Lana Hechtman Ayers

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2008 Late Blooms – A Poetry Postcard Series
Poems by women over 40 who’ve not yet published a full-length book.
 
 
 
Set of 7 High-Quality 5"x7" Postcards
 
Poem and Art on front, back ready for your message
 
Price: $10 per set, free shipping
 
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WINNERS OF THE 2008 CONTEST
 
Another year of great entries from talented women who all are deserving of recognition. About 300 poems vied for the 7 top spots. The only disappointing part is that most came from Seattle or the Pacific Northwest (hope more of you across the nation participate next time). The judging was very difficult and in addition to the 7 winners I want to acknowledge close runners-up and honorable mentions.
 

Women artists over 40 provided custom art pieces to go with the 7 winning poems: Nancy Canyon, Lorraine Healy, Jessie Lyle, Kate Lynch, Holly Thomas, Michel Tsouris.

 
CONTEST WINNERS
 
Seattle, WA
"sunset"
 
Carol Levin
Seattle, WA
"And We Laughed About Heaven"

 

Julianna McCarthy
Frazier Park, CA
"Compline"
 
Arlene Naganawa
Seattle, WA
"I Had a Blue Dream"

 

Deborah Valianti
Brighton, MA
"Rain"
 
Roberta Visser
Swanzey, NH
"At the Vietnamese Cultural Center Garden Party"
 
University Place, WA
"Spring Long Gone"
 
RUNNERS-UP
 
"False Spring"

 

"Divorce"
 
Melissa J. Carl
"Proof"
 
Susan F. Glassmeyer
"I Tell You" (an excerpt)
 
Susan Hannus
"One February Night"
 
Tina Schumann
"Initiation"
 
Lynne Shapiro
"Your Dead Mother"
 
HONORABLE MENTION
 
Deborah Akers
"disconsolate"
 
Karen Bonaudi
"Sunshine for Susan"
 
Matilda Cox
"Do Over"
 
Amy Dengler
"When Audrey Hepburn Returns"
 
Susan J. Erickson
"Progress"
 
Kathleen Fagley
"The Vigil"
 
Victoria Givotovsky
"On a Walk, Thinking of Tania"
 
Patricia Hale
"Perpetual Calendar"
 
Nellie Hill
"Still Life for Granted"
 
Elizabeth Kerlikowske
"Extinct"
 
Christina Lovin
"Killdeer"
 
Amy MacLennan
"Windows in Our Apartment"
 
Denise Calvetti Michaels
"Photo of the School at San Gabriel Dam, 1920"
 
Mary Ann Payne
"Winterscape"
 
Becky Dennison Sakellariou
"Delivery"
 
Julia Meylor Simpson
"Dear Laura Ingalls Wilder"
 
Julia Klatt Singer
"Brooklyn Bridge"
 
Monda Van Hollebeke
"Rush Hour"
 
Julene T. Weaver
"Truth"
 
For questions, send e-mail to LateBlooms@LanaAyers.com