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Open to all Canadian Residents

The Male, The Female and The Mail Poetry Contest

First Prize - $50
Second Prize - $25
Third Prize - $15
Plus 2 Honourable Mention Awards

All winning entries receive a fancy certificate and 1 copy
of the Verse Afire issue which will feature their winning poems.

- The winners have been announced -

1st Prize: Interrogation During a Flight Connection, Houston by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.

2nd Prize: An Invitation by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.

3rd Prize: The Front Porch by Myrl Coulter, Edmonton, Alberta

1st Honourable Mention: The Cordless Phone by I.B. Iskov, Thornhill, Ont.

2nd Honourable Mention: chess by Alexis Kienlen, Edmonton, Alberta

Our judge for this contest, Mick Burrs, also found 10 other poems he felt deserved merit,
since they made the top 15. The following poems have been given the distinction of
The Judge’s Choice Award. They are in no particular order.

The Caregiver by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.

Entente by Gary E. Miller, Richmond, Ont.

Lament of a Craftsman: A Sonnet by Sheila Tucker, Oakville, Ont.

Linked Voices by Louisa Howerow, London, Ont.

Paper Cranes by Robyn Dmytruk, Edmonton, Alberta

Postal Telephone Blues by Sterling Haynes, West Kelowna, B.C.

The Prodigal Daughter by Sonia Saikaley, Ottawa, Ont.

A Sundial’s Long Distance Romance by Debbie Okun Hill, Camlachie, Ont.

Tattoo by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ont.

Words by John Soules, Wingham, Ont.