The 2012 Texas Poetry Calendar Awards
First Place and $250.00
Erica Lehrer of Houston, Texas, for “Wimberley”
Second Place and $150.00
J. Todd Hawkins of Crowley, Texas, for “Prayer for a Calf”
Third Place and $75.00
Beverly Voss of Austin, Texas, for “May”
Honorable Mention
- Del Cain of Saginaw, Texas, for “Halsell, Texas”
- Mary Margaret Carlisle of Webster, Texas, for “Unfinished Ode”
- Lyman Grant of Austin, Texas, for “Window Shopping”
- Monty Jones of Austin, Texas, for “Redbud”
- Anne McCrady of Henderson, Texas, for “Hunting Party”
Selected by Barbara Ras
Barbara Ras has published three volumes of poetry: Bite Every Sorrow, One Hidden Stuff, and The Last Skin. Recipient of the 1997 Walt Whitman Award and the Tufts Discovery Award for Bite Every Sorrow, Ras was named Georgia Poet of the Year in 1999. She has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Artist Foundation of San Antonio, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She has taught at writers’ conferences across the country and has been on the faculty of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Currently a San Antonio resident, Ras directs Trinity University Press.
The 2011 Texas Poetry Calendar Awards
First Place and $250.00
J. Todd Hawkins of Crowley, Texas, for “Waiting Inland for the Hurricane”
Second Place and $150.00
Dr. Charles A. Stone of Austin, Texas, for “Saturday Market”
Third Place and $75.00
Christine Boldt of Temple, Texas, for “Bacchus in Texas”
Honorable Mentions
- Stan Crawford of Houston, Texas, for “Woman Claims Cheeto Resembles Jesus Hung on the Cross”
- Justin M. Robinson of Henderson, Texas, for “A Cardinal”
- Robert Wynne of Burleson, Texas, for “Odysseus at the Alamo”
Selected by Cyrus Cassells
Cyrus Cassells served as judge for our 2011 awards. Cassells has published four acclaimed books of poetry: The Mud Actor, Soul Make a Path through Shouting, Beautiful Signor, and More than Peace and Cypresses. His fifth book, The Crossed-Out Swastika, is forthcoming. Among his honors are a Lannan Literary Award, a Lambda Literary Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, two NEA grants, and a Pushcart Prize. He is a Professor of English at Texas State University in San Marcos.