[Alex Pepple]

First, many thanks to our Top Secret DG, for a most successful event. And thank you to all who submitted, and all the participants of the event. Without further ado, it's my pleasure to tally the popular vote count and bring you the popular winners, as presented to me by our TSDG--

TOP THREE WINNERS of the 2014 Sonnet Bake-off are:

1. "A Passenger" by Robert Crawford (86 points)
2. "The Iamb" by Elise Hempel (81 points)
3. "Postcard" by Quincy Lehr (46 points)

Congratulations to our WINNER Bob Crawford!

Congratulations also to our second- and third-place sonneteers, Elise Hempel and Quincy Lehr respectively.

Next, here are the remaining finalists in order of popular votes received:

4. "The Hoarder" by Gail White (45 points)
5. "Streetlight" by Woody Long (15 points)
5. "Snow Blind" by L.M. Price (15 points)
7. "Bed" by Mary McLean (14 points)
8. "As Such a Sonnet" by Marvin Welborn (3 points)
9. "The Great Escape" by David Phillips (2 points)
10. "Columbus Circle" by Vincent Miskell (1 point)

Congratulations and thank you to all!

And Oh, there's more ... our TSDG also chose the following, which did not make the finals, as honorable mentions:

"Cramer and Two Eggs" by Bradley Omanson
"Elegy for the People of Earth" by Mike Snider
"I May" by Martin Elster
"Lingering Myths" by Birthe Myers
"Matins" by Michael Payne
"Rehearsal" by Julie Stoner
"Seasonal Sonnet" by Janice D. Soderling
"Remembered Wings" by David Anthony
"The Table" by Jay Rogoff
"Ukiyo" by Wiley Clements



Finally, who is our expert sonneteer aka Top Secret DG? Check the TSDG's posts, with username now decoded and declassified!

Cheers,
...Alex