Prize Poems 2024 Poem by Kim Barney

2024 Poems that won awards or recognition

Utah State Poetry Society
2024 Annual Spring Contest

'Fur Elise'
First Place (27 entries)
Category 13: For Tiny

'Ant Highway'
Third Place (34 entries)
Category 26: Kolette Montague Memorial

'the wolf at twilight'
Second Place (33 entries)
Category 31: Haiku

'At the Breakfast Table'
Third Honorable Mention (30 entries)
Category 33: Meagher Memorial

2024 Continued
NFSPS Contests (National Federation of State Poetry Societies)

'Happy Hollow Nursing Home'
Fourth Honorable Mention (179 entries)
Contest 4: Donald Stodghill Memorial Award

'The Fortune Teller'
Seventh Honorable Mention (154 entries)
Contest 13: Arizona State Poetry Society Award

'Shall I Compare Thee to a Bale of Hay? '
First Place (66 entries)
Contest 26: Nevada Poetry Society Award

2024 Continued
Arizona State Poetry Society Contest

'Miracle Man'
Third Place
Category 19: Sonnet

2024 Continued
Florida State Poets Association Contest

'Today I Danced'
First Honorable Mention
Category 13: The Henrietta and Mark Kroah Founders Award

'Changing the World'
First Honorable Mention
Category 25: The Josephine Davidson Memorial Award

2024 Continued
Poetry Society of Indiana contest

'Gift of the Walnut'
Second Place
Category 13: Linda Bannon Memorial Award (42 entries)

'Looking Forward to Tomorrow'
Second Honorable Mention
Category 14: Debra Sue Lynn Award (28 entries)

'Grandma's Corncob Pipe'
First Honorable Mention
Category 17: Grands (29 entries)

'Fur Elise'
First Place
Category 22: Pets (40 entries)

2024 Continued
Poetry Society of Texas Contests

'Eating Severed Limbs'
Fourth Place
Contest 93: The Hurley Award (34 entries)

2024 Continued
Illinois State Poetry Society contest

'Unhurried Ride'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 3: Any Subject & Form Award

2024 Continued
Poetry Society of Tennessee annual contest
(Their awards festival was not held
until 26 April 2025.)

'Shrinking'
First Place
Category 6: Southeast Region Contest (form: Nonet)

'Old Enough'
First Honorable Mention
Category 10: West Region Contest (form: Dorsimbra)

'Surely I'm Not Obese'
First Honorable Mention
Category 15: Strauss Memorial (form: rhymed, metered)

'Lying on my Back'
First Honorable Mention
Category 20: Double Judge (form: free verse)