The winners of the 2023 International Proverse Poetry Prize were announced at our 2023 Proverse Autumn Reception at the Helena May 21 November. Poems could be submitted on any subject of the poet’s choosing or on the theme of “Space“. There was a free choice of interpretation, form and style. All placed poets were published in our anthology Mingled Voices 8, which launched at our 2024 Spring Reception at the Helena May 25 April. Galleries of our past events can be viewed here.
The results of the 2023 Proverse Poetry Prize are:
First Prize: Gary Beaumier, USA.
Second Prize: Michael Witts, Australia.
Third Prizes:
Anna Quercia-Thomas, USA and Australia.
Lynda Lambert, USA.
Konstandinos (Dino) Mahoney, UK and Greece.
Rena Ong, Singapore and UK.
Specially Mentioned for a Group of Poems
Neil Douglas, UK;
José Manuel Sevilla, Catalonia and HK;
George Watt, Australia.
Several other poets were awarded one or more places in Mingled Voices 8: the International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2023, to be launched at the Proverse Spring Reception 2024 in April. They are:
Joy Al-Sofi, Andrew Barker, Alan Bern, Maria Elena Blanco, Gavin Bourke, Andrew Braunbhar, A.P.Y. Chan, Calista Chan, Jasmine Chan, Carol Flake Chapman, Suzanne Cottrell, Harrison Ekeblad, Casey Hampton, Mostafa Hazara, Akin Jeje, Sadie Kaye, Margus Lattik, Michael Leibowitz, Sharon Ludan, Carmina Masoliver, Wayne Paul Mattingly, Kate Maxwell, Jack Mayer, Terry (John) Miller, Daniel Thomas Moran, Denise O’Hagan, Helen Oliver, Jun Pan (Janice), Joanna Radwańska-Williams, James Redfern, M. Ann Reed, Jack Richardson, Paris Rosemont, Halil Suat Sarac, Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Wesley Sims, Hayley Solomon, Dong Sun, Abbie Taylor, Luisa Ternau, Edward Tiesse, Roger Uren, Peter Verbica, Anna Verhaegh, Kewayne Wadley, Anson Honghua Wang, Hollie Ziskind, Zuo Fei
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