The Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest
$1,000.00 First Place Award for the Best Poem
by a Woman

Enter KALLIOPE's next $1,000 Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest. Deadline: Postmarked by November 1, 2005.

Winners of the Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contests are announced below.

2005 Contest Rules

  • Poetry may be in any style and on any subject. Maximum poem length is 50 lines.
  • Entry fee is $4.00 per poem or 3 poems for $10.00. Payment must accompany submissions. Any number of poems may be submitted.
  • Poems that have been previously published, have received monetary awards, or are under consideration elsewhere are not eligible.
  • Manuscripts must be typed. Submit 2 copies of each poem, one copy with the author's name, address and phone number TYPED on the upper right corner. The author's name, address and phone number or identification must NOT appear on the other copy which will be used in the judging. (Strict adherence to guidelines is required. Failure to follow these rules will disqualify entry!)
  • Manuscripts will not be returned.
  • Winner will be announced in Spring 2006. 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.
  • Deadline: Submissions postmarked by November 1.
  • Submit poetry and check or money order (no cash) to:
    Kalliope
    Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest
    Florida Community College at Jacksonville
    11901 Beach Boulevard
    Jacksonville, Florida 32246
    Telephone: 904 - 646 - 2081

Previous judges were Carolyn Forche, Joy Harjo, Maxine Kumin, WW Norton Poetry Editor - 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, of your nomination.

Fourteenth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2006

$1,000 Winner:

Michelle Seaman ,"narcissistic"

 

First Annual Short Fiction Contest - 2006

$1,000 Winner:

Willa Schmidt ,"Eliminating Emma "

 

Thirteenth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2005

$1,000 Winner:

Margo Berdeshevsky , "Un-Titled"

 

Twelfth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2004

$1,000 Winner:

Deborah Edler Brown, CA,"Cubism"

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). Please

Eleventh Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2003

Winner of the $1,000 award:

Jan Bailey, SC,"Sunfish"

Finalists
Carol Wade Lundberg, CA, "What Alice and Dorothy Learned"
Susan Azar Porterfield, 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). Please

Tenth Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest - 2002

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?”

Honorable Mentions

Linden Ontjes, AK, “Sponge”
Martha Serpas, FL, “An Act of Mercy”
Patricia Valdata, MD, “Elvis at the MLA”

*Each finalist received an award of $200, no single winner was awarded the full prize, as per the judge's decision.

Kalliope, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature the finalists' poems in the Special 25th Anniversary issue (25:2).

Ninth Annual Sue Saniel Elkind $1,000 Poetry Contest, 2001

Winner

$1,000.00 Sita Rose - "bessie smith / my grandma casson"

Finalists
Erin Murphy, "Nietzsch's Sister"
Angela Kelly, “Nesting, the Instinct”
Sue Ellen Thompson, “Helping My Daughter 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, crica 1965”
Michelle M. Faith, “Buy One, Get One Free”
Amy Elizabeth Branch, “Incense to the Laughing Buddha”
Benee Ruderman, “Great Oak Lane”
Jan Bailey, “Landscape of the Belly”
Melissa Montimurro, “The Fox-Woman”

Kalliope, a journal of women's literature and art, will feature the award winning and ifnalists' poems in the fall issue (24:2).

Eighth Annual Sue Saniel Elkind $1,000 Poetry Contest, 2000

Co-winners

$500.00 Cynthia Wyatt - "Raised by Women"
$500.00 Larissa Szporluk - "Falter"

Finalists
Shubha Venugopal, Chicago, IL, "A Visit to India From America - Watching the Garba (Folk) Dance"
Kris Christensen, Spokane, WA, "There Is Just One Flower Story"
Sandy Supowit, Commerce Township, MI, "What I Don't Say to an Adopting Mother About How It Feels to Be an Adopted Child"

Kalliope featured these poems in volume 23:2.

Winners of The Seventh National Sue Saniel Elkind $1,000 Poetry Contest, 1999

Linda Pastan, Contest Judge, chose the winner and the finalists.

Winner

$1000.00 - Sarah Shaw Middleton, Stanford, CA:
"On the Purification of Radium: Marie Curie to Her Sister, 1900"

Finalists (in alphabetical order):

Judith C. Beale, Blacksburg, VA: "Arleen"
Janet L. Bender, Eden Prairie, MN: "How He Did Love Her"
Sherry P. Bosley, Bel Air, MD: "Footnotes"
Jeanne Emmons, Sioux City, IA: "The Terror Garden"
Becky Gould Gibson, Winston-Salem, NC: "Study in Olive Green"
Lorraine Healy, Freeland, WA: "Verano"
Anya Kress, Perrysburg, OH: "Looms"
Kate Murphy, Skaneateles, NY: "Chances"
Mary Elizabeth Parker, Browns Summit, NC: "Letter to the Female Saints"
Cecilia Woloch, Los Angeles, CA: "East India Grill Villanelle"

Kalliope featured these poems in volume 22:2.

Winners of The Sixth National Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest, 1998

Jill Bialosky, Contest Judge, chose the first place winner as well as
the finalists and honorable mentions.

Winner

$1000.00 - Alison Townsend, Madison, WI: "Black Stone"

Finalists (in alphabetical order):

Courtney Davis, Redding, CT: "Examining the Abused Woman"
Jan Frazier, Northfield, MA: "Primer"
Laura Moore, Ithaca, NY: "The Morning After"

Honorable Mentions

Susan Clayton-Goldner, Williams, OR: "Communion With the Father"
Deborah Cooper, Duluth, MN: "The Daughter"
Cait Johnson, Clinton Corners, NY: "the girdle"
Deena Linett, Montclair, NJ: "Atlantic Beach"
Joan I. Siegel, Blooming Grove, NY: "Letters to the Chinese Mother of My Daughter"
Diane Stone, Clinton, WA: "Wish Work"
Anne Woodhull, Northampton, MA: "House by a Canal"

Kalliope featured these poems in volume 21:2.

Winners of The Fifth National Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest, 1997

Maxine Kumin, Contest Judge, decided to award the prize to co-winners:

$500.00 - Sharon Cumberland, Seattle, WA: "Before"
$500.00 - Ruth Schwartz, Oakland, CA: "Gravity"

Finalists (in alphabetical order):

Amy Andelora, Tempe, AZ: "At the River Styx: A Reconciliation"

Jeannette Barnes, Mary Esther, FL: "Anvil"
Eleanor Berry, Lyons, OR: "The Names of those Colors"
Gay Davidson, Madison, WI: "The Bogue Shadowe"
Gwen Ebert, Pittsburgh, PA: "To the Clear Ditch"
Teri Grimm, Omaha, NE: "The Anole"
Corie Herman, Rego Park, NY: "Carried Across"
Deena Linett, Montclair, NJ: "Satellite Photo"
Jennifer Martelli, Marblehead, MA: "Wives"
Catherine A. Rogers, Savannah, GA: "Pomegranate"
Amy Schuring, Vashon Island, WA: "Animal Dream -- Burial"
Wyatt Townley, Shawnee Mission, KS: "News from Below"
Anne Reynolds Voegtlen, Bainbridge Island, WA: "Enormous Life"

Kalliope features the award winning and finalists' poems in its 20th anniversary issue (20:2) published in June, 1998.

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Jacksonville, Florida 32246
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