We are pleased to announce the winners of the fifth Semi-annual Webstatic Poetry Contest. During this contest period, 2,862 qualifying entries were received. Sincere thanks to all who entered. We look forward to reading more of your creative works in the next Webstatic contest.

Sondra and Leon
Webstatic Editors

Category – Age 18 & above

First Place ($140)
Lauren Coggins – Charlotte, NC – A Little off the Top

Second Place ($70)
Lynne den Hartog – The Netherlands – Elegy in a Graveyard

Third Place ($35)
Mary M. Munro – Long Beach, CA – Dialogue in a Summer Art Class

Honorable Mention ($20)
Melissa Bourne – Falmouth, ME – Only the Youngest Will See

First Place ($60)
Jessica Burton – Goshen, KY – Personality Wallpaper

Second Place ($40)
Crystal Pinto – Canada – The Stone Sculpture of a Soul

Third Place ($30)
Barbara Meyer – St. George, KS – Poetry

Honorable Mention ($15)
Elizabeth Karr – Chatham, NJ – Aged to Enigma
Cortney Taylor – Canada – The Main Floor

Finalists

• Jennifer Bell  –  Australia  –  “Tears on the Mountain”
• Melissa Bourne  –  ME  –  “Only the Youngest will See”
• Jessica Burton*  –  KY  –  “Personality Wallpaper”
• Lauren Coggins  –  NC  –  “A Little off the Top”
• Chris Cunningham  –  CO  –  “Never”
• Brian S. Davis  –  TX  –  “A Sip of It”
• Diana Del Real  –  CA  –  “We’ve Danced this Dance Before”
• Dani L. Evans  –  FL  –  “Megan”
• Ashlyn Fangue*  –  LA  –  “Grandmother to Granddaughter”
• Lynne den Hartog  –  The Netherlands  –  “Elegy in a Graveyard”
• Debbie D. Johnson  –  VA  –  “Love Me Do”
• Elizabeth Karr*  –  NJ  –  “Aged to Enigma”
• Alicia Leitzel  –  PA  –  “Blessings”
• Barbara Meyer*  –  KS  –  “Poetry”
• Mary M. Munro  –  CA  –  “Dialogue in a Summer Art Class”
• James Nihan  –  TN  –  “Storyteller”
• Igor Norinsky*  –  NY  –  “The Search for Identity”
• Christopher Onstad*  –  CA  –  “Standing on My Own”
• Crystal Pinto*  –  Canada  –  “The Stone Sculpture of a Soul”
• Christine Pirrone*  –  PA  –  “Everything’s Perfect”
• Prashant Rana  –  India  –  “Did We Ever Meet”
• Eric Rickus*  –  Canada  –  “The One”
• Kelly Rockhold  –  IN  –  “Colors”
• Jennifer Russo  –  MA  –  “The SkyDiver”
• Ariel E. Schaible*  –  NY  –  “Proctor”
• Shawna M. Shappy*  –  VT  –  “War”
• Michael Suib  –  NY  –  “CAPITOL LETTERS”
• Leke Sule  –  Nigeria  –  “Fire of Lust”
• Denise C. Tagan  –  MA  –  “Tenderly”
• Cortney Taylor*  –  Canada  –  “The Main Floor”
• Chocolate Waters  –  NY  –  “The Wind of Easy”
• Autumn Young  –  TN  –  “Morning Writing”
• Nida N. Zuberi  –  U.A.E.  –  “The Chosen Ones”

* Category, age 17 & under