Alphabetical List Of Winning Poems Poem by Kim Barney
Alphabetical List Of Winning Poems
(This is a work in progress and will be updated from time to time.)
[Last update 13 July 2025]
ASPS = Arizona State Poetry Society contests
ISPS = Illinois State Poetry Society contests
FSPA = Florida State Poetry Association contests
MINN = Minnesota Poetry Society contests
MISS = Mississippi Poetry Society contests
NFSPS = National Federation of State Poetry Societies contests
PSI = Poetry Society of Indiana contests
PST = Poetry Society of Texas contests
SHEA = Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest
TENN = Poetry Society of Tennessee contests
UTSPS = Utah State Poetry Society contests
Absolution
Second Honorable Mention ASPS 2019
Adoring Books
Third Place PST 2022
Second Place ISPS 2023
Always Good for Something
Second Place PSI 2023
A Marvelous Hunting Dog
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2018
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2020
First Honorable Mention ASPS 2022
Ant Highway
Third Place UTSPS 2024
Armchair Adventures
Third Place NFSPS 2018
At the Breakfast Table
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2024
Second Honorable Mention MISS 2025
A Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind
Third Place NFSPS 2018
Baseball in Heaven
First Place ASPS 2019
Ben Franklin, while visiting Dublin
Second Place PSI 2022
Billy Collins
Third Honorable Mention NFSPS 2017
Bound Together
First Honorable Mention FSPA 2022
Brief Encounter
Third Place ISPS 2021
Fifth Honorable Mention NFSPS 2023
Cattle Drive
Second Place UTSPS 2025
Changing the World
Second Honorable Mention FSPA 2022
First Honorable Mention FSPA 2024
Cousin Dan
Third Place UTSPS 2018
Deaf and Blind
Second Place ISPS 2020
Dr. Sharp
Third Place UTSPS 2020
Dying for a Cookie
First Place UTSPS 2019
Second Place ASPS 2019
Eating Severed Limbs
Fourth Place PST 2024
Enchanted Princess
Seventh Honorable Mention NFSPS 2020
End of the Chase
Third Honorable Mention ISPS 2022
Eternal Gift
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2025
Feeling the Pressure
Second Honorable Mention NFSPS 2023
Forever
Third Place ISPS 2021
FIRST PLACE NFSPS 2022
Fur Elise
Fourth Honorable Mention NFSPS 2023
First Place UTSPS 2024
First Place PSI 2024
Gift of the Walnut
Second Place PSI 2024
Give Me an Hour's Notice
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2019
Good Life at the Rest Home
Second Honorable Mention UTSPS 2023
Grandma's Corncob Pipe
First Honorable Mention PSI 2024
Great Uncle Robert
Third Honorable Mention PSI 2023
Happy Hollow Nursing Home
First Place UTSPS 2022
Second Honorable Mention ASPS 2022
Fourth Honorable Mention NFSPS 2024
Healthiest Town Ever Found
First Place UTSPS 2019
Second Place ASPS 2022
he no longer snores
Second Honorable Mention UTSPS 2020
How Pretzels Were Invented
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2023
I Love Those Country Crooners
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2020
Second Honorable Mention UTSPS 2021
Imagination
Special Recognition UTSPS 2018
I'm All Shook Up
Third Honorable Mention MISS 2025
Impossible Mission
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2022
It Really Happened
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2021
Special Recognition UTSPS 2022
I've Been Around a While
Special Recognition UTSPS 2020
King Collins
First Place PST 2022
King George
Eighth Place PST 2021
Tenth Place PST 2022
Languishing in Jail
Third Place UTSPS 2022
FIRST PLACE ASPS 2022
Lingering
Second Honorable Mention UTSPS 2023
Looking Forward to Tomorrow
Sixth Place PST 2021
Second Honorable Mention PSI 2024
Lying on my Back
First Honorable Mention TENN 2024
Many Wonders
Second Place NFSPS 2023
Miracle Man
First Honorable Mention PSI 2022
Third Place ASPS 2024
Mischievous Toys
Seventh Honorable Mention NFSPS 2019
Third Place ASPS 2022
Mother's Dream
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2019
My Amazing Grandpa
Special Recognition UTSPS 2019
Seventh Honorable Mention NFSPS 2020
My Father's Garden
First Honorable Mention NFSPS 2023
My Legacy
Second Honorable Mention UTSPS 2022
My Mother's Sacrifice
Second Place UTSPS 2020
My Pet Buffalo
Third Place ISPS 2022
Mystery Solved
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2023
My Uncle Paul
Second Honorable Mention ASPS 2021
Never-Changing Hills
Second Place NFSPS 2020
Nice to Meet You. Marry Me?
