[Susan McLean]

Here is the list of the winners, honorable mentions, and finalists in Poetry by the Sea's sonnet contest. Melissa Balmain won the individual sonnet contest, and some of the finalists are also members here.

Shortlist of Individual Sonnets


“Alausí 1941” by Lupita Edye-Tucker

“Another Love Poem” by Melissa Balmain

“Awakening” by Jenna Le (H.M.)

“The Brightness and the Fade” by Liz Ahl

“Commencement Address” by Lesley Wheeler

“Complaint of a Brain in a Jar” by Austin Allen

“Fill in the Blank” by Austin Allen

“Fjord” by Chelsea Woodard

“Labyrinth” by Susan McLean

“Niagara Overlook” by Melissa Balmain (FIRST PRIZE)

“Ragga” by Traci O’Dea

“Renovation of the Memory Palace” by George David Clark

“To Be a Tortured Saint” by Barbara Lydecker Crane



Shortlist of Sonnet Crowns



“After Reading Hemingway Late at Night” by Jean Kreiling (H. M.)

“Bridesmaid Dress” by Jenna Le (FIRST PRIZE)

“Group Therapy for the Female Characters of the Odyssey” by Moira Egan

“The Ritual Bath” by Joyce Wilson

“The Useless Class” by Martin Elster


Susan