Sunday, September 10, 2023

SG LITERARY ARTS Festival is over!

 My grand finale POETRY TO ART Competition was exhausting. but I finally got to put on a competition where both artists and poets were judged and won cash prizes-each of them. We had 7 local artists compete and 13 poets from Dixie Poets and Redrock Writers. Here's the winners that were judged 1st, 2nd & 3rd places by Jeanine Buckley. Congrats to all who participated.

Artist-Nancy Brook + Poet-Bonnie Anderson
1st PLACE certificates and $50 cash each!

Closeup detail was just amazing!!


2nd PLACE winners were Artist Sue Kroll and Poet Solid Stehl-Wildflower, $30 each


3rd Place Winners- Artist: Colleen Gianatiempo & Poet Marissa Alvarez-Broken Heart Installation Piece, $20 each.

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Other participants:

Artist-Karen Bettilyon & Poet Marian Morgan

Poem-Endings

Artist-Caroll Shreeve Ripley, Poet-Denis Feehan
Poem-Ordinary Things 

Artist-Diane Wahlert, Poet-Michael Krause
Poem-Elephant Love

Artist-Deena Millicam, Poet-Markay Brown
Poem-Flurries