- Open Heart 5 Poetry Competition -
The Open Heart 5 Poetry Contest Winners List
First Prize:
Visitant by Wendy Donawa, Victoria, B.C.
18 Honourable Mention Awards (in no particular order)
Tattoo by Becky Alexander, Cambridge, Ontario
Violets by Jeevan Bhagwat, Toronto, Ontario
Lessons from Maude 19 by Robyn Marie Butt, Woodstock, Ontario
In the Miami Airport by Sue Chenette, Toronto, Ontario
The world's lovely surfaces by Wendy Donawa, Victoria, B.C.
Ironing by Joanna Gale, Markham, Ontario
Sweetheart by John Di Leonardo, Brooklin, Ontario
In the Name of the Father by Theresa Donnelly, Brooklin, Ontario
Night Dances by Frances Figge, Stoney Creek, Ontario
Her Loving Breakfast by Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ontario
Glass by David Hobberlin, Toronto, Ontario
Phantoms by Kathleen Rockey, Windsor, Ontario
Lifespan, mindspan by gillian harding-russell, Regina Saskatchewan
Spoils of War by Shirley A. Serviss, Edmonton, Alberta
The Coinage of Love by J.J. Steinfeld, Charlottetown, P.E. I.
When Mother Love Fails by L. June Stevenson, Ajax, Ontario
Alive by Ed Woods, Dundas, Ontario
heartbroken by Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ontario
The charity of choice to receive the $100 is "Bridges for Women Society", Victoria, B.C.
There were 377 poems entered into the contest. Special thanks to our
judge, Mick Burrs,
(Steven Michael Berzensky), who spent countless hours in selecting the
winning entries.