Category #1: Traditional Sonnet, Judge: Marilyn Taylor
Number of Poems Submitted: 70

1st Michael Fleming, “Foxholes,” Brattleboro, VT
2nd Barbara Lydecker Crane, “Madame X,” Somerville, MA
3rd Katharyn Howd Machan, “The North of Skyros,” Ithaca, NY

1st HM Terence Culleton, “Fudge Shop,” Langhorne, PA
2nd HM Stephen Colley, “Collied Carpets,” Altadena, CA
3rd HM James B. Nicola, “Code,” New York, NY

Special Recognitions:
Beth Staas, “Odds and Ends,” Oak Brook, IL
Jennifer Rood, “Lover’s Scenes,” Grants Pass, OR
James Green, “I Sing in Praise of Boxscores,” Muncie, IN

Category #2: Modern Sonnet, Judge: Mary Hanford
Number of Poems Submitted: 57

1st Caitlin Cowan, “Sonnet for the David in the Subway,” Grand Haven, MI
2nd Karin Murray-Bergquist, “Morning Sonnet,” Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3rd Bill Cushing, “A Sonnet to Slaughter,” Glendale, CA

1st HM Sara Gipson, “Things She Stored,” Scott, AR
2nd HM Betsy Locke, “On Visiting Dover in May,” Oxford, NY
3rd HM Carolyn Oliver, “Night Baseball,” Worcester, MA

Special Recognitions:
Wilda Morris, “With Tom in Chester, England,” Bolingbrook, IL
F.J. Bergmann, “Harvest,” Madison, WI
R.J. Keeler, “Male Sperm Counts Are Falling All Across the Western World,” Vashon, WA