First Prize: 50% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH

Second Prize: 30% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH.

Third Prize: 20% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are able to supplement the cash prizes with an impressive array of prizes which would be of interest to poets and writers.

The following prizes were used to bolster first through third prize as well as distributed to other contest entrants.

Additional Prizes:

ALLEN JESSON / AGIFTOFPOETRY.COM
http://www.agiftofpoetry.com/
1 copy of the book "A Time To Soar" by Allen Jesson

ANGÉLIQUE JAMIL
http://freeweb.pdq.net/ajamail/
1 copy of the book "Barefoot on Marble: Twenty Poems, 1995-2001" by Angélique Jamail

ARTISTS FOR A BETTER WORLD
http://www.artistsforabetterworld.com
1 free Associate Membership in Artists For a Better World

AURELIUS PUBLISHING
http://www.aureliuspublishing.com
1 copy of the CD "Voices with Scars, Frieda Groffy & Olumido Toyinbo"

BAUBLES BY LAUREL ANN BOGEN
http://www.tias.com/stores/laurelann50
1 $50 gift certificate to the Baubles by Laurel Ann Bogen Website
1 $40 gift certificate to the Baubles by Laurel Ann Bogen Website
1 $30 gift certificate to the Baubles by Laurel Ann Bogen Website

BECKY MATE, FOUNDER OF "ART DAY"
http://home.earthlink.net/~beckymate/index.html
$20 added to the entry fees cash prize to be divided amongst the top three scoring poets

CAROL SIRCOULOMB
1 copy of the book and CD "Raku Teapot" by members of the Raku Teapot Haiku List

CHARLES P. RIES
1 copy of the book "Monje Malo Speaks English" by Charles P. Ries

C.E. LAINE, EDITOR OF VLQ
http://celaine.com/
1 signed copy of the book "The Weight of Dust" by C.E. Laine

CIRCLE PUBLICATIONS
http://www.circlemagazine.com/
1 one-year subscription to The Circle Magazin

C.J. LEE
http://home.earthlink.net/~caldwelllee/
1 copy of the book "Caldwell Lee: The Poet To Be: The Forthright Omnipotence Era" by C.J. Lee
1 copy of the book "Holidays,Loves, Heroes" by C.J. Lee

CLIFF FYMAN
1 copy of the book "Street Zen: the Life and Work of Issan Dorsey" by David Schneider

CONCRETE WOLF
http://concretewolf.com/
3 packages each containing 3 back issues of the Concrete Wolf poetry journal, plus the current issue, plus a copy of a prior winning chapbook.

COREY MESLER
http://www.burkesbooks.com/
1 copy of the book "Talk" by Corey Mesler

CREATIVE-POEMS.COM
http://www.creative-poems.com
$20 added to the entry fees cash prize to be divided amongst the top three scoring poets

DANIEL OLIVAS
http://www.danielolivas.com/
1 copy of the book "Assumption and Other Stories" by Daniel Olivas

DAVE NORDLING
1 copy of the limited edition chapbook "Poets of Midnight" edited and compiled by Dave Nordling

DENIS MAIR
1 copy of the book "Man Cut in Wood" by Denis Mair

DJ MONKEY
5 copies of the CD "Another Evolution" by DJ Monkey

DUSTY'S POETRY
http://www.DustysPoetry.com/
1 copy of the book "Battle Dressing: Poems about the Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam" by Dusty

ERICA MAYYASI / REARVIEW QUARTERLY
http://rearview.domynoes.net
1 one-year subscription to Rearview Quarterly magazine

EVVY GARRETT
http://www.homestead.com/evvygarrett/Index.html
3 copies of the ebook "Confabulations; a long poem" by Evvy Garrett

HANOVER PRESS
http://www.faithvicinanza.com/
5 copies of the book "Crazy Quilt, poems by Vivian Shipley", finalist in the Paterson Poetry Prize for 2001
5 copies of the book "We Are What We Have Loved, poems by James Scrimgeour"

