UTAH STATE POETRY SOCIETY

Poetry Contest Winners

Poetry Contests

Supported in part by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts, and affiliated with the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Sincere gratitude to our generous sponsors

2020 Poetry Contest Winners

Wild Card Award

Sponsor UTSPS
Subject: Any Form: Any
98 entries (1 disqualified)
Judge: Joyce Shiver FL

PRIZE

AWARD CATEGORY

WINNER

CHAPTER

$58.80

1st: Straining to Hear

Lorraine Jeffery

Word Weavers

$49.00

2nd: Evening Tranquilize

Geraldine Felt

Ben Lomond

$39.20

3rd: Edgar Lee Masters

Geraldine Felt

Ben Lomond

1st HR:

While Fashioning My Daughter’s Bridal Gown

Kolette Montague

Rhyme & Reason

2nd HR:

Sighing Still

Von S. Bourland

At Large TX

3rd HR:

Osprey

Lorraine Jeffery

Word Weavers

SR:

Scent of Blue

Steven Leitch

Valley Winds

SR:

Center Mass

Steven Leitch

Valley Winds

SR:

Footsteps in the Snow

Rita Aiken Moritz

At Large AL

SR:

Message to My Love

Rita Aiken Moritz

At Large AL


Complete Listing

UTSPS_2020_Guidelines.pdfUTSPS_2020_Winners.pdf

National Contents


National Federation of State Poetry Societies' annual poetry contest for 2020:

NFSPS Contests Page


For over 70 years the Utah State Poetry Society has been an organization dedicated to the creation and appreciation of poetry.

‍Sponsored by C. Cameron Johns, the first president, six charter members founded the Utah State Poetry Society on May 6, 1950. On October 18, 1963, the Society was incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah.