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Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest

Winners from the 2011 Contest:

DR. WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND POETRY CONTEST WINNERS LIST 2011
Spring Pulse Poetry Festival proudly hosted for the fourth year this national poetry contest. Helping keep alive the memory of Dr. Drummond the 19th century’s most popular and successful poet. Congratulations to all winners of the 2011 Drummond Poetry Contest. We had 149 entries from all across Canada. Our judge Bianca Lakoseljac from Toronto received just the poems and found it most challenging. Here is an excerpt of an email. “. “I’ve taken on the impossible task. We have 149 poems, and we could easily give away that many prizes. The poems are so good, sooo good...This is definitely is the year of poetry!!!”
Normally we only award 8 honourable mentions but have included one more plus 12 judges’ choices. Listed below are the winning titles and poets.
A special thanks to all those poets who participated making the contest so competitive.
FIRST: Black Tea and Brandy for Jim-GREG LAURENCESON-
SECOND: Walking Through Morning Web II-ROBYN M. BUTT
THIRD: Turning Tide-SUZANNE HUNTER
HONOURABLE MENTION:

1. 1. A Note from Mom-BARBARA WEILER
2. The Visitant-DOROTHY STOTT-
3. The Red Boathouse-JOAN RIPPEL
4. Under the Circumstances- AUDREY SEEHAGEN
5. Raven Has My Number- BETH SKALA
6. Two Barns-DOROTHY STOTT
7. Beaver Dam, Bruce Trail, Caledon-JENNIFER FOOTMAN
8. The Door Leading Nowhere-ANN MARGETSON
9. Cold Water Feed-KEITH INMAN

JUDGES’ CHOICE:
1.   My Life in Shoes-BARBARA WEILER
2.   Herstory- PATRICIA NARYNSKI
3.   Once or Twice-JOHN CORVESE
4.   Spring Fever- LORNE LAROCQUE
5.   Grandmother Moon-BARBARA IRVINE
6.    Dawn- DON BENNETT
7.    On a Night Such as This-GREG LAURENCESON
8.    Statue-KATE MARSHALL FLAHERTY