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Poetry Contest\n\nSince the competition's inception,the winners have been:  \n19881st poem:Michael Redhill  \n2nd poem:Sharon Thesen  \n3rd poem:Cornelia Hoogland  \n19891st poem:Elisabeth Harvor  \ntied:Elyse Yates St.George  \ntied:Patricia Young  \n19901st poem:Diana Brebner  \n2nd poem:Blaine Marchand  \n3rd poem:D.J.Eastwood  \nOver 15,000 poems have been entered in the League of Canadian Poets'National Poetry Contest since it began in 1987.These poems have shown thediverse range of poetic styles as well as how active the poetry community is inthis country.Who says poetry is a dying art?  \nAs the largest competition in the country,the top 50 poems are gatheredinto an anthology each year.From these poems,the top three are chosen andcash prizes of $1,000,$750 and $500 are awarded.  \nPoems entered in the contest are unpublished and no longer than 75 lines.All entries must be typed,single-sided on plain 81/2”x11”paper.As the con-test is judged blind by a jury of poets,the author's name must not appear onthe poem,but be submitted on separate sheet,along with an address and phonenumber and the titles of all poems entered.Copyright remains with the poet,but winners are asked to allow for the first rights to print their work.  \nThere is an entry fee for each poem and payment,either by cheque ormoney order in Canadian funds,should be included with the submissions.Deadline for the entries is January 31st of each year.Winners are announcedat the LCP's Annual General Meeting.  \n19911st poem:Elisabeth Harvor  \n2nd poem:David Margoshes  \n3rd poem:Debbie Fersht  \n19921st poem:Nadine McInnis  \n2nd poem:Stan Rogal  \n3rd poem:Louise B.Halfe  \n19931st poem:Joy Kirstin  \n2nd poem:Patricia Young  \n3rd poem:Gabriele Guenther  \nFor more information,please contact the League of Canadian Poets,54 Wolseley Street,3rd floor,Toronto,Ontario,M5T1A5,tel.:(416)504-1657.  \nL E A G U E0 FC A N A D I A NP0 E T S  \nNational Poetry Contest  \nQUARRY PRESS  \nIn honour of the poetry ofRoy Kiyooka and Tom Marshall.  \nCopyright ◎ for the League of Canadian Poets,1994.All rights reserved.  \nCanadian Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nVintage 93,League of Canadian Poets  \nISBN1-55082-122-9  \n1.Canadian poetry(English)—20th century.  \nI.Marchand,Blaine,1949-  \nPS8279.V5531994 C811'.5408 C94-900457-X PR9195.25.V461994  \nCover art entitled \"Form Complex\\#1\"by Roy Kiyooka,  \nreproduced by permission from the Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank.Design Consultant:Keith Abraham.Printed and bound in Canada by Webcom Limited,Toronto,Ontario.  \nPublished by Quarry Press Inc.,P.0.Box 1061,Kingston,Ontario K7L4Y5.  \n# Sixth National Poetry ContestPRIZE WINNERS\n\nFirst PrizeJoy Kirstin  \n“7:16”  \nSecond PrizePatricia Young“The Origins of the Kiss”  \nThird PrizeGabriele Guenther“Oil of Fear”  \nContents  \nPreface by Maria Jacobs 8Notes on the Authors 10  \nGabriele Guenther Oil of Fear 16Nadine McInnis Hope 18  \nSwimming Lesson 20Walking on Water 21John UnrauThe Goodlooking Newsreader on ChannelX 23Ron SmithFires of Chernobyl 24Partners 26Matthew Remski ]Dying in the Family 27Ron CharachLittle Boy with Hands Up 29Zoe LandaleThe Dead Rise in Us 31Sharon H.NelsonPortrait of a Lady 33Samuel B.PeraltaA Mother 34Concatenations 36Savannah 37Sandra NichollsArrival 38  \nCrash Test Dummies 40Whales 42Annette LeBoxMan Watching His Sarongs Dry 43Lala Heine-KoehnThe Certain Days of Abstinence 45Linda RogersCleopatra's Ring 46Maybe I Like To Sing 48Palindrome 50  \nRemember the Child 52Smells Around the Mouth 54Tim BowlingThe Photograph 55Venus Time 58Carmine StarninoThe Lesson 60William FledderusThe Journey of the Unutukait 61Elyse Yates St.GeorgeUngava Bay,199163Ann GoldringThe Pigeon,Icarus 64","cbCaimQ5PgLmX514","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimQ5PgLmX514","pdf",3537889,108,"English","# National Poetry Contest\n## Prize Winners\n## Contents","[{\"question\":\"How are poems judged in the League of Canadian Poets’ National Poetry 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