HIGHWIRE PRESS
http://www.circlemagazine.com/beautifulgirl/
1 copy of' the book "The Beautiful Girl Whose Wish Was Not Fulfilled" by Ace Boggess

KADIMAH, THE TRIBAL PRINCESS OF ISRAEL
http://www.poetryjewels.com/
1 Poetry Jewels T-shirt - winners choice from 100 Varieties

KAYE ABIKHALED
http://members.tripod.com/psttx/
1 one year subscription to "A Galaxy of Verse" poetry journal

JULIA STEIN
http://homepage.smc.edu/stein_julia/
1 copy of the book "Walker Woman" by Julia Stein
1 copy of the book "Shulamith" by Julia Stein

JUNE MELBY
http://www.junemelby.com/
2 copies of the music/spoken work cd "June Melby and Her Future Enemies"

LISA MARIE BRENNAN
http://www.lisamariebrennan.com/
http://www.mp3.com/lisamariebrennan/
10 copies of the book "Read Me A Poem?" by poet/songwriter Lisa Marie Brennan

LOREN KLEINMAN
http://spirepress.org/
1 copy of the book "Flamenco Sketches" by Loren Kleinman

LB SEDLACEK FOR THE POETRY MARKET EZINE
http://www.thepoetrymarket.com
1 copy of the poetry chapbook "The Cat & the Carroll A. Deering & Other North Carolina Poems" by L.B. Sedlacek,
1 free one-time 5 line classified ad in one issue of The Poetry Market Ezine. (Ad must be poetry or writing related).
1 free one-time 10 line classified ad in one issue of The Poetry Market Ezine. (Ad must be poetry or writing related).

MANIFOLD MAGAZINE
http://www.manifold.cjb.net/
1 one year subscription to Manifold Magazine

MARCIELLE BRANDLER
http://www.mp3.com/marcielle
3 copies of the spoken word CD "The Breathing House" by Marcielle Brandler
3 copies of the Urban Mobile Poets chapbook by Marcielle Brandler

MYSTERY ISLAND PUBLICATIONS
http://www.mysteryisland.net/
1 copy of the book "Sleeping With Demons" by A.D. Winans
1 copy of the book "Destiny Of The Bones" by Bradley Mason Hamlin
1 copy of the book "Love & Sadistic Dharma: The California Anthology Of Poetry."

NUBIANPOETS.COM
http://nubianpoets.com/
1 $15.00 Barnes and Noble Gift Certificate

PEARL PIRIE
http://www.pagehalffull.com/
1 copy of the book "transcona fragments" by Jon Paul Fiorentino

POEMSFORYOU.COM
http://www.PoemsForYou.com/
1 personalized poem, 12-16 lines, for any occasion

POPPY HULLINGS
http://www.seedsofpoetry.com/
3 copies of the chapbook "Reflecting in Words" by Poppy Hullings

PRINCESSTARTA MAGAZINE
http://www.prinsesstarta.net/
3 copies of the book "Bird Full of Rain: by Glenn Parker

PROLIFICWRITERSNETWORK.ORG and SADORIAN PUBLICATIONS
http://ProlificWritersNetwork.org/
40 copies of the poetry anthology "A Journey to Timbooktu"

PUSHPA RATNA TULADHAR
http://www.layalama.com
6 copies of the book "Pushpa Tuladhar's Poetry Pages", a collection of 32 poems
6 copies of "Layalama Online Magazine"  4 issues printed and bound

ROXWORD
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/roxword
2 copies of the spoken word CD "Spiritual Demons" by roxword
2 glow-in-the-dark "Spiritual Demons" t-shirts.
1 "rox in the box" (1 dozen poetry greeting cards signed and limited to an edition of 500)

