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Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest
$1,000 1st Place Award for the Best Poem by a Woman
Previous judges were Carolyn Forche, Joy Harjo, Maxine Kumin and WW Norton;
Poetry Editors - Jill Bialosky, Peg Lauber, Heather McHugh, and Linda Pastan.
Send us a nomination for someone whom you would like to see as the next judge. Include the name, address, and phone number, if possible, on your nomination.
- Poetry may be in any style and on any subject
- Maximum poem length is 50 lines
- Any number of poems may be submitted
- Entry fee is $5 per poem or three poems for $12 (payment must accompany submissions)
- Submit two copies of each poem -- one copy without the author's name (used in judging), and one copy with the author's name, address, and phone number typed on the UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
- Poems that have been previously published or have received monetary awards are not eligible
- All manuscripts must be typed
- Manuscripts will not be returned
- Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by November 1, 2007
- Winner(s) will be announced in Spring 2008. For announcement of winners, include a SASE (self addressed, stamped envelope)
- If you want to be notified of receipt of your manuscript, include a self addressed, stamped postcard or your e-mail address
- Submit poetry and check or money order (NO CASH) to:
KALLIOPE Poetry Contest
FCCJ - South Campus
11901 Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32246
- Fiction may be in any style and on any subject
- Maximum length is 3000 words
- Any number may be submitted
- Entry fee is $15 per peice (payment must accompany submissions)
- Submit two copies of each peice -- one copy without the author's name (used in judging), and one copy with the author's name, address, and phone number typed on the UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
- Works that have been previously published or have received monetary awards are not eligible
- All manuscripts must be typed
- Manuscripts will not be returned
- Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by November 1, 2007
- Winner(s) will be announced in Spring 2008. For announcement of winners, include a SASE (self addressed, stamped envelope)
- If you want to be notified of receipt of your manuscript, include a self addressed, stamped postcard or your e-mail address
- Submit fictionand check or money order (NO CASH) to:
KALLIOPE Short Fiction Contest
FCCJ - South Campus
11901 Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32246
First Annual Short Fiction Contest - 2006
Fourteenth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2006
Thirteenth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2005
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| Finalists |
| Paula Bonnell "Serving Two Cats" |
| Kimberly Burwick "XLVI" |
| Julie Dunlop "Unsaid" |
| Gail Griffin "Solstice Eve" |
| Teri Hairston "The Product" |
| Alison Koffler "Wellfleet" |
| Alison Koffler "Whalewatch" |
| Jill McDonough "February 3, 1998: Karla Faye Tucker" |
| Theresa McLaren "Out of Sorts" |
| Ruth Moose "Mrs. Noah Laments When the Water Wore My Face" |
| Donna Reis "Plumbing and Psychosis" |
| Charlotte Renk "The Rhythm of Rice" |
| Shirley Rickett "Pleasant Grove" |
KALLIOPE wishes to thank and congratulate all entrants. Over 1500 poems were submitted to this year's Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest and our judge, Laura Mullen, was impressed by the high caliber of all the entries.
Contratulations to the winner, Margo Berdeshevsky, and to our honorable mention entries. |
KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in its fall 2006 issue (28:1).
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Twelfth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2004
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| Finalists |
| Eleanor Brawley, NC, "Last Chance" |
| Holly Hughes, WA, "The Mammogram" |
| Susan Carman, KS, "Intensive Care" |
| Kerry Dunning, FL, "Time" |
| Marianne Worthington, KY, "Reading My Grandmother's Diary" |
| Diane Stone, WA, "It's All There, Waiting" |
| Rebecca Kinzie Bastian, PA, "Possum Tongue" |
| Joanne Tangorra, MI, "Red Leaves" |
| Ann Day, NJ, "A Word in the Wind" |
| Judy Rowe Michaels, NJ, "In Remission?" |
| Wanda S. Praisner, NJ, "The Persistence of Memory" |
| Susan Carman, KS, "Trifecta" |
| Lois B. Heaton, RI, "Anniversary" |
| Lee Robinson, TX, "Creed" |
| Judy Klare, OH, "Hesitation" |
| Mary Petrosky, CA, "Tinderbox" |
| KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in its fall 2005 issue (27:2). |
Eleventh Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2003
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| Finalists |
| Carol Wade Lundberg, CA, "What Alice and Dorothy Learned" |
| Susan Azar Portfield, IL, "Morning Song" |
| Jan Bailey, SC, "Tabitha's Deer" |
| Wanda S. Praisner, NJ, "Vultures and Men of Snow" |
| Nancy Pearson, VA, "The Uncertainty (principle)" |
| Leigh Herrick, MN, "Geese" |
| Leslea Newman, MA, "The Last Word" |
| Wanda S. Praisner, NJ, "In Disorder" |
| Ruth Knafo Setton, PA, "The god of girls" |
| Leigh Herrick, MN, "What Will Happen to You" |
KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in its fall 2004 issue (26:2).
