2008 PSO Annual Contest Winners, Page One
PSO Poets Laureate by Year

Click year to see PSO Laureate Page
2009*****Barbara Richard*****
2006 and 2008*****Vivian R. Stewart*****
2007*****Hazel Bell Nicholas*****
2004 and 2005*****Dena Gorrell*****
2003*****Clark Elliott*****

Category One: The Tom Lavender Narrative Award

First Place-----Catherine Moran
Second Place-----Von S. Bourland
Third Place-----Carol L. Snow
Honorable Mention-----Lydia Irene Walton
Honorable Mention-----Vivian R. Stewart
Honorable Mention-----Marsha K. Oldham
Honorable Mention-----Barbara Richard

Category Two: Wilma Dean Williams "Poet of the Lord" Award

First Place-----Jerri Hardesty
Second Place-----Marianne McNeil Logan
Third Place-----Barbara Shepherd
Honorable Mention-----Hazel Bell Nicholas
Honorable Mention-----Robert L. Lynn
Honorable Mention-----Mary Chase

Category Three: Richard Minetree Memorial Award

First Place-----Barbara Richard
Second Place-----Barbara Shepherd
Third Place-----Lydia Irene Walton
Category Four: Joseph Vincent Hickey Memorial Award

First Place-----Carol L. Snow
Second Place-----Von S. Bourland
Third Place-----Vivian R. Stewart
Honorable Mention-----Ron Burt
Honorable Mention-----Marsha Kay Oldham
Honorable Mention-----Barbara Richard

Category Five: Vivianne Sonnet Award

First Place-----Joyce Shiver
Second Place-----Barbara Richard
Third Place-----Dena R. Gorrell
Honorable Mention----Mary Chase
Honorable Mention---Hazel Bell Nicholas
Honorable Mention---Robert L. Lynn

Category Six: Limerick
First Place-----Clark Elliott
Second Place-----Barbara Richard
Third Place-----Robert L. Lynn
Honorable Mention-----Vera Long
Honorable Mention-----Patti Koch
Honorable Mention-----Jerri Hardesty
Category Seven: The Bell Award
First Place-----Barbara Richard
Second Place-----Mary M. Chase
Third Place-----Marianne McNeil Logan
Honorable Mention-----Robert L. Lynn
Honorable Mention-----Vivian R. Stewart
Honorable Mention-----Marsha Kay Oldham

 Category Eight: Windmill Poets New Winds Award
First Place-----Carol L. Snow
Second Place-----Dena R. Gorrell
Third Place-----Vivian R. Stewart
Honorable Mention-----Carol Dee Meeks
Honorable Mention-----Clark Elliott
Honorable Mention-----Marsha Kay Oldham
Citation-----Joyce Shiver
Category Nine: A Thing of Beauty
First Place-----Joyce Shiver
Second Place-----Ron Wallace
Third Place-----Catherine Moran
Honorable Mention-----Robert L. Lynn
Honorable Mention-----Eugene V. Shea
Honorable Mention-----Ron Burt
Category Ten: Short Free Verse Poem
First Place-----Barbara Richard
Second Place-----Eugene V. Shea
Third Place-----Joyce Shiver
Honorable Mention-----Dena R. Gorrell
Honorable Mention-----Hazel Bell Nicholas
Honorable Mention-----Carol L. Snow
 
Category Eleven: Bible Story
First Place-----Vivian R. Stewart
Second Place-----Joyce Shiver
Third Place-----Patti Koch
Honorable Mention-----Marsha Kay Oldham
Honorable Mention-----Rob Burgess
Honorable Mention-----Von S. Bourland
Category Twelve: Eastlund-Stewart Revive a Form Award
First Place-----Dena R. Gorrell
Citations-----Robert L. Lynn, Joyce Shiver, and Barbara Richard
Category Thirteen: Ruby Barber Peace Award
First Place---Mary M. Chase
Second Place-----Catherine Moran
Third Place-----Clark Elliott
Honorable Mention-----Marianne McNeil Logan
Honorable Mention-----Marsha Kay Oldham
Honorable Mention-----Patti Koch
Honorable Mention-----Carol Dee Meeks

Category Fourteen: The Home Folks Real Estate Award

First Place-----Catherine Moran
Second Place-----Nick Sweet
Third Place-----Barbara Richard
Honorable Mention-----Barbara Shepherd
Honorable Mention-----Lydia Irene Walton
Honorable Mention-----Trina Lee
 
Category Fifteen: Windmill Poets Lewis Turco Blues Sonnet Award
First Place-----Clark Elliott
Second Place-----Dena R. Gorrell
Third Place-----Carol L. Snow
No Honorable Mentions in this category
Category Sixteen: Oklahoma Historical Award
First Place-----Clark Elliott
Second Place-----Robert L. Lynn
Third Place-----Vivian R. Stewart
Honorable Mention-----Patti Koch
Honorable Mention-----Ron Burt
Honorable Mention-----Dena R. Gorrell

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