Arts Illiana was pleased to co-present the 2012 Max Ehrmann Poetry Competition with Art Spaces, Inc.
(Sculpture of Max Ehrman by Bill Wolfe, located at the corner of 7th &Wabash in Terre Haute.)
The purpose of the competition is to encourage the writing of new poetry as a contemporary art form deeply rooted in tradition, to foster an interdisciplinary connection between art forms, and to honor Max Ehrmann, a treasured regional poet whose works were inspired by a love for his own community, its natural surroundings and the people in it.
The competition is open to individuals living, working, or attending school in the following six Indiana counties: Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo.
The categories include: Poetry inspired by a work of art; poetry inspired by trees or other green things; or poetry inspired by city life or an urban environment.
2012 Max Ehrmann Poetry Competition – The Winners are…
(click on link at end of winner list to read winning poems)
Elementary School
Trees or Other Green Things, sponsored by the Vigo County Education Foundation:
Grass by Amanda Allee, Tzouanakis Intermediate School, Greencastle
Urban Environment/City Life, sponsored by Wise Pies:
The Average Day by Ted Pohlman, Farrington Grove Elementary, Terre Haute
Work of Art, sponsored by The Golden Frame:
The Banjo Player by Vivian Savage, Tzouanakis Intermediate School, Greencastle
Middle School
Work of Art, sponsored by Indiana State University Creative Writing Program:
River Falcon by Josh Jones, RuralCommunityAcademy, Graysville
Trees or Other Green Things, sponsored by Delta Kappa Gamma Society:
The Willow Tree Was a Friend to Me by Alyssa Disney, RuralCommunityAcademy, Graysville
Urban Environment/City Life, sponsored by Vigo County Education Foundation:
A Difference of Eye by Meagan Hettinger,OtterCreekMiddle School,Terre Haute
High School
Work of Art, sponsored by the Vigo County Education Foundation:
Orbit by James Walls, John Paul II Catholic High School, Terre Haute
Nature, sponsored by Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Department of Languages and Literature:
Sage by Sarah Fears, Terre Haute North High School
Urban Environment/City Life, sponsored by River Wools:
The New Jungle by Gabrielle Comelleri, Terre Haute North High School
18 AND OLDER
Arts Illiana Choice Award, sponsored by Barnes and Noble:
Wretched Scene by Danielle Parry, North Vermillion Jr/Sr High School, Cayuga
Art Spaces Choice Award, sponsored by Barnes and Noble:
Dilemma by Sue Tucker, Brazil
3rd Place
Work of Art, sponsored by Art Spaces:
Passages by Zann Carter,Terre Haute
Trees or Other Green Things, sponsored by Arts Illiana:
The Witness Tree by Laura Mason,Terre Haute
Urban Environment/City Life, sponsored by Vigo Country Historical Society:
For Night-Alley Sailors by Samuel Franklin,Terre Haute
2nd Place
Work of Art, sponsored by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Department of Humanities and Social Sciences:
Marginalia by Anita Coleman, Terre Haute
Trees or Other Green Things, sponsored by Indiana State University:
Of Jasmine by Frances Frame, Terre Haute
Urban Environment/City Life, sponsored by Downtown Terre Haute, Inc.:
9th Ward Blues by Crystal Reynolds, Terre Haute
1st Place Overall - GRAND PRIZE
Sponsored bySaint-Mary-of-the-WoodsCollege:
Helen Thurso by Phillip Rodenbeck (Work of Art), Terre Haute
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