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WCPA Annual Meeting and Board Elections
Bob Cronin welcomed our 2014 annual contest winner, Helen Marie Casey, who opened the WCPA annual meeting with a poem. After brief remarks the minutes from the 2014 meeting, the 2015 treasurer’s report and The Worcester Review were delivered. Board elections followed.
2015-2016 WCPA Board Jonathan Blake Jim Cocola Bob Cronin – Interim President Kristina England – Secretary Peter Foulkes Robert Gill – Treasurer Carle Johnson Sam Lalos Jay Lavelle Dan Lewis Anne Marie Lucci – VP, Publicity Heather Macpherson Rodger Martin Laura Menides Diane Mulligan – Editor, The Worcester Review Catherine Reed Joe Reynolds Sarah Sapienza Robert Steele
Honorable Mention Sarah Leidhold, Worcester State University
Judges Liz Heath Cheryl Savageau
Contest Chair Jim Cocola
National Poetry Month Highlights!
Event list from the month of April:
April 8 – Poetry Pop-up
Worcester City Hall
April 9 – Patricia Youngblood
The Street Beat
April 21 – MegaSlam2015
Worcester Public Library
Apirl 24 – Glen D’Alessio
Worcester Storytellers
April 25 – Doug Behm
The Fourth Saturday Open Mic
April 26 – Helen Marie Casey
Berlin 1870 Town Hall
Bloomsday 2015
The Worcester County Poetry Association celebrated with our annual Worcester Ramble, which took place from 8:00 a.m. to 9: 30 p.m. on June 16th.
The 2015 Stanley Kunitz Award was presented to Michael D. True, PhD
Sunday, July 26, 2015
WCPA Annual Poetry Contest: The Frank O’Hara Prize
Jennifer Freed – Honorable Mention
“The Thing With(out) Feathers”
John Eisner – Third Prize
“Bullets in Water”
Anne Marie Lucci – Second Prize
“Rules for Happiness”
Emily Ferrara – First Prize
“On the Morning of the Third Supermoon”
The Winner’s Reading was held on Sunday, September 27th
at the First Unitarian Church, 90 Main Street, Worcester.
We were joined by Contest judge Dawn Potter.
7th Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading
Thank you to the WPI and Gregory Stockmal Fund for another successful tribute to Gregory Stockmal and his relationship with Stanley Kunitz.
