Rhyme On Adult Poetry Writing Contest

Rhyme On Adult Poetry Writing Contest

Thanks for participating!

We hope you enjoyed this year's contest. All of the honored entries have been compiled here.

The contest was open to Loudoun residents and our friends from the cities of Falls Church, Alexandria and Winchester; the District of Columbia; Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Clarke and Frederick counties in Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia; and Montgomery, Washington, Prince George's, Frederick and Charles counties in Maryland are eligible to enter. All contestants were 18 or older.

2023 CONTEST WINNERS

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Free Verse

Winner: Betty Ann Webb Gressling, Thresholds                                                        
Runner-up:
Vidya Suri, Three Bridges                                                                                                             
Honorable Mention:
Benjamin Byrnes, Monumental                     
Honorable Mention:
Olivia Gamertsfelder, If I Were to Die                                       
Honorable Mention:
Susan Roland, Today Isn't The Day    

Funniest Poem

Winner: Aaliya El-Amin, The Eating Well                              
Runner-up:
Tanner McClelland, Busted                          
Honorable Mention:
Tara Ayn Bahr, I M Perfect                          
Honorable Mention:
Laura J. Bobrow, Reflections on Aging                      
Honorable Mention:
Abinaya Ayyamperumal , Morning Mayhem

Poems About Loudoun County

Winner: Margit Royal, Blue Ridge Mountain Sojourn        
Runner-up:
Martin P Bromser-Kloeden, The Not-So-Secret Mountain 
Honorable Mention: Mark Becker, Route 9 to Harpers Ferry
Honorable Mention: Elena Capofari, now 
Honorable Mention: Bobby Sorensen, At a Stoplight

Love Poem

Winner: Heather Sullivan, What is Love?
Runner-up: Gavri-El, Three-Part Structure of Love
Honorable Mention: Sonik Malik, Morning at the Beach      
Honorable Mention: Greg Friedmann, Orpheus and Eurydice
Honorable Mention: Shruti Sekar, The Planets and pluto