POETRY CONTEST, September-October
The Poetry Contest ran every fall for almost thirty years with a distinguished guest judge. The winning poet received $1,000 and publication in Sow's Ear Poetry Review. This contest was discontinued in 2020.
JUDGES FOR PAST POETRY COMPETITIONS:
2019 - Jericho Brown
2017 - Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
2016 - Ellen Bass
2015 - Ron Smith
2014 - John Brehm
2013 - T. R. Hummer
2012 - Michael Collier
2011 - Scott Cairns
2010 - X. J. Kennedy
2009 - Kelly Cherry
2008 - Eleanor Wilner
2007 - Marge Piercy
2006 - Linda Pastan
2005 - Gregory Orr
2004 - Robert Siegel
2003 - Elizabeth Spires
2002 - Vivian Shipley
2001 - Dabney Stuart
2000 - Molly Peacock
1999 - Henry Taylor
1998 - Maggie Anderson
1997 - Robert Morgan
1996 - Betsy Sholl
1995 - Rodney Jones
1994 - David Huddle
1993 - Josephine Jacobsen
1992 - Dave Smith
1991 - Amy Clampitt
1990 - Fred Chappell
2017 - Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
2016 - Ellen Bass
2015 - Ron Smith
2014 - John Brehm
2013 - T. R. Hummer
2012 - Michael Collier
2011 - Scott Cairns
2010 - X. J. Kennedy
2009 - Kelly Cherry
2008 - Eleanor Wilner
2007 - Marge Piercy
2006 - Linda Pastan
2005 - Gregory Orr
2004 - Robert Siegel
2003 - Elizabeth Spires
2002 - Vivian Shipley
2001 - Dabney Stuart
2000 - Molly Peacock
1999 - Henry Taylor
1998 - Maggie Anderson
1997 - Robert Morgan
1996 - Betsy Sholl
1995 - Rodney Jones
1994 - David Huddle
1993 - Josephine Jacobsen
1992 - Dave Smith
1991 - Amy Clampitt
1990 - Fred Chappell
