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~ The Ultra Short Poetry Competition 2024 Winners ~

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
The Ultra Short Poetry Competition 2024
Winners!

First Prize: "Upon This Page" by David Stones, Stratford, ON
Second Prize: "Summer High" by Neil Desborough, Thamesford, ON
Third Prize: "Schoolgirl memories with the Tractatus" by Maureen Korp, Ottawa, ON
Fourth Prize: "Reflections" by Meg Freer, Kingston, ON

40 Judge's Choice Awards (listed in alphabetical order by author's last name)

"It started with an argument" by Charlotte Blair, Utterson, ON
"Just in Case" by Charlotte Blair, Utterson, ON
"Changes" by Ronnie R. Brown, Ottawa, ON
"On Turning Five" by Ronnie R. Brown, Ottawa, ON
"The Widower" by Ronnie R. Brown, Ottawa, ON
"the world to me" by Patti Cole, Toronto, ON
"beautiful vibe" by Carlinda D'Alimonte, Tecumseh, ON
"the darkness" by Carlinda D'Alimonte, Tecumseh, ON
"In your smile" by Neil Desborough, Thamesford, ON
"Architectonics" by Robert Ezergailis, Toronto, ON
"Sax Man" by Robert Ezergailis, Toronto, ON
"Crack" by Louise Fairley, Edmonton, AB
"Library Book" by Louise Fairley, Edmonton, AB
"in the margins" by Catey Fifield, Whitby, ON
"Insomnia" by Kate Marshall Flaherty, Toronto, ON
"Small Story of a Calm Space" by Meg Freer, Kingston, ON
"Enchant the Unsayable" by Meg Freer, Kingston, ON
"The Lonely Certificate" by I.B. Iskov, Toronto, ON
"A Kitchen Journey" by Pamela Lynn Jones, Toronto, ON
"Severed (Family Estrangement ll)" by Lotus Ray, Cobourg, ON
"recollection" by Rosalind Knight, Kingsville, ON
"homestead" by Rosalind Knight, Kingsville, ON
"Exile" by Eva Kolacz, Victoria, BC
"Poem for Henry Dumas (1934 -1968)" by Maureen Korp, Ottawa, ON
"Pace" by Mori McCrae, St. Catharines, ON
"The Bayeux Tapestry" by Roberta McGill, Orillia, ON
"The Descent" by Roberta McGill, Orillia, ON
"Insomnia" by Mary Ruth Reed, Larder Lake, ON
"Old-Timer" by Mary Ruth Reed, Larder Lake, ON
"our dances" by Karen Sylvia Rockwell, Tecumseh, ON
"turbulent autumn" by Stephen Kent Roney, Saint John, NB
"my obsession with laundry hanging out to dry" by Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON
"Unimaginable" by J.J. Steinfeld, Charlottetown, PEI
"Lost Cat" by David Stones, Stratford, ON
"Blindness" by David Stones, Stratford, ON
"Left Wanting" by Catherine Sands Unruh, Parksville, BC
"Deep Rem Mode" by Sharon V. Urdahl, Comox, BC
"Memories" by N.K. Wilson, Toronto, ON
"Pen's Scribing" by Owen Wagg, Huntsville, ON
"Telling Stories" by Robert Wood, Port Rowan, ON


Huge thanks to our Judge, George Swede, who carefully read 500 poems submitted to the contest before selecting the final winners.