Woodnotes Award Winners
From 1991 to 1997, each quarterly issues of Woodnotes announced a “Woodnotes Award” winner. These awards sought to stimulate the submission of excellent poems and to honour submitters for their work. From 1991 to 1995 (issues #11 through #27), these winners were selected by the editors. In 1996, for issues #28 through #30, they were selected by the previous winner, with the final winner in 1997, from issue #31, being selected by the editor. The following are all the “Woodnotes Award” winners. Each announcement also listed three runners-up, but those poems are not included here. Gary Hotham, Matthew Louvière, Patricia Neubauer, and Peggy Willis Lyles each won the award twice.
#11, Winter 1991
she lifts the broom
as if to sweep
—a gust of wind
Matthew Louvière
#12, Spring 1992
stillness
of the mist . . .
white rowboat
Marlina Rinzen
#13, Summer 1992
morning breeze
pulsing in the Buddha’s palm
a spider web
Ebba Story
#14, Autumn 1992
autumn wind—
milkweed plumes
in the beggar’s bowl
Patricia Neubauer
#15, Winter 1992
my father
gentle for a moment—
butterflies
Marianne Monaco
#16, Spring 1993
planting alyssum
morning sunlight, purple
on the earthworms
Kathy White
#17, Summer 1993
fields flooded—
beneath the surface, somewhere,
the river bends
Christopher Herold
#18, Autumn 1993
November mist—
wood smoke scents
the jogger’s way
Peggy Willis Lyles
#19, Winter 1993
falling snow
white envelopes drop
through the mail slot
Winona Baker
#20, Spring 1994
knocking on the hive—
the hum of winter bees
rises a moment
Paul O. Williams
#21, Summer 1994
nursing a friend with AIDS
I close the window
against rain
Jerry Kilbride
#22, Autumn 1994
hand to hand
the unframed photos
of her life
Gary Hotham
#23, Winter 1994
palominos—
curve of the winter hills
in moonlight
Cherie Hunter Day
#24, Spring 1995
wild rose—
on the thorn’s tip
a bead of blood
Jeff Witkin
#25, Summer 1995
daybreak—
from the bread truck’s roof
frost swirls
Tom Clausen
#26, Autumn 1995
fresh-fallen snow—
footprints leading away
from the grave
Mark Arvid White
#27, Winter 1995
toy shop window
a tiny sleigh waits
at the doll house door
Patricia Neubauer
#28, Spring 1996
Chosen by Patricia Neubauer from issue #27:
thunderclap
the frayed shoestring
snaps
Peggy Willis Lyles
#29, Summer 1996
Chosen by Peggy Willis Lyles from issue #28:
Meteor shower
a dog on the porch
shaking off
Matthew Louvière
#30, Autumn 1996
Chosen by Matthew Louvière from issue #29:
after sunset
we lean against the stone wall
the warmth
Larry Kimmel
#31, Autumn 1997
Chosen by Larry Kimmel from issue #30:
love lost
pulling crabgrass
in the fading light
Keiko Imaoka
Chosen by Michael Dylan Welch from issue #31:
with the numbers
my daughter knows—
the stars counted
Gary Hotham