Art Affair: Sponsor of the Poetry, Short Story and Western Short Story Contests

Shade Tree Creations is host to the Annual Poetry, Short Story and Western Short Story Contests sponsored by Art Affair.

Art Affair

Poetry Contest

Read below to see the rules for the Art Affair Poetry contest and view the list of winning poets.

Art Affair Poetry Contest Rules:

Art Affair's poetry contest is open to any writer. Poems may be any style, any subject, and no more than 60 lines in length. Enter your own original work only. Please do not include a SASE; entries will not be returned.

Entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2010 and should be unpublished and/or unaccepted for publication when entered into the contest.

Please type your name, address, telephone number, and title of manuscript on a cover page, which will be removed before judging. On your manuscript, type line count in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.

You may enter as many poems as you wish, but each entry requires an entry fee of three dollars. (You may mail all entries together and pay with one check or money order.)

Prizes: $40.00, $25.00, $15.00 (Prize money and certificates will be mailed to the winners and a list of winners will be published on the website in December 2010.)

Entry Fee: $3.00 per poem

(Make check payable to Art Affair)

Deadline: October 1, 2010

Mail entries to:
ART AFFAIR - CONTEST
P.O. BOX 54302
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73154

Congratulations to all writers who entered!

Art Affair 2009 Poetry Contest Winners:

First Place – Patty Landi-Zippilli, Pitman, New Jersey – “The Rehearsal”
Second Place – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma – “Refraction”
Third Place – David Dillon, Killington, Vermont – “At the Bluff”
          (Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)
Honorable Mention – Del Cain, Saginaw, Texas – “Place”
Honorable Mention – Yvonne Carpenter, Clinton, Oklahoma – “State Fair Midway, 1960”
Honorable Mention – Sally Clark, Fredericksburg, Texas – “My Grandmother's House”
Honorable Mention – David Dillon, Killington, Vermont – “Shadows”
Honorable Mention – David Dillon, Killington, Vermont – “Beaver”
Honorable Mention – Vicki E. Harris, Barnardsville, North Carolina – “Mind Betrayal”
Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas – “A Few Words About Babel”
Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas – “To Remember the Crossing”
Honorable Mention – Carol D. Meeks, Tulsa, Oklahoma – “And Then Life Will Get Better”
Honorable Mention – Carol D. Meeks, Tulsa, Oklahoma – “Together We Travel the Same Path”
Honorable Mention – Yvonne Nunn, Hermleigh, Texas – “Winter Passes the Torch”
Honorable Mention – Alyssa Anne Radda, Grants Pass, Oregon – “Seasperation”
Honorable Mention – Harriet Slaughter, Long Beach, New York – "The Ballad of Cynthia Parker"
Honorable Mention – Linda Thompson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “The Three-Year-Old Con Artist”
Honorable Mention – Linda Thompson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “The Reunion”

Art Affair 2008 Poetry Contest Winners:

