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The
Texas Poetry Calendar 2011 Awards were judged by Cyrus Cassells, who has published four acclaimed books of poetry: The Mud Actor, Soul Make a Path through Shouting, Beautiful Signor, and More than Peace and Cypresses. His fifth book, The Crossed-Out Swastika,
is forthcoming. Among his honors are a Lannan Literary Award, a
Lambda Literary Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, two NEA
grants, and a Pushcart Prize. He is a Professor of English at
Texas State University in San Marcos.
The Texas Poetry Calendar 2011 Awards:
J. Todd Hawkins of Crowley, Texas, for "Waiting Inland for the Hurricane"
- Second Place and $150.00:
Dr. Charles A. Stone of Austin, Texas, for "Saturday Market"
Christine Boldt of Temple, Texas, for "Bacchus in Texas"
In addition, Mr. Cassells chose the following as Honorable Mentions:
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Stan Crawford of Houston, Texas, for "Woman Claims Cheeto Resembles Jesus Hung on the Cross"
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Justin M. Robinson of Henderson, Texas, for "A Cardinal"
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Robert Wynne of Burleson, Texas, for "Odysseus at the Alamo"
Be sure to look for them in the
2011 Texas Poetry Calendar!
Previous Winners of The Texas Poetry Calendar Awards:
2010, as judged by Mark Doty:
Ed Madden of Columbia, South Carolina, for "Late Spring, near Leakey, Texas"
Jerry Bradley of Beaumont, Texas, for "Flying with the Crows"
Stan Crawford of Houston, Texas, for "October Round"
Honorable Mentions:
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Marian Aitches of San Antonio, Texas, for "Spring in Texas: The War Years"
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Mike Alexander of Houston, Texas, for "Bony Fingers"
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Robert Ayres of Austin, Texas, for "Hill Country Galleria"
2009, as judged by Benjamin Alire Sáenz:
John Gorman of Galveston, Texas, for "Slice of Life”
Mary Agnes Dalrymple of Huffman, Texas, for "Crossing the Lake Houston Bridge"
Chris Ellery of San Angelo, Texas, for "The Ripe and the Unripe Fruit"
Honorable Mentions:
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Alan Gann of Plano, Texas, for "It Could Have Been Paris"
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Suzanne Geiger of Austin, Texas, for "Confessions in March"
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Ann Reisfeld Boutté of Houston, Texas, for "Eliza Visits the Cockrell Butterfly Center"
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Beverly Monestier of San Antonio, Texas, for "Copper Thieves"
- Adamarie Fuller, of Houston, Texas, for "Change of Life"
Previous Winners of The Texas Poetry Calendar Awards:
2008, as judged by Kathleen Peirce:
Judy
Jensen of Austin, Texas, for “Blind Lemon Jefferson’s Body
Is Brought from Chicago to Wortham, Texas, by Pianist and Labelmate
Will Ezell”
Kurt Heinzelman of Austin, Texas, for “Midday, Midsummer"
Alan Birkelbach of Plano, Texas, for “Early in the Morning, On the Road, Near Franklin, Texas”
Honorable Mentions:
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Katherine Durham Oldmixon of Austin, Texas, for “El Árbol Milagroso”
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Sarah Cortez of Houston, Texas, for “Seguin”
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Robert Wynne of Fort Worth, Texas, for “In Bed”
Previous Winners of The Texas Poetry Calendar Awards:
2007, as judged by Naomi Shihab Nye:
Joe Blanda of Austin, Texas, for "From a Reluctant Shut-in to a Confirmed Recluse"
Cathy
Stern of Houston, Texas, for "Undone"
Allison Smythe of Rocheport, Missouri, for "And Still She Watches"
Honorable Mentions:
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Alan Birkelbach of Plano, Texas, for "When We Brought the Tree Limbs Down"
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Leah Christian of Madison, Wisconsin, for "Secret"
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Jim LaVilla-Havelin of Lytle, Texas, for "Voyagers"
Previous Winners of The Texas Poetry Calendar Awards:
2006, as judged by Robert McDowell:
Ralph Hausser of Austin, Texas, for "Passenger Station, Texas"
Sharon E. Young of Houston, Texas, for "Pansies"
Robin Cate of Harlingen, Texas, for "Summer in Texas"
Honorable Mentions:
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Jean H. Marvin of Houston, Texas, for "The Preacher's Wife"
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Mary Tindall of Whitehouse, Texas, for "Haiku"
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Lounell Whitaker of Beaumont, Texas, for "Along the Railroad Track"
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