[Jean L. Kreiling]

Fire-breathing dragons for sure, Gail! Congratulations!

And congratulations to the finalists as well--what a treat to (sort of) know so many, so that I can feel personally happy for you!

jlk

[Rick Mullin]

Congratulations, Gail.

[Seree Zohar]

wow, Gail, big congrats! and Cathy and Claudia and any other sphere finalists! Do we get to read these winner sonnets somewhere?

[Charlotte Innes]

Huge congrats to both of you!

Charlotte

[Claudia Gary]

Thank you.

So that's four of us so far: Gail (the winner) plus finalists Susan, Cathy, and myself. There must be eight more finalists out there somewhere. As I understand it, all 12 of these sonnets will appear in a future issue of Measure.

[Rob Wright]

Congratulations to you all. So many Sperians! — Gail, Catherine, Susan, Claudia… are there others who have not checked in? But the biggest congrats goes to Gail, of course, for winning in such a tough field. I look forward to reading them all.

RobW

[Michael Juster]

Gail: I think they're embroidered with a twerking Miley Cyrus insignia this year (sigh...the constant pressure to be hip!), but I will have to check with Bill Baer. Congrats again, Mike.

[Maryann Corbett]

Congratulations again, Gail! And congratulations to Cathy, Susan, and Claudia, and I too hope the others report in.

I've updated the award's Wikipedia page with the new information. It's about time Gail had her own Wikipedia entry!

[Janice D. Soderling]

Claudia and Susan too!! Wow! I am really looking forward to reading these.

[Gail White]

Originally Posted by Maryann Corbett

I've updated the award's Wikipedia page with the new information.

Thanks, Maryann, I've always wondered who did that!

And congratulations to the other known finalists, Susan, Claudia & Cathy
--as Tim Murphy likes to say, women rule in the contemporary sonnet.