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2015 Archive

January 14, 2020 by TrigonAdmin

The year needs a nice summary paragraph before going directly into the events. Content needed.

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

Guest Poet:  Ewa Chrusciel

Worcester Poetry Pop-Up

Worcester City Hall
April 8, 2015

College Poetry Competition

Contest Finalists’ Reading
April 11, 2015

2015 Manuscript Prize Winner
Allison Indyk, WPI

2015 Performance Prize Winner
Allison Indyk, WPI

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.

Download the original flyer, featuring Gregory OrrDownload

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