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~ The Spring Peepers Poetry Competition, 2023 Winners List ~

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
The Spring Peepers Poetry Competition, 2023

Winners List!

First Prize: Speed River, Blair by April Bulmer, Cambridge, On
Second Prize: Out of the Castle by K.V. Skene, Toronto, ON
Third Prize: birthday by Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON

20 Honourable Mention Awards in alphabetical order by last name

Jewel by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews, Oakville, ON
Spring Rainstorm by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews, Oakville, ON
Thunderstorms by Jeevan Bhagwat, Toronto, ON
Nature by April Bulmer, Cambridge, ON
Spring Preening by Ian Cognitō, Ladysmith, BC
Birds by Jacqueline d'Amboise, Maynooth, ON
Heartbreak by Jacqueline d'Amboise, Maynooth, ON
Flight Song by Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, St. Catharines, ON
Glass City by Suparna Ghosh, Toronto, ON
Return of White Storks to Altreu by Roberta McGill, Orillia, ON
On the Ninety-Seventh Eve by Lori-Anne Noyahr, Toronto, ON
Up Hambledon by K.V. Skene, Toronto, ON
bologna by Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON
word frolic by Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON
Fiddleheads by David Stones, Stratford, ON
On Melrose Bay by David Stones, Stratford, ON
The Nest by Sharon V. Urdahl, Comox, BC
Too Late by Owen Wagg, Huntsville, ON
Chinook Break by Ed Woods, Dundas, ON
First Para-Jump in Spring Sky by Ed Woods, Dundas, ON

Special Thanks to our contest judge, Richard-Yves Sitoski, for carefully
reading each entry more than once before making his final choices.