The Results Are In!
Below are the winning poems from the Poetry Society of Vermont’s 2024 Fall Poem Contest as voted on by members.
| Rank | Poem Title | Poet |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Abalone Shell | Kathryn Bonnez |
| 2 | The Sheep Barn | Elizabeth McCarthy |
| 3 | still life with rain, you, & everything that is. | JT Butler |
| 4 | Glimpses of Home | Kate Viens |
| 5 | Come with Me | Scudder Parker |
| 6 | In June I Listen to White Winter Hymnal On the Way to White River Junction | Robin Dellabough |
| 7 | Chicago Sonnet III: Running South | Cindy Ellen Hill |
| 8 | Failing Limbs | Matthew Dickerson |
| 9 | The Garden | Rebecca Willis |
| 10* | Immersed | David Kent Young |
| 10* | To the Weavers of The Unicorn in Captivity | Carol Milkuhn |
Congratulations to PSOV Fall Poem Contest winners for securing a spot in the 2025 Mountain Troubadour! We received in excess of 60 poems for all of the members to peruse, read, then read again and rank. It was an impressive collection with a great deal of variety. Thanks to all for sending in your poems as well as collectively stepping forward to vote for your top ten choices.
If you would like to make revisions to your poems before publishing, send them to the Editor of The Mountain Troubadour and enter “Fall Poem Revision” in the subject line of your email.
In Poetry,
David Hartnett, Executive Secretary PSOV
Note: Spring & Fall Poem Contest finalists are selected by Members’ Choice Voting: A Google Form and document with all poems (anonymous) are sent to current members to vote on their top ten poems. The form responses are auto sent to a Google Spreadsheet which has added functions that calculate the final results using the Borda Count ranked choice voting method.