
The Fair will be held Saturday October 25,2008 beginning at 1:00 PM and usually ending about 3:00 PM.Winners will need to arrive at 12:30 PM. Located at the UTSA Downtown Campus in the Buena Vista Street Building. The campus is located between West Durango and South Frio Streets. Location of free parking will be furnished at Fair time. A map can be found at : http://utsa.edu/downtown.
Questions may be directed to: billiestro@aol.com or smoore2942@aol.com
Watch for details of next year's 2009 contests.