STEPHANIE SCARBOROUGH
http://diystore.cjb.net
2 copies of the chapbook/zine "Essays on Spam" by Stephanie Scarborough
2 copies of the ebook on CD "Your Kisses Are Like Metallic Squirrel Droppings"

SUNDRESS PUBLICATIONS
http://www.sundress.net/
4 copies of the book "Especially the Deer : Poems by Julie Ruble, Mary Beth Magin, and Tyurina Allen"

TEBOT BACH
http://tebotbach.org/
1 copy of the book "So Luminous the Wildflowers: An Anthology of California Poets"
1 copy of the book "Incidental Buildings and Accidental Beauty: An Anthology of Long Beach and Orange County Poets
1 copy of Spillway Magazine # 7
1 copy of Spillway Magazine # 8
1 copy of Spillway Magazine # 9

TERRIE RELF
http://writersmonthly.US/
1 copy of the book "Lap Danced by the Muse" by Terrie Relf
1 one-hour writing consultation, valued at $50

THE-HOLD.COM
http://www.the-hold.com/
1 copy of the-hold.com's underbeat journal #1 - printissue
1 copy of the-hold.com's underbeat journal #2 - printissue

VICTORIA LOCKE
3 copies of the chapbook "Reaching Toward Heaven" by Victoria Locke
1 Drafting Pencil for the aspiring and struggling writer who still makes mistakes.
1 very old, very nice fountain pen manufactured sometime in the 30's - collectible, approx. value $45.00

VOICESNET.COM
http://www.VoicesNet.com/
1 copy of the 1st Edition of the VoicesNet Anthology International Poetry Competition Book, hardbound edition

WINNING WRITERS
http://www.winningwriters.com/
1 one year subscription to "Poetry Contest Insider"

• Chad Davidson (Carrollton, Georgia)
  Chad Davidson is author of a collection of poems entitled Consolation Miracle (Southern Illinois University Press, 2003), winner of the Crab Orchard Prize. He is also the recipient of a New York State Thayer Fellowship in the Arts, a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship to the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to study at the University of Perugia, Italy. His poems and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in Colorado Review, Crab Orchard Review, DoubleTake, The Literary Review, The Paris Review, Pequod, Poet Lore, and others. He is currently an assistant professor of English at the State University of West Georgia. http://www.siu.edu/~siupress/titles/f03_titles/davidson_miracle.htm
  http://www.westga.edu/~engdept/
  
  
• Erin Elizabeth (Binghamton, New York)
  Erin Elizabeth makes her home in Binghamton is finishing her BA in Creative Writing and bribing MFA programs. Erin is the editor-in-chief of Stirring : A Literary Collection and a founder of Sundress Publications. Her poetry has appeared in over forty literary journals including Pif, Pedestal Magazine, 2River View, Gravity, Miller's Pond, Agneiska's Dowry, Black Bear Review, and Eclectica. She is a 16-time winner of the now-defunct Insomniacs' Poetry Slam and was voted Favorite Featured Poet of 1999 by the readers of Poetry Super Highway. Recently she was awarded a fellowship to attend the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets.
  
  
• Jonathan Penton (American South)
  Jonathan Penton lives in various places throughout the American South, where his bad teeth are celebrated, not maligned. He is the editor and webmaster of unlikelystories.org, and the webmaster of bigbridge.org and iracohen.org. Horses whisper to him.

• July 3: Contest begins
  
  
• July 7 - 13: Judges featured as Poets of the Week
  
  
• July 13, 2:00 pm (pacific): Chat Room Event: Ask us questions live about the contest.
  
  
• September 13: Final deadline for contest entries. (Entry fees must be postmarked by September 13 or they'll be returned.)
  
  
• September 21: Judges deadline for returning scored poems.
  
  
• September 26: Second round scoring deadline (in the event of tied scores.)
  
  
• September 28: 4pm (pacific) Chat Room Event "Winners Announced"
  
  
• September 29 - October 5: Contest Winners featured as Poets of the Week.