Third Honorable Mention FSPA 2022
Old Baldy and Me
Second Place UTSPS 2021
Old Enough
First Honorable Mention TENN 2024
Old Mac
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2019
Second Place ASPS 2021
Pilfered Peanuts
Second Honorable Mention SHEA 2023
First Place UTSPS 2025
Pirate Jean LaFitte
First Honorable Mention NFSPS 2021
Pistol Packin' Pete
Sixth Honorable Mention NFSPS 2023
Pokey Pete
Third Honorable Mention ASPS 2022
Reluctant Hero
Third Place MISS 2025
Sail On!
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2019
Shall I Compare Thee to a Bale of Hay?
Third Place UTSPS 2020
First Honorable Mention NFSPS 2021
Tenth Place PST 2021
First Place NFSPS 2024
Shopping Tips from an Old Pro
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2021
Shrinking
First Place TENN 2024
Sittin' ‘Round the Campfire
Third Place ASPS 2021
Sleeptalking
Second Place NFSPS 2018
Smart Plants
Third Honorable Mention PSI 2022
Sorry Sibling
Second Place PSI 2022
Still Mostly Working
First Place PSI 2023
Surely I'm Not Obese
First Honorable Mention TENN 2024
Swimming Naked in Snapping Turtle Pond
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2023
Tail of a Skunk
Special Recognition UTSPS 2022
Second Place UTSPS 2025
Taken Too Soon
First Place UTSPS 2019
Terrified Taxi Driver
Third Place ASPS 2019
Thank God for Weeds
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2025
That Explains It!
Second Place PST 2021
The Bird Feeder
Second Place UTSPS 2016
The Blue Pill
Third Place UTSPS 2023
The Conversion
Fourth Honorable Mention NFSPS 2020
The English Sonnet
Second Place UTSPS 2017
The Fortune Teller
Seventh Honorable Mention NFSPS 2024
The Pastor's Choice
Sixth Place PST 2020
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2022
First Honorable Mention ISPS 2023
The Rainmaker
First Honorable Mention UTSPS 2025
The Rescue
First Honorable Mention MISS 2025
The Streaker
Third Place ASPS 2021
The Ultimate Villanelle
Seventh Honorable Mention NFSPS 2023
the wolf at twilight (haiku)
Second Place UTSPS 2024
There is a God
Third Honorable Mention MISS 2025
Tit for Tat
First Place UTSPS 2025
Those Letters
Second Honorable Mention UTSPS 2017
tobacco worker
Third Place UTSPS 2025
Today I Danced
First Honorable Mention FSPA 2024
Tree to Tree
Fifth Honorable Mention NFSPS 2022
Two Chipmunks
Third Place NFSPS 2023
Unhurried Ride
Third Honorable Mention ISPS 2024
went to the ocean
Third Honorable Mention UTSPS 2017
First Place PST 2020
When I Am Gone
First Honorable Mention ISPS 2021
Second Place FSPA 2022
When I Was Young
Third Place ISPS 2022
Widow Brown and the Cricket
First Place MISS 2025
Wishful Fishing
Third Place NFSPS 2019
Without You...
Second Place ISPS 2023
Susan, Yes, these are all real poems written by me, but not all of them are posted on Poem Hunter, because once they are posted here, they are no longer eligible to be entered in most contests. So I keep entering them in contests until they get published somewhere.
Some of these titles sound so you---this little fish is definitely hooked!
Those titles should ALL sound 'so me'. I wrote them all. Thanks, dear friend, for your multiple comments.
Tell me---are these real poems written by you? I tried to find 'A Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind' but Poem Hunter ignored my search question.
Also, in the 'search anything' box you can type 'terrible thing' and it will bring up a list of 14 poems, one of which is that one.
To find that poem, go to my poet page and click on 'poems'. Then click on 'title'. It is on the first page of poems.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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7/18/2025 9:53:23 PM # 1.0.0
This is your alphabetical list of winning poems. I think I have seen your chronological list, but I can't remember what it is called.
Belle, the chronological list is called Prize Poems. It was last updated on the same day this one was.