Utah State Poetry Society Contests Poem by Kim Barney

The first poetry contest I ever entered was the 2016 Utah State Poetry Society Spring Contest.
I think I only sent in two or three poems to the contest. One of them took second place in the introductory category. This gave me confidence and I have been submitting to the contest every year since.

2016
'The Bird Feeder'
Second Place
Category 35: Introduction Category

2017
'The English Sonnet'
Second Place
Category 14: Leroy Meagher Sonnet

'Those Letters'
Second Honorable Mention
Category 16: Vesta Crawford Short Poem

'went to the ocean'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 31: Haiku

2018
'Imagination'
Special Recognition
Category 18: Hungry Poets

'A Marvelous Hunting Dog'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 19: Pat Bader and Pat Kimber Memorial

'Cousin Dan'
Third Place
Category 27: Lloyd Murray Light Verse

2019
'Healthiest Town Ever Found'
First Place
Category 4: Betty Fowler Memorial (38 entries)

'Mother's Dream'
First Honorable Mention
Category 5: Webb-Kohler Memorial (48 entries)

'Taken Too Soon'
First Place
Category 6: Word Weavers Award (53 entries)

'My Amazing Grandpa'
Special Recognition
Category 15: Redrock Writers' Founders Award (46 entries)

'Old Mac'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 16: Wood Memorial (28 entries)

'Sail On! '
Third Honorable Mention
Category 18: Von J. Barney Memorial (32 Entries)

'Dying for a Cookie'
First Place
Category 24: Leroy Meagher Humor (45 entries)

'Give Me an Hour's Notice'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 30: Love Poem (43 entries)

2020
'Marvelous Hunting Dog'
First Honorable Mention
Category 3: Ann C. Larson Memorial (51 Entries)

'My Mother's Sacrifice'
Second Place
Category 5: Verna Hartsoe Chiong Memorial (33 entries)

'Dr. Sharp'
Third Place
Category 10: Honoring Dr. Sheldon B. Johnson (12 entries)

'he no longer snores'
Second Honorable Mention
Category 12: Tanka (28 entries)

'I Love Those Country Crooners'
First Honorable Mention
Category 23: Alice M. Whipple Memorial (28 entries)

'I've Been Around a While'
Special Recognition
Category 29: Lloyd Murray Light Verse (22 entries)

'Shall I Compare Thee to a Bale of Hay? '
Third Place
Category 30: Leroy Meagher Sonnet (23 entries)

2021
'It Really Happened'
First Honorable Mention
Category # 9: Celebrating a Small Town Childhood (26 entries)

'Old Baldy and Me'
Second Place
Category # 24: Dixie Poets Award (15 entries)

'I Love Those Country Crooners'
Second Honorable Mention
Category # 25: Rhyme & Reason Award (32 entries)

'Shopping Tips from an Old Pro'
First Honorable Mention
Category # 26: Martha Morrise Memorial (18 entries)

2022
'Impossible Mission'
Third Honorable Mention
Category 38: C. S. Watts Memorial (16 entries)

'My Legacy'
Second Honorable Mention
Category 35: Leroy Meagher Sonnet (22 entries)

'Languishing in Jail'
Third Place
Category 34: Lloyd Murray Light Verse (19 entries)

'Happy Hollow Nursing Home'
First Place
Category 31: Meagher Memorial (31 entries)

'The Pastor's Choice'
First Honorable Mention
Category 28: Eric Read Memorial (39 entries)

'It Really Happened'
Special Recognition
Category 22: Celebrating a Small Town Childhood (24 entries)

'Tail of a Skunk'
Special Recognition
Category 3: Betty Fowler Memorial (32 entries)

2023
'Swimming Naked in Snapping Turtle Pond'
Third Honorable Mention (56 entries)
Category 4: Valley Winds Award

'The Blue Pill'
Third Place (25 entries)
Category 6: Joseph K. and Orby Ann Crapo Memorial

'Good Life at the Rest Home'
Second Honorable Mention (36 entries)
Category 13: O. William Asplund Recognition

'How Pretzels Were Invented'
Third Honorable Mention (28 entries)
Category 19: Wes Vogler Appreciation Award [limerick]

'Mystery Solved'
Third Honorable Mention (37 entries)
Category 32: Meagher Memorial Fund UTSPS

'Lingering'
Second Honorable Mention (26 entries)
Category 36: Leroy Meagher Sonnet

2024
'Fur Elise'
First Place (27 entries)
Category 13: For Tiny

'Ant Highway'
Third Place (34 entries)
Category 26: Kolette Montague Memorial

'the wolf at twilight'
Second Place (33 entries)
Category 31: Haiku

'At the Breakfast Table'
Third Honorable Mention (30 entries)
Category 33: Meagher Memorial