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~ Across the Universe Contest, 2024 Winners List ~

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
Across the Universe Contest
2024 Winners!

First Prize: Carousel by Becky Alexander, Cambridge, ON
Second Prize: A Small Gathering of Friends by David Stones, Stratford, ON
Third Prize: Moonlight by Paula Kienapple-Summers, Kitchener, ON

20 Honourable Mention Awards (listed in alphabetical order by the poet's last name)

Lupin Moon by Becky Alexander, Cambridge, ON
Mother-Ship Mania by April Bulmer, Cambridge, ON
Hope Chest by April Bulmer, Cambridge, ON
Abstractions by Robert Ezergailis, Toronto, ON
August Night at Pierre Grey's Lakes by Louise Fairley, Edmonton, AB
Star Speech by Fran Figge, Stoney Creek, ON
Starlight weaves through by Fran Figge, Stoney Creek, ON
Science Lesson by Donna Langevin, Toronto, ON
After looking at Photos from the Webb Telescope by Donna Langevin, Toronto, ON
Gibbous on Tape - 1999 by Carol L. MacKay, Qualicum Beach, BC
Beyond the Dark by Mike Madill, Beeton, ON
Meditation by Mike Madill, Beeton, ON
'24 Till Infinity; aka the Big Bang by Kenneth Ebhomeye Oko-Oboh, Oshawa, ON
Man in the Moon by Kathy Robertson, Kitchener, ON
The rising Crescent Moon by Deanna Samuels, Richmond Hill, ON
Orbit by Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON
Patterns by David Stones, Stratford, ON
A Poet's Dementia (The time Will Come) by David Stones, Stratford, ON
Lunar Eclipse by Paula Kienapple-Summers, Kitchener, ON
A New Beginning by Sharon Urdahl, Comox, BC

Special thanks to our Judge, Jeevan Bhagwat (First Prize winner last year), for carefully reading over 100 poems many times before making his final choices.

Congratulations to all the winners.