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Tenth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2002
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| Finalists* |
| Karen Fiser, VA, "Small Dark Birds Come and Go" |
| Lynn Veach Sadler, NC, "Teenager" |
| Deborah Tobola, CA, "Hummingbird in Underworld" |
| Janet Susan Greenberg, CT, "Relative Truth" |
| Florence Cassen Mayers, NY, "When Does She Write?" |
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| *Each finalist received an award of $200, no single winner was awarded the full prize, as per the judge's decision. |
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| Honorable Mentions |
| Linden Ontjes, AK, "Sponge" |
| Martha Serpas, FL, "An Acto fo Mercy" |
| Patricia Valdata, MD, "Elvis at the MLA" |
KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature the finalists'poems in the Special 25th Annivesary issue (25:2).
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Ninth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2001
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| Finalists |
| Erin Murphy, "Nietzsch's Sister" |
| Angela Kelly, "Nesting, the Instinct" |
| Sue Ellen Thompson, "Helping My Daugher Move into Her First Apartment" |
| Maryhelen Snyder, "Poem Taking Shape" |
| P.R. Dyjak, "Woman Without a Country" |
| Joan I. Siegel, "The Great Masters" |
| Elaine Neil Orr, "The Mud Angel Goes to the Beach" |
| Carol Wade Lundbery, "Alice Out West" |
| Mary Elizabeth Parker, "Chewed" |
| Louise Gwathmey Weld, "Southern Literature, circa 1965" |
| Michelle M. Faith, "Buy One, Get One Free" |
| Amy Elizabeth Branch, "Incense to the Laughing Buddha" |
| Benee Ruderman, "Great Oak Lane" |
| Jan Bailey, "Landscapte of the Belly" |
| Melissa Montimurro, "The Fox-Woman" |
| KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in its fall issue (24:2). |
Eighth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2000
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| Finalists (in alphabetic order) |
| Kris Christensen, WA, "There is Just One Flower Story" |
| Sandy Supowit, MI, "What I Don't Say to an Adopting Mother About How It Feels to Be an Adopted Child" |
| Shubha Venugopal, IL, "A Visit to India From America - Watching the Garba (Folk) Dance" |
KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in its fall issue (23:2).
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Seventh Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 1999
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| Finalists (in alphabetic order) |
| Judith C. Beale, VA, "Arleen" |
| Janet L. Bender, MN, "How He Did Love Her" |
| Sherry P. Bosley, MD, "Footnotes" |
| Jeanne Emmons, IA, "The Terror Garden" |
| Becky Gould Gibson, NC, "Study in Olive Green" |
| Lorraine Healy, WA, "Verano" |
| Anya Kress, OH, "Looms" |
| Kate Murphy, NY, "Chances" |
| Mary Elizabeth Parker, NC, "Letter to the Female Saints" |
| Cecilia Woloch, CA, "East India Grill Villanelle" |
KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in volume 22:2.
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Sixth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 1998
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| Finalists (in alphabetic order) |
| Courtney Davis, CT, "Examining the Abused Women" |
| Jan Frazier, MA, "Primer" |
| Laura Moore, NY, "The Morning After" |
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| Honorable Mentions |
| Susan Clayton-Goldner, OR, "Communion With the Father" |
| Deborah Cooper, MN, "The Daughter" |
| Cait Johnson, NY, "the girdle" |
| Deena Linett, NJ, "Atlantic Beach" |
| Joan I. Siegel, NY, "Letters to the Chinese Mother of My Daughter" |
| Diane Stone, WA, "Wish Work" |
| Anne Woodhull, MA, "House by a Canal" |
KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in volume 21:2.
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Fifth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 1997
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| Finalists (in alphabetic order) |
| Amy Andelora, AZ, "At the River Styx: A Reconciliation" |
| Jeannette Barnes, FL, "Anvil" |
| Eleanor Berry, OR, "The Names of those Colors" |
| Gay Davidson, WI, "The Bogue Shadowe" |
| Gwen Ebert, PA, "To the Clear Ditch" |
| Teri Grimm, NE, "The Anole" |
| Corie Herman, NY, "Carried Across" |
| Deena Linett, NJ, "Satellite Photo" |
| Jennifer Martelli, MA, "Wives" |
| Catherine A. Rogers, GA, "Pomegranate" |
| Amy Schuring, WA, "Animal Dream -- Burial" |
| Wyatt Townley, KS, "News from Below" |
| Anne Reynolds, WA, "Enormous Life" |
KALLIOPE, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature these poems in its 20th annivesary issue (20:2).
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