Thanks to Janice Northerns for serving as our 2024 and 2025 Poetry Contest Manager!
Contest Manger Janice Northerns and Theme Honorable Mention, Jeanice Eagan Davis
Theme Category in Poetry
More Than a Manuscript: Words Take Root
First: High Plains Childhood, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Second: Summon the Muse, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
Third: The Beginning of All Things, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
HMs:
Cutting Wood, Jeanice Eagan Davis, Clearwater
How Few Know the Way, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
More Than a Manuscript: Words Take Root
First: High Plains Childhood, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Second: Summon the Muse, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
Third: The Beginning of All Things, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
HMs:
Cutting Wood, Jeanice Eagan Davis, Clearwater
How Few Know the Way, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
Whimsy: Kristine A. Polansky & Julie Ann Baker Brin
Category: Whimsy
First: The Two Hemispheres Of My Brain in The Middle Of The Night Are Like, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Second: Hidden in Plain Sight, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Third: Father Love, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
HMs:
Stopping by Woods for a Tasty Morsel, Mary-Lane Kamberg, Olathe
Little Miss Muffet Noir, Conrad Jestmore, Wichita
First: The Two Hemispheres Of My Brain in The Middle Of The Night Are Like, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Second: Hidden in Plain Sight, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Third: Father Love, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
HMs:
Stopping by Woods for a Tasty Morsel, Mary-Lane Kamberg, Olathe
Little Miss Muffet Noir, Conrad Jestmore, Wichita
Classic Forms: Kristine A. Polansky
Category: Classic Forms
First: For the Love of Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Second: 2025, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Third: The Vinegar Works, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
HMs:
Full Moon IV and Gage Park Carousel, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Only I Know, Duane Johnson, Topeka
First: For the Love of Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Second: 2025, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Third: The Vinegar Works, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
HMs:
Full Moon IV and Gage Park Carousel, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Only I Know, Duane Johnson, Topeka
Japanese Forms: Kristine A. Polansky & Julie Ann Baker Brin
Category: Japanese Forms
First: Autumn’s coming soon, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Second: Study Abroad Day 2: Panteon Municipal Santa Rosa, Beth Gulley, Olathe
Third: A gentle fall rain, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
HMs:
[Music Everywhere], Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
I wake to bird songs, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
First: Autumn’s coming soon, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Second: Study Abroad Day 2: Panteon Municipal Santa Rosa, Beth Gulley, Olathe
Third: A gentle fall rain, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
HMs:
[Music Everywhere], Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
I wake to bird songs, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Rural Voices: Kristine A. Polansky & Julie Ann Baker Brin
Category: Rural Voices
First: Firewatch, Kelly Johnston, Wichita
Second: Highway 40 Snowfall, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Third: High Plains Childhood: Summer, Janice Lee
McClure, Sublette
Honorable Mentions:
Flint Hills Elegy, Tim Keane, Manhattan
Cattle Control 2, Kelly Johnston, Wichita
Idyllic, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Night at the Farm, Brenda White, Emporia
First: Firewatch, Kelly Johnston, Wichita
Second: Highway 40 Snowfall, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Third: High Plains Childhood: Summer, Janice Lee
McClure, Sublette
Honorable Mentions:
Flint Hills Elegy, Tim Keane, Manhattan
Cattle Control 2, Kelly Johnston, Wichita
Idyllic, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Night at the Farm, Brenda White, Emporia
Free Verse: Julie Ann Baker Brin
Category: Free Verse
First: Easter Morning, Brenda White, Emporia
Second: Mesmerized, Judy Oliver, Wichita
Third: Full Moon II, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Honorable Mentions:
Underground, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
Ten Years Before Cyberspace, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Meeting New Colleagues in Mexico, Beth Gulley, Olathe
First: Easter Morning, Brenda White, Emporia
Second: Mesmerized, Judy Oliver, Wichita
Third: Full Moon II, Janice Lee McClure, Sublette
Honorable Mentions:
Underground, Arlice W. Davenport, Wichita
Ten Years Before Cyberspace, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Meeting New Colleagues in Mexico, Beth Gulley, Olathe
New Poets: Mark Landon Jarvis & Joseph Zalewski
Category: New Poets
First: Filling Up, Deborah Linn McNeemee, El Dorado
Second: A Day Cutting Firewood, John Joseph Brown, Lawrence
Third: Bones He Can’t Grow Back, Mark Landon Jarvis, El Dorado
Honorable Mentions:
Tribe of Dan, Joseph Zalewski, Manhattan
Christmas Morning Poem, Cynthia C. Schaker, El Dorado
CJ, Until We Meet Again, Cynthia C. Schaker, El Dorado
First: Filling Up, Deborah Linn McNeemee, El Dorado
Second: A Day Cutting Firewood, John Joseph Brown, Lawrence
Third: Bones He Can’t Grow Back, Mark Landon Jarvis, El Dorado
Honorable Mentions:
Tribe of Dan, Joseph Zalewski, Manhattan
Christmas Morning Poem, Cynthia C. Schaker, El Dorado
CJ, Until We Meet Again, Cynthia C. Schaker, El Dorado
Narrative Poems: Kristine A. Polansky, Mark Landon Jarvis, Jeanice Eagan Davis
Catagory: Narrative Poetry
First: Diving Lesson, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Second: Rick Webb, Barber, Mark Landon Jarvis, El Dorado
Third: Time Travel, Julie A. Sellers, Atchison
HM: Old Sheldon: Here is Hope, Jeanice Eagan Davis, Clearwater
First: Diving Lesson, Kristine A. Polansky, Manhattan
Second: Rick Webb, Barber, Mark Landon Jarvis, El Dorado
Third: Time Travel, Julie A. Sellers, Atchison
HM: Old Sheldon: Here is Hope, Jeanice Eagan Davis, Clearwater
Ekphrastic: Julie Ann Baker Brin
Category: Ekphrastic
First: Memento Volare, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Second: Here I Come, April Pameticky, Wichita
Third: Safe as Houses, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
HM: Hesse and I Have Coffee, April Pameticky, Wichita
First: Memento Volare, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
Second: Here I Come, April Pameticky, Wichita
Third: Safe as Houses, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Park City
HM: Hesse and I Have Coffee, April Pameticky, Wichita
2025 poet of the year
Kristine A. Polansky
presented by Poetry Contest Manager, Janice Northerns
presented by Poetry Contest Manager, Janice Northerns
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