Congratulations to the top ten winners!
The results are in for the 2025 Spring Poetry Contest. Thank you to all the members who submitted poems to the Spring Poetry Contest and for those members who read all of the submitted poems and selected their top ten choices in the members’ choice voting form. The following poems will be published in the 2026 Mountain Troubadour.
| Poem Title | Place | Poet |
|---|---|---|
| Dignitary | 1 | Patrick Bradshaw |
| Vesper | 2 | Robin Dellabough |
| Saying Grace | 3 | Cindy Hill |
| Outlined in Chalk | 4 | Jim Brosnan |
| The White Shawl | 5 | Judith Janoo |
| Elders | 6 | Joy |
| Paean to summer-bound | 7 | PH Coleman |
| Incident Report | 8 | daithí (aka David Hartnett) |
| Swimming lessons | 9 | Melissa Durand (full name); Angeline Durand (nom de plume) |
| Clear As Honey | 10 | Karen R. Richardson |
Members’ Choice Voting: Spring/Fall Poetry Contest winners will be selected by members’ choice voting. An online form is sent to all members where they have the opportunity to vote for their top ten poems.The PSOV Members’ Choice Vote uses the Borda Count Method to calculate the choice ranking.
The next poetry submission opportunity for PSOV members will be the 2025 Summer Contests. Look for the opening announcement soon. Summer Contest poems will be judged by a select group of poets chosen by the PSOV Summer Contests Co-chairs and committee. The judges are non-PSOV Members with extensive experience in writing and publishing poetry. Many have experience teaching poetry or working in the literary community.