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~ The Entitled Titles Poetry Competition 2025 Winners ~

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
The Entitled Titles Poetry Competition
2025 Winners!

First Prize: The Old man and the Sea by David Stones, Stratford, ON
Second Prize: The Yellow Wallpaper by Angie Conrad, Salt Spring Island, B.C.
Third Prize: Pax by Jacqueline Bell, Victoria, B.C.

20 Honourable Mention Awards - In order by author's last name

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Sruthi Amalan, Barrie, ON
Are You Experienced? by Lorrina Belluz, Thunder Bay, ON
Broken Hearts by Patti Cole, Toronto, ON
The Blues by Gaiyle Connolly, Hamilton, ON
make me angry then call me mad by Angie Conrad, Salt Spring Island, B.C.
And I Love Her by Flora Dezsofi, Hamilton, ON
Cold Cold Heart by Ruth Latta, Ottawa, ON
The Men Who Built the Titanic by Roberta McGill, Orillia, ON
Just Blue by Lisa Reynolds, Ajax, ON
The Sea Around Us by K.V. Skene, Toronto, ON
Autumn leaves by K.V. Skene, Toronto, ON
The sun also rises by Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON
sitting in the park on my birthday by Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON
Silver-Screen Romance by J.J. Steinfeld, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
A Mythical and Astonishing Woman by J.J. Steinfeld, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Even If It Is Godot by J.J. Steinfeld, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Highway of Tears by David Stones, Stratford, ON
The Dangling conversation by David Stones, Stratford, ON
Much Ado About Nothing by Peter Taylor, Aurora, ON
Appointment with Death by Cathy Sands Unruh, Parksville, B C.

Many thanks to our Judge, Meg Freer, who spent many hours reading and re-reading all 131 poems before selecting the winners.