Thursday, March 16, 2006
The Eleventh Muse 2006
The issue is available for $8. Purchase via Paypal to poetrywest@yahoo.com or please mail checks (no cash) to:
Poetry West
PO Box 2413
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901
The complete list of writers appearing in this issue:
Alex Williams, Andrea L. Watson, Tony Trigilio, Joanne Tangorra, A. E. Stallings, John Pursley III, Stephen S. Power, John Poch, Robert Perchan, Jeff Newberry, Steve Mueske, Peter Meinke, Clay Matthews, Erin Malone, Jeanne Larsen, Rebecca Laroche, Greg Kosmicki, Jennifer Koiter, Katie Kingston, Carrie Jerrell, Thomas Jardine, Mark Irwin, Brandi Homan, Jenn Habel, R. S. Gwynn, Hillary Gravendyk Burrill, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Jeffrey Franklin, Allen C. Fischer, Marta Ferguson, Ellen Kirvin Dudis, Lucille Lang Day, Jordan Davis, Leigh Anne Couch, Gaylord Brewer, Ash Bowen, Mary Biddinger, Shaindel Beers, Sandra Beasley, Jeffery Bahr, Scott M. Bade, Amanda Auchter, Susan Kay Anderson, M. Lee Alexander, & Deborah Ager
Congratulations to the winners of the 2006 Lois Beebe Hayna Award for best poem in the issue, as selected by the entire editorial staff:
1st Place: “Windows,” Mark Irwin
2nd Place: “Ciphers,” Leigh Anne Couch
3rd Place: “Unflown,” Sandra Beasley
Honorable Mentions
“Canticles,” Jeff Newberry
“For M. D.,” R. S. Gwynn
Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Eleventh Muse poetry contest:
1st Place: “Einstein's Brain,” Andrea L. Watson
2nd Place: “Houdini Kiss,” M. Lee Alexander
3rd Place: “What Will We Do With You? This Bone Has Almost No Flesh Protecting It--,” Shaindel Beers
More information is available here. I will be mailing contributor copies early next week.

