The 2016 Nemerov Sonnet Award winner is...
 

Midge Goldberg for "Tennis Practice Against the Garage Door." Rachel Hadas was the judge.

Finalists included:

Catherine Chandler "Family at Sunset Beach, California"
Robert Daseler "Deprived of Weather"
Anna Evans "A Tune to Remember"
Carol Frith "Rumor of a Route"
Len Krisak "Zeitgebers"
Robert Mezey "Insomnia"
John Ridland "6. Pete Irvine Ph.D. (1931-1976)
David Stephenson "Knife Grinder"
Katherine Barrett Swett "Yet another view"
Marilyn L. Taylor "Scaffolding"
AntonYakolev "Peter's Denial"

This list is full of outstanding people & poets--congratulations to them all.

Final judge for the next competition: Dana Gioia

Mike Juster (on behalf of Bill Baer)

Cool! Congrats to all!

And thanks for letting us know, Michael.

Congratulations to Midge and to all of the finalists! I look forward to reading them in Measure.

Susan

Congratulations to everybody! And thanks to Mike for posting. I've updated the Wikipedia page for the award.

Great news! Midge was one of my final 3 when I was judging in 2015, and I am delighted that she is the winner.

Deeply, deeply pleased to see my name on this list with so many distinguished poets! I'm humbled-- and thrilled for Midge, grateful to Rachel Hadas, and indebted to Mike for spreading the news.

Congratulations to Midge, and to the veritable Who's Who of finalists who made it this year. What a list!

Huge congrats to Midge and to all the finalists!! Great way to start the new year.

Siham