First Place – Marcia Molay, Wenham, Massachusetts – “The Farm”
Second Place – Carol Matos, New York, New York – “Dirty”
Third Place – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma – “All the Beauty You Can Hold”
          (Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)
Honorable Mention – Jim Barton, Huttig, Arkansas – “The Last of the Summer Apples”
Honorable Mention – James Beard, Follett, Texas – “Transcriptions”
Honorable Mention – James Beard, Follett, Texas – “Scandalous”
Honorable Mention – James Beard, Follett, Texas – “Afterwords”
Honorable Mention – Ken Hada, Ada, Oklahoma – “Hospice”
Honorable Mention – Ashleigh Hill, Fairfax, Virginia – “A Good Bad Mistake”
Honorable Mention – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma – “Stitching Remnants”
Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “Marion Man”
Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “Fran and My Brother’s Passing”
Honorable Mention – Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, California – “The Wild West”
Honorable Mention – Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, California – “The History of Color”
Honorable Mention – Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, California – “Crazy”
Honorable Mention – Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, California – "Evolution"
Honorable Mention – Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, California – “History Talks in a Boneyard”
Honorable Mention – Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, California – “Coming Home in a Haibun”
Honorable Mention – Eileen Malone, Broadmoor Village, California – “This Gold is Horseflesh”
Honorable Mention – Carol Matos, New York, New York – “Lenox Hill”
Honorable Mention – Carol Matos, New York, New York – “Everything is the same”
Honorable Mention – Marti McClure, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “The Beginning of War”
Honorable Mention – Marcia Molay, Wenham, Massachusetts – “Trophies”
Honorable Mention – Marcia Molay, Wenham, Massachusetts – “The Stone Speaks to Sisyphus”
Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas – “Touching the smells”
Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas – “Flat Lux”
Honorable Mention – Patricia A. Oplinger, Cherokee Village, Arkansas – “Thieves”
Honorable Mention – Kathryn Veres, Woodland Park, Colorado – “Spoons”
Art Affair 2007 Poetry Contest Winners:

First Place – Pat King, Albia, Iowa - “Two Cedar Trees Canting Apart”

Second Place – Pat King, Albia, Iowa - “Reading With Surgical Gloves On”

Third Place – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma - “Turning Away From Copernicus”

1st Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "Your First Christmas"

2nd Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "Moments After Murrah"

3rd Honorable Mention – Missy Madden, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "The Old Mahogany Sleigh Bed"

4th Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas - "What to Watch For"

5th Honorable Mention – Inez Phillips, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "Revenge of the Leaves"

6th Honorable Mention – Catherine “Katey” Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - "How My Neighbor's Garden Grows"
Art Affair 2006 Poetry Contest Winners:

First Place - Catherine Katey Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK - "Montana Memory"

Second Place - Sharon Burris, Ardmore, OK - "The Gypsy Calls"

Third Place - Lindsey Allgood, Norman, OK - "waterbaby"

Honorable Mention - Maureen Cannon, Ridgewood, NJ - "To Market! What Market?"

Honorable Mention - Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, OK - "Uninvited"

Honorable Mention - Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, OK - "Emancipation"

Honorable Mention - Catherine Katey Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK - "Lifting the Lid"

Honorable Mention - Lori Romero, Santa Fe, NM - "Tornado Tarantella in Stranger, Texas"

Honorable Mention - Clarence P. Socwell, Ogden, UT - "A Time Between"

Our 2006 poetry judge said at least half of the entries are ready to send out for publication.

Art Affair 2004 Poetry Contest Winners:

First Place - Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, OK - "Bone House"

Second Place - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "The Lady of Mercians"

Third Place - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "A Tiger of Vietnam"

First Honorable Mention - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "The Boys of Ho Chi Min"

Second Honorable Mention - Sharon E. Streeter, Portland, OR - "Dancing with Elizabeth"

Third Honorable Mention - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Wild Canaries"

Fourth Honorable Mention - Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Field of Iris"

Additional Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):

Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Moving Wall"

Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Fire Red and Winter White"

Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Narcissus Old"

Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "That Yucatan Rock"

Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX - "Painted Ground"

Judith Durbin, Midwest City, OK - "Her Father's Story"

Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Tehama, CA - "Home Visit"

Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Tehama, CA - "Trophy Wife"

Art Affair 2003 Poetry Contest Winners:

First Place - Maria Veres Homic, Edmond, OK - "February"

Second Place - Sharon E. Streeter, Portland, OR - "Edgar Meyer's Bass"

Third Place - Joe Jared, Yukon, OK - "Dove's Melody"

First Honorable Mention - Scott Heiserman, Yukon, OK - "Fences"

Second Honorable Mention - Scott Heiserman, Yukon, OK - "Pity the Weatherman"

Third Honorable Mention - Lanny Joe Burnett, Bonham, TX - "The Lesson"

Fourth Honorable Mention - J. C. Mahan, Edmond, OK - "Case of Runaway"