No. 1 RELIGIOUS POEMJudge: Kathleen Mullen Sponsors: Wilda Morris & Camille Balla
1stWilda Morris, “At the Gateway Wetlands.”
2nd John McBride, “The Sojourn of Father Klein.”
3rdCatherine Moran, “Details of Heaven.”
1st HM Becky Alexander, “On the Road.”
2nd HM Caroline Johnson, “Layers.”
3rd HM Maureen Tolman Flannery, “Mary Recalls the First Christmas.”
No. 2 HUMOROUS POEM Judge: Alan Harris, Sponsor: W. Clement Stone
1st Vera Ogden Bakker, “The Medicare Blues.”
2nd John McBride, “Trophies in the Salvation Army Store.”
3rd Larry Turner, “How Do Mermaids Mate?’
1st HM Gail Vescovi, “Recipe for Marriage.”
2nd HM Mark Wilson, “Going to Court.”
3rd HM Lee Pelham Cotton, “The Good Life.”
No. 3 FORMAL VERSE Judge: Becky Kanan, Sponsor: Donna Pucciani
1st Mardelle Fortier, “Gifts Bequeathed.”
2nd Carol Kanter, “Before Dawn in Mandalay.”
3rd Maureen Tolman Flannery, “Singer on the Isle of Stones.”
1st HM Wilma Spellman, “Elderberry Picking.”
2nd HM Beverly Stanislawski, “Ballerina.”
3rd HM Wilda Morris, “The Red-Winged Blackbird.”
No. 4 FREE VERSE Judge: Judith Zukerman, Sponsor: Charlotte DiGregorio
1st Joe Metz, “50th Class Reunion.”
2nd Robert Meek, “Barn Lace.”
3rd David Nekimken, “This Land is Our Land.”
1st HM John Bing, “We Walk Free.”
2nd HM Kate Hutchinson, “Anne Boleyn Attempts a Voice, Again.”
3rd HM Kathleen McClung, “Behind the White Bird.”
No. 5 SOCIAL CONSCIENCE Judge: Jared Smith, Sponsor: Linda Wallin
1st Catherine Moran, “Tin Sounds.”
2nd Caroline Johnson, “Golden Lilies.”
3rd Kathleen McClung, “Renter Sonnet.”
1st HM Cathy Decker, “The Trudge.”
2nd HM Margie Skelly, “The Silence of Columbine.”
3rd HM Donna Pucciani, “Orpheus Descending.”
No. 6 MINIATURE POEM Judge: Alice Weidner, Sponsor: Beth Staas
1st Lee Pelham Cotton, “The Husbandman.”
2nd Kathleen McClung, “Perfect Game.”
3rd Sharon F. Warner, “Aftermath of the Accident.”
1st HM Madelyn Eastlund, “Message to a Man Married in Another Lifetime.”
2nd HM Von S. Bourland, “Celestial Courtship.”
3rd HM Marilyn Huntman Giese, “Spendthrift.”
No. 7 NATURE Judge: Joyce Shiver, Sponsors: Jared & Deborah Smith
1st Donna Pucciani, “An English Spring.”
2nd Beth Staas, “Summer Storm.”
3rd Mary Daul, “A Seed Dreams.”
1st HM David Spencer, “Seasons.”
2nd HM Robert Meek, “The Wind.”
3rd HM Dennis R. Patton, “Evening Song.”
No. 8 CHICAGO ART & ARCHITECTURE Judge: Patricia Eaton, Sponsors: Jenene Ravesloot & Tom Roby
1st Gail Vescovi, “The Art of Love.”
2nd Caroline Johnson, “The New Guitarist.”
3rd Mardelle Fortier, “Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise.”
1st HM Mary Daul, “The Chicago Hotdog.”
2nd HM Charlotte DiGregorio, “Strangers.”
3rd HM Marilyn Peretti, “Available Dreams.”
No. 9 CHICAGO NEWS, POLITICS, & HISTORY Judge: Larry Turner, Sponsor: Judith Tullis
1st Wilda Morris, “News that Cannot Be Forgotten.”
2nd David Nekimken, “For Poorer and for Richer.”
3rd Maureen Tolman Flannery, “Headline: Illinois to Boast World’s Highest Goat Tower.”
1st HM Mardelle Fortier, “Gerard Pawlicki.”
2nd HM Judith Tullis, “After Reading Carl Sandburg.”
3rd HM Susan Moss, “The Inimitable Marshall Fields.”
No. 10 LAKE MICHIGAN OR OTHER ILLINOIS WATERWAYS Judge: John Lehman, Sponsors: Caroline Johnson & Barbara Eaton
1st Mardelle Fortier, “Flood of DuPage River.”
2nd Charlotte DiGregorio, “The Sun over Lake Michigan.”
3rd Deborah Rohde, “North Branch.”
1st HM Sheila Elliott, “Origins Park: South Branch of the Chicago River.”
2nd HM Beth Staas, “Salt Creek.”
3rd HM Caroline Johnson, “Digging.”