We are proud to congratulate our winning poets from the 2018 Modesto Poetry Festival’s poetry contest. Names and winning poem titles are listed below by category. Thank you to everyone who attended for making this year’s event another success!
Category: Arrivals and Departures
1st Place Winter Iris by Jennifer Lagier, Marina, CA
2nd Place BART Rides by Nancy Haskett, Modesto, CA
3rd Place Something by Ed Bearden, Modesto, CA
1st Honorable Mention Wing by Ellen Johnson, Sacramento, CA
2nd Honorable Mention After the Grave by Linda Toren, West Point, CA
Category: The Disappearance of Things
1st Place Clinging by Kate Aver Avraham, Santa Cruz, CA
2nd Place An Ending by Dmitra Gideon, Ceres, CA
3rd Place Disappearance of Things by Pat Egenberger, Modesto, CA
1st Honorable Mention Illusion by Gordon Preston, Modesto, CA
2nd Honorable Mention Buddy by Bonnie Gill, Glencoe, CA
Category: Empty Spaces
1st Place The Siege by Ellen Johnson, Sacramento, CA
2nd Place Pruning by Kate Aver Avraham, Santa Cruz, CA
3rd Place Running on Empty by Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
1st Honorable Mention Field Trip by Linda Toren, West Point, CA
2nd Honorable Mention Awaiting the Tooth Fairy by Nancy Haskett, Modesto, CA
Category: Inheritances
1st Place Inheritance by Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
2nd Place Last Rose by Kate Aver Avraham, Santa Cruz, CA
3rd Place Elegy to an Alcoholic by Linda Toren, West Point, CA
Honorable Mention Whose Hands by Laura Bayless, Carmel Valley, CA