[Mark McDonnell]

My poem "Bones" is on the (fairly long admittedly) shortlist for the Better Than Starbucks Sonnet Contest. I see Cathy Chandler there too. There may be other familiar names. Yaay!

https://www.betterthanstarbucks.org/sonnet-contest

[Andrew Szilvasy]

Congrats Mark and Catherine!

I know it's hard sometimes to not soften or run down your own accomplishments, but you should feel proud.

[Roger Slater]

Congratulations to you and Catherine. The list is long, but there were over 900 sonnets entered in the contest so for every sonnet on the list there were 20 that didn't make it.

Other names that stand out here at Erato, though some have not been active here in recent years:


Max Gutmann (two sonnets)
John Beaton
Richard Wakefield (two sonnets)
Melissa Balmain (two sonnets)
David Rosenthal

[John Riley]

Congratulations Mark and to Catherine as well.

[Erik Olson]

Congratulations, Mark and Catherine!

[Gail White]

Congratulations & further good fortune!

[Mark McDonnell]

Thanks, lovely people. Best of luck to all on t'list.

[Andrew Frisardi]

Congrats! Bones, eh? I don't think I remember that one. I look forward to seeing it and all the others. Well done, Mark.

[Rob Wright]

Bravo, Brava, and the best of fortunes to you both (only one can win, of course) so like the cat in Animal Farm, I'm hedging my bet.

[Mark McDonnell]

Well, I didn't sneak in to the top 10, I'm afraid. Always the bridesmaid... haha

BUT. Congratulations to Catherine who came 3rd!!

Here's the list:

First Place:
For Trevion in the Local News by Barbara Loots
Second Place:
The Palace of Forty Pillars by Armen Davoudian
Third Place:
Salvage by Catherine Chandler

Honorable Mentions:
Last Call by Kit Rohrbach
Ornithology and its Discontents by Enriqueta Carrington
I Dreamt of a Broken Bird by Ciarán Parkes
On a Theme From Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz by Mark J. Mitchell
Forms and Forming by Richard Wakefield
Saturday morning by Mercedes Webb-Pullman
Onset by Max Gutmann