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Tag: Contest

Poem in Which the Poem Works Very Hard to Identify Itself / Kristen Brace

Published on December 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff

This poem by Kristen Brace won the Barbara Sykes Memorial Humor Prize in PSM’s annual poetry contest. It appeard in the fall issue of Peninsula Poets.

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Window / Patricia Barnes

Published on November 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff

Patricia Barnes of Wyandotte, Michigan is the winner of the Chancelor’s Prize in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest.

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PSM Annual Poetry Contest

Published on July 24, 2020 by Editorial Staff

The August 1st deadline for entries is fast approaching.
Click for rules and other details.

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Stones / Myra Ward Barra

Published on February 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff

Another prize winning poem from The Poetry Society of Michigan Annual Poetry Contest, this one from the “Love” category.

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Children of Survivors / Joy Gaines-Friedler

Published on December 20, 2019December 21, 2019 by Editorial Staff

From the fall issue of Peninsula Poets, one of the prize winning poems in the “Family” category of The Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual poetry contest.

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Disposable / Sarah E. Morin

Published on November 18, 2019 by Editorial Staff

This poem, appropriate for this time of year, is the winner of the “Chancelor’s Prize” in The Poetry Society of Michigan Annual Poetry Contest.

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Dennis Bar Shoes

Published on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Southfield, Michigan poet, Sophia Rivkin, won first prize in the “Family” category in our annual contest with this poem. The fall contest issue of Peninsula Poets is now available.

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Eulogy for My Brother

Published on November 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Eulogistic poems don’t have to mournful, somber or depressing. This poem took first place in the category, Loss, in the Poetry Society of Michigan’s annual contest. Patricia Barnes is from Wyandotte, Michigan.

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To Bloom / Karin Hoffecker

Published on November 2, 2019November 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff

The winning poem in the Nature category of The Poetry Society of Michigan’s 2019 contest is Too Bloom by Michigan poet, Karin Hoffecker. The fall issue of Peninsula Poets in which this year’s winners appear is now available for purchase.

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Decisions / Diana Dinverno

Published on October 31, 2019November 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff

The winner of the Margo LaGattuta Award in this year’s Poetry Society of Michigan Poetry Contest is Diana Dinverno for Decisions.

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