THE 2021 GPS CONTEST WINNERS
The Charles Dickson Chapbook Award
Lou Jones, Of Poetry and Poets
The Byron Herbert Reece International Poetry Award
1st Liz Garcia, “The Holy Breath, She Hovers”
2nd Karen Morris, “Enough”
3rd David Hutto, “The Blackberry Edge of Morning”
HM Lynn Farmer, “Sitting Alone in the Japanese Garden”
HM Kathy Wright, “History’s Plea”
The Ira E. Harrison Social Issues Poetry Award
1st Jill Jennings, “The Ventilated”
2nd Richard Lawson, “I Sing for the Murdered 2020”
3rd Kathy Wright, “Why I Stopped Watching the News”
HM doris davenport, “Do I remind you of somebody?”
HM Lucinda Clark, “A moment of self indulgence”
The Forms of Poetry Contest
1st Karen Morris, “A Field of Moss”
2nd Jo Taylor, “A Cento on Living”
3rd Robert Wyatt, “True and Lasting Love”
HM Jill Jennings, “Death in the Time of Corona”
The Moon and Chickens Poetry Award
1st Kathy Wright, “Waking Up”
2nd Lynn Farmer, “Writing in a Half Moonlit Sky”
3rd David Hutto, “Distant Songs Are Coming”
HM Robert Wyatt, “Sunday Chicken Dinner”
