| RESULTS OF THE 2012 GeminiMAGAZINE POETRY OPEN |
| 1ST PLACE ($1,000 PRIZE): SHERYL MEBANE “Renga for an Absent Lover” 2ND PLACE ($100 PRIZE): GERARDO MENA “A Nursing Home Boxer to a High School Volunteer” 3RD PLACE ($50 PRIZE): CHRISTINA LOVIN "11/11/11" HONORABLE MENTION: JENDI REITER "Depression Is My Happy Place" RUSS DICKERSON "What the Fuck?" AURORA M. LEWIS "Morris' Magic" NOTABLE POEMS: “Hemet’s Wildcat Oil Well,” Jean Thurston Liebert; “Real Doctor,” Cal Lewis, M.D.; “Martin,” Nash J. Lundquist; “If I Leave You,” Sharon Rogoff; “After the Mastectomy,” Megan Peak; “Chance Meeting,” Lawrence Kessenich; “Liminal,” Tatiana Forero Puerta; “Jap Camp,” Caroline Zarlengo Sposto; “La Niña,” Ruth Goring; “New Year’s Cleaning,” Mara Buck; “He Told Me,” Sarah Ghoshal; “Victory Dance, 1945,” Nick Sweet; “Ashes,” Gail Eisenhart; “Swift,” Jane Schneeloch; “The Last House,” Betty Jameson; “Who’s Gonna…?” by Deborah Valianti; “I Have Risked Enchantment (title stolen from Lawrence Ferlinghetti),” Marie Chambers; “Why the Willow Weeps,” Stanley Modrak, and “The Last Wildflower,” Don Shook. A sincere THANKS to all who entered. It was an honor to read your work. Look for the next Poetry Open in early September. Best, David Bright, Editor ___________________________________ |
| RESULTS OF THE 2011 GeminiMAGAZINE POETRY OPEN Nothing I write in this space could be as powerful as the winning poems themselves. So here they are: 1ST PLACE ($1,000 PRIZE): DAVID MOHAN "The Lazarus Dream" 2ND PLACE ($100 PRIZE): MAB JONES "The Three Coats" 3RD PLACE ($50 PRIZE): BILL MARABLE "Epiphany at the Arab Store" HONORABLE MENTION: LESLIE KING "Missile" SMOKEY MILES "When Jesus Came to Hollywood" STEPHEN JOSEPH "The Hypocrite and the Orphanage" Noteworthy poems include "Rage," by Heather Miller; "The Atelier in Winter," by Micah Herzog Stack; "On Fifth Avenue," by Alice Jay; "Michael," by Aurora M. Lewis; "Divorce Attorney," by Edyt Dickstein; "Nana," by Bonnie West, and "Final Push," by quicksand3005. Look for the next Poetry Open in early September. Thanks to everyone who entered! Best wishes, David Bright, Editor |
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| 1ST PLACE ($1,000 PRIZE): LEONORE HILDEBRANDT “Rock Me” 2ND PLACE ($100 PRIZE): KENDAL PRIVETTE “for a girl, unknown” 3RD PLACE ($50 PRIZE): LETITIA MONTGOMERY-RODGERS “Swagger (God hollas at Mary)” HONORABLE MENTION ($25 each): CHELLIS GLENDINNING “Outlaw” JULIA OLDER “Likewise” PAULA C. BRANCATO “Stoop” NOTABLE POEMS: “Other Americas (in a Haibun),” Ellaraine Lockie; “Overqualified,” Cindy Rosmus; “Thanks for Giving,” Carla Thompson; “The Ballad of John Collier,” Jane Elkin; “Women Who Love Truckers,” Tom Reynolds; “Ways In Which I Remember You,” Christine Amezquita; “In Our Formica Scullery,” Marina Kharkover; “On the Road in Maharashtra,” Elizabeth A. Gibson; “Vacationing in the Pacific,” Gary Arthur; “Bourbon Street,” Jerold Zell; “East Bay Stand Down,” Michael Pearce; “Shoshone Winter,” Cal Lewis We were amazed at the beauty and power of so many of the poems we received. It was a joy to read them. They have enriched our lives. THANK YOU to all who entered. We begin taking entries for the next Poetry Open in early September. Best wishes, David Bright, Editor ___________________________________ |
| RESULTS OF THE 2013 GeminiMAGAZINE POETRY OPEN |