1st, 2nd, and 3rd-place sonnets in each category will be published in THINK: A Journal of Poetry, Plays, and Fiction in Spring, 2022.

Traditional Sonnets, Judge: Mary Hanford Bruce (IL)

1st Place: Kate Holdcroft (U.K.), “Storming”
2nd Place: Robert Archer (Spain), “Sonnet for a Late Marriage”
3rd Place: Lynda LaRocca (CO), “Unbroken”

1st Honorable Mention: Stuart Stromin (CA), “Othello Awake”
2nd Honorable Mention: David J. Kann (CA), “The Audit”
3rd Honorable Mention: Kathleen McClung (CA), “Boy on Sidewalk, Pandemic Winter”

Special Recognition:
1st Special Merit: Elizabeth Spragins (VA), “A Rock for the Hill”
2nd Special Merit: Michael Stalcup (CO), “Judas in the Upper Room”
3rd Special Merit: James B. Nicola (NY), “On Loving a Bald Man of African Ancestry”

Modern Sonnet, Judge: Allen Braden (WA)

1st Place: Erica Reid (CO), “The Silences”
2nd Place: Chad Trevitte (VA), “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
3rd Place: Steven Monte (NY), “Oscar Wilde’s Letter to a Young Poet”

1st Honorable Mention: Jane Blanchard (GA), “Undertaking”
2nd Honorable Mention: Scott Wiggerman (NM), “Tracks”
3rd Honorable Mention: Bettye Jo Bell (MI), “LIE”

Special Recognition:
1st Special Merit: Gail White (LA), “The Ghost at the Table”
2nd Special Merit: Drew Pisarra (NY), “Cerium”
3rd Special Merit: René Parks (IL), “I think it was the chickens that I loved”