Prize Poems 2025 Poem by Kim Barney

2025 Poems that won awards or recognition

Mississippi Poetry Society contest

'I'm All Shook Up'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 6: Mississippi Heroes Award

'There is a God'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 13: Believe it or Not Award

'The Rescue'
First Honorable Mention
Category 17: Dan Olive Memorial Award

'At the Breakfast Table'
Second Honorable Mention
Category 21: Shelton Award

'Reluctant Hero'
Third Place
Category 23: Chester Terry Jr. Memorial Award

'Widow Brown and the Cricket'
First Place
Category 24: Primrose Award

2025 Continued
Utah State Poetry Society Spring Contest

'The Rainmaker'
First Honorable Mention
Category 3: Verna Hartsoe Chiong Memorial

'Eternal Gift'
First Honorable Mention
Category 4: Matthew Limburgh Christ-Centered Poetry

'Cattle Drive'
Second Place
Category 8: Orville Webb Cowboy Poetry

'Thank God for Weeds'
First Honorable Mention
Category 18: Ben Lomond

'Tail of a Skunk'
Second Place
Category 23: Betty Fowler Memorial

'tobacco worker'
Third Place
Category 29: Haiku

'Pilfered Peanuts'
First Place
Category 31: Meagher Memorial

'Tit for Tat'
First Place
Category 34: Lloyd Murray Light Verse

2025 Continued
National Federation of State Poetry Societies contests

'Happy Hollow Nursing Home'
Second Place
Contest 39: The Barbara Sykes Memorial Award (159 entries)

2025 Continued
Arizona State Poetry Society contest

'At the Breakfast Table'
First Honorable Mention
Category 7: Humor/Satire

'Pokey Pete'
First Place
Category 17: Rhyming Poem for Children

2025 Continued
League of Minnesota Poets contest

'My Uncle Paul'
Second Place
Category 11: The Yarn Spinner Award

2025 Continued
Poetry Society of Texas contests

'King George'
Fourth Place (10 entries)
Contest 32: The Clement Ellison Memorial Award

2025 Continued
Illinois State Poetry Society contest

'Musings of an Octogenarian' (sestina)
Third Place
Category 1: Elizabeth Bishop Award

'Mystery Solved'
First Place
Category 12: Curt Vevang Humor Award

2025 Continued
Poetry Society of Tennessee contests

'Eternal Gift'
Second Place (tie)
Contest 4: President's Award

'Lying on my Back'
First Honorable Mention
Contest 5: Summer Storms

'His Name was Rex'
Second Place
Contest 13: Richard Tillinghast Honorary Award

'Old Enough'
First Honorable Mention
Contest 17: Dorsimbra