Rattle is proud to announce the winner of the 2008 Rattle Poetry Prize:
Joseph Fasano
Goshen, NY
for
“Mahler in New York”
Honorable Mentions:
“The Neighbors” – Phyllis Abloaf, San Francisco, CA
“After Six” – Meghan Adler, San Francisco, CA
“Dear IRS” – John Brehm, Boulder, CO
“The Tulip Tree” – Ted Gilley, North Bennington, VT
“Nameless Boy” – Douglas Goetsch, New York, NY
“Watching the Wizard of Oz” – Rebecca Lehmann, Tallahassee, FL
“My People” – Hilary Melton, Richmond, VT
“Road Sign, Interstate 5” – Robert Peake, Ojai, CA
“Dream/Time” – Deborah Tobola, Santa Maria, CA
“The Calendar” – Amie Whittemore, Herrin, IL
The eleven winning poems were published in Rattle #30, which released in December 2008.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the competition, which would not have been a success without your diverse and inspiring poems.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Congratulations, everyone!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Congratulations all!
September 19th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Congrats to the winners from another contestant.
Could you please print the winning poem on the website?
I am sure the 1,000 or so contestants are curious.
September 19th, 2008 at 11:35 am
If we did that, you’d miss out on the fun of waiting for December to turn to your significant other and exclaim, “My poem was better than that one!”
September 30th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Excellent and well done. Among 1,000 contestants even to receive honorable mention is an achievement
October 17th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Congratulations, Joe!
November 21st, 2008 at 12:05 am
will you pose instruction how to join?
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
My all time favourite of the 2nd Symphony is conducted by Simon Rattle.
May 12th, 2009 at 7:34 am
I read your poem Joe, it’s absolutely beautiful and it creates such imagery. I’m sitting in english class right now and were talking about accomplished poets and it made me think about you.