2. Mary Chase Memorial Award
Sponsor: Donna Wingo, daughter of Mary Chase || Judge: TBA
Form: Poet's Choice
Theme: Children
1st Place Patricia J. Koch – “Listen to the Children”
2nd Place Paul Buchheit - “Playground”
3rd Place Sara Gipson – “Wordplay”
1st HM Dr. Emory D. Jones – “Speaking of Daughters”
2nd HM Catherine Moran – “Listening to the Sounds”

3. Robert Knauss Memorial Award
Sponsor & Judge: Karen Kay Bailey
Form: Free Verse
Theme: Women of Inspiration
1st Place Jerri Hardesty – “Women of the American Revolution, Part 1”
2nd Place Judith Rycroft - “A Woman of Inspiration”
3rd Place Paul Buchheit – “American Woman”
1st HM 1 Sara Gipson – “Inspired to Teach”
2nd HM Catherine Moran – “Focusing on Mother Teresa”
3rd HM Dr. Emory D. Jones – “Lisa Meitner: Pioneering Scientist”

3. "Today is What?" Award
Sponsor: Rob Burgess
Judge: TBA
Form: Poet's Choice
Theme: An unusual bizarre holiday in October
1st Place Paul Bucheit -"National Chocolate Day"
2nd Place Jerri Hardesty - "Off to Work"
3rd Place Judith Rycroft – “October 1 - International Day of Older Persons”
1st HM 1 Trina Lee – “Ode to International Coffee Day”
Merit Dena Gorrell - International Sloth Day

Congratulations!! Barbara Shepherd, PSO Contest Chair