Winners of the Ides of March Contest
2011

Adult Poetry

1st Place - Nancy Shires, Greenville, NC -Survival of the Felicitous

2nd Place - Jude McCanse, Rockford, IL - The Procession

3rd Place - Carol Hamilton, Midwest City, OK - Beginners

Honorable Mentions

William Beyer, Belvidere, IL - A Father's Death

Daniel Malcolm Curtis, Beloit, WI - My Soul Undone

John M. Davis, Visalia, CA - "JUST BECAUSE TOMMY DOES IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO DO IT. IF HE JUMPED OFF A BRIDGE..."

Gene McCormick - Wayne, IL - The Warriors & Princesses Nursing Home

Wilda Morris - Bolingbrook, IL - Dad's Pocketknife

Jim Swierzynski - Reeseville, WI - Brew Scooter

Joan Morse Vistain - Antioch, IL - Impression

Adult Prose

1st Place - Ann Wienen Edmonds - Sterling, IL - Consulting Solomon

2nd Place - Rebecca Gorman - Denver, CO - Hannah's Monologue (from Grave Sight)

3rd Place - Charles Francis Gould - Portland, OR - How Pope Leo the Great Saved Rome from the Huns

Honorable Mentions

Tom Fenwick - McHenry, IL - Not As Bad As You Might Think

Jeff Flodin - Chicago, IL - Tragic Figures from History #446

Karl Harshbarger - Hamm, Germany - The Nighthawk

Clare Kron - DeKalb, IL - Resolution

Robert Tomaro - Beloit, WI - Jazz in the Jungle

Youth Prose

1st Place - Rebecca Russell - Rockford, IL - A Time of Judgment

Winners of the Ides of March Contest
2010 

Adult Poetry

1st Place – Rich Farrell, Carpentersville, IL - Showdown
2nd Place – Candace Murrow, Olympia, WA - Poet’s Song
3rd Place – Rebecca Kojetin, Rockford, IL - Tattered Clothes

Honorable  Mention – Wilda Morris, Bolingbrook, IL - At Norman's

Adult Prose:

1st Place – Jeff Flodin, Chicago, IL - Faithless
2nd Place – Ann Wienen Edmonds, Sterling, IL - My Great Grandmother’s Chicken Dressing
3rd Place – Alan Youmans, Freeport, IL - Second Chance

Honorable Mention – Robert Tomaro, Beloit, WI - 8

Youth Poetry:

1st Place – Claire Reck, Caledonia, IL, Rockford Christian School, 8th grade - The Promise in a Seed


Youth Prose:

1st Place – Ryan Bernsten, Belvidere, IL, Boylan High School, Senior - The Lumberjack Breakfast
 
2nd Place - Valerie Portolano, Fountain Hills, AZ, Fountain Hills School District, 8th grade - White Walls of Misery

The winners receive cash prizes and publication in The Rockford Review Summer/Gala Edition, 2010.

The Rockford Writers' Guild congratulates the winners and all the authors who participated in this contest. Thank you for sharing your talents!

Winners of the Ides of March Contest
2009 

Adult Poetry

1st. Place – Dave Slater, DeKalb, IL - Gathering Wood
2nd. Place – Sandy Fink, Dowling, FL - from Mosaics IV, Words
3rd.  Place – Lisa Roettger, Freeport, IL - Newsworthy

Honorable Mention – Wilda Morris, Bolingbrook, IL - Death by Chocolate

Adult Prose

1st. Place – Mary Chandler, Reno, NV - The Visitor
2nd. Place – Kathleen Demmert Tresemer, Rockton, IL -Lesson Learned
3rd. Place – Jeff Flodin, Chicago, IL - The Miracle Cure

Honorable Mention – Pat Bryan, Beloit, WI - The Cutting Edge of the Human Condition

Youth Poetry and Prose

1st. Place - Julia Friberg, 18, Rockford, IL - A Different Shade of Grey, prose
2nd. Place - Rick Morrison, 17, Rockford, IL - Hopeless, prose
3rd. Place - Valerie Portolano, 13, Fountain Hills, AZ - Shadows, poetry

Honorable Mention – Anna Jungles, 16, Freeport, IL - Quiet Moments, poetry

Winners received cash prizes:

1st Place - $50
2nd Place - $30
3rd Place - $20
Honorable Mention - $10

Winning entries are published in The Rockford Review - Pooling Our Talents -Summer Gala Edition - 2009. Authors were invited to read their piece at the annual Summer Gala Luncheon & Reading, July 19, 2009 at the Clock Tower Inn Resort.

Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to the winners!