Just in! 2011 Penumbra Winners

2011 Poetry Winners

First Place: Typist

William Duval

Vass, NC

 

Second Place: Bowl of Cherries

Marianne Horchler

Thomasville, GA

 

Third Place: A Vase of Lonely

Gail Waldstein, M.D

 

 Honorable Mentions:

 

Meherrin River, Marianne Horchler, Thomasville, GA

Wordification, Kathy Lippard Cobb, Bradenton, FL

Flash of Flight, Eileen Sperl-Hawkins, Tallahassee, FL

Another Departure, Julie Stuckey, Pawling, NY

2011 Haiku Winners

First Place: War Haiku

Gerado Mena

Columbia, MO

Second Place: Easter Morning Haiku

Kathy Lippard Cobb

Bradenton, FL

Third Place: Haiku (Evening Mist)

Timothy Russell
Toronto OH

Honorable Mention: Eightieth Autumn Haiku

Jennifer Corpe

Wayzata, MN

 

Book Orders: Please order from amazon.com. Books are also available from The Bookshelf in Thomasville, GA, or at TWA meetings.

 

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All poetry and haiku entries for the 2011 contest must be submitted through Submishmash.

You pay by credit card on a secure server. Credit card information is not stored.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED by August 31, 2011.

Note: Submissions with the writer's name on the manuscript will be declined.

Contest does not accept work previously published or having received awards in other competitions.

Categories: No limit on number of entries in either category. All skill levels welcome.

Poetry up to 50 lines, any style or subject; line length may be edited to fit chapbook publication format

3-line haiku (need not conform to strict syllable count)

Fees: $6 per poem; $4 per haiku. Payments made by check will arrive no later than August 31.

Prizes: Poetry $100, $75, $50; haiku, $50, $35, $20.

Top four winners in each category are published in the Seven Hills Review and the top three are mailed a complimentary copy. Selected finalists may also be published.

Notification: Winner and finalist notifications emailed no later than Nov. 30, 2011.
List posted to sponsor Web site by Nov. 30, 2011.

Judging: Judges are published, recognized poets and haiku experts. All judging is blind.

Winners of the 2010 Penumbra Contest

Winners of the 2009 Penumbra Contest