THE 2015 ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS
FIRST PRIZE
Carlton D. Fisher, Watertown, NY, “The Young Suicide’s World Atlas”
Lisa Coll Nicolaou, Fair Lawn, NJ, “My true religion is kindness”
SECOND PRIZE
Mary Makofske, Warwick, NY, “In My Mother’s Kitchen”
Carole Stone, Verona, NJ, “Knowledge”
THIRD PRIZE
Gail Fishman Gerwin, Morristown, NJ, “A State in Mind”
Donna Baier Stein, Bernardsville, NJ, “Cover-Ups”
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Howard Berelson, Teaneck, NJ, “Kaddish for You”
- Ann Clark, Dexter, NY, “Permanent Record”
- Mary Crosby, Ringwood, NJ, “Big Sky Country”
- Mary Kennedy Eastham, San Jose, CA “A Hy,mn for Wish”
- Donna L. Emerson, Petaluma, CA, “First Day of Kindergarten and Eleven Years Later”
- Brian Faneilli, Carbondale, PA, “Immigrant Names”
- Deborah Gerrish, Murray Hill, NJ, “The Anointed Cow”
- James D. Gwyn, Clifton, NJ, “Madison Avenue Doesn’t Speak to Me”
- Barbara Hoffman, West Babylon, NY, “Burnt Offerings”
- Josh Humphrey, Kearny, NJ, “Rena Stoll on the Titanic”
- Annette Krizanich, Vestal, NY, “Apology to my Mother”
- Annie Lanzillotto, Yonkers, NY, “My Grandmother’s Handwriting “
- Greg Moglia, Huntington, NY, “The Lover’s Gift”
- Gloria G. Murray, Deer Park, NY, “Rejection alamode”
- Howard Nelson, Moravia, NY ,“Morning Mass”
- Edwin Romond, Wind Gap, PA, “Coda”
- Penelope Scambly Schott, Portland, OR, “Dahlia”
- Al Tacconelli, Wynnewood, PA, “Foraging Frittata”
- Lynne Viti, Westwood, MA, “Pa tissie re”
- Neal Zirn, Denver, CO “New to Single Parenting”
EDITOR’S CHOICE
- Linda A. Cronin, Cedar Grove, NJ, “My Father Teaches Me About Desire”
- Suzanne Rae Deshchidn, Swartswood, NJ, “Cradleboards”
- Maria Fama, Philadelphia, PA, “Cuore Di Leone”
- Martin Golan, Verona, NJ, “Glimpse of a Father, Hiding”
- Charles H. Johnson, Hillsborough, NJ, “Cezanne in a Dumpster”
- Antoinette Libro, Sea Isle City, NJ, “Adonis of the Discarded”
- Maria Lisella, Long Island City, NY, “Gyroscope”
- Elizabeth Marchitti, Totowa, NJ, “Mother’s Snuggies”
- Frank L. Niccoletti, West Orange, NJ, “Grade 5: The Poem About The Blue Leaf”
- Joan Page-Durante, Ringwood, NJ, “Ode to Yo-Yo Ma”
- Maude Carolan Pych, Totowa Borough, NJ, “The Other Woman”
- Jim Reese, Yankton, SD, “This isn’t Dress Rehearsal”
- Myra Shapiro, New York, NY, “Chenille//Caterpillar//Chenille”
- Donna Spector, Warwick, NY, “All That Remains”
- Eileen VanHook, Wanaque, NJ, “Uncle Jim”
- Peggy Vassalo, West Orange, NJ, “I Remember Louis at the Funeral Home…”
- Edytta Anna Wojnar, Ringwood, NJ, “Doing Dishes with My Son”
- Sherida Yodar, North Haledon, NJ ,“Mrs. Bennett”
Award Winners’ Reading — February 6, 2016, at the Hamilton Club Building, 32 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Paterson, NJ