- Winners Have been Announced -

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
The Open Heart 7 Poetry Competition Winners List

First Prize:

burka elegy by Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ontario

Charity of Choice: The Heart and Stroke Foundation
-----------------------
Honourable Mention Awards:
(in no particular order)

Wave Dancer: Beads by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

getting over by Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ontario

April: Soul Survivors by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

Fur Trap: Weather Conditions by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

Absent Love by Gill Foss, Carp, Ontario

Old Coats by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

As the snow fell softly by Tyler Dilts, Kitchener, Ontario

Winter Cleaning by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

Cordelia: Mother Superior by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

That Night in Ireland by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

The Marriage by Marsha Barber, Toronto, Ontario

Soft Skin: We Bore the Wind by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

Lily: Mother, Cloth by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

Avril: Birdsong by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

Camille: Primitive Mouths by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario

a waste of gestures by Luminita Suse, Ottawa, Ontario

Winterspoon by Elizabet Stevens, Canal, New Brunswick

Elvira: Flower Child by April Bulmer, Cambridge, Ontario
-----------------------------------
Special thanks to our judge, Mark D. Dunn, who carefully
read all 250 poems before selecting the winners.

Thanks to all who entered.