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THE 2008 POET LAUREATE RUNNERS-UP

First Runner-Up ~  Sheila Tingley Moore

SAPA, immediate past Poet Laureate Emeritus, and the 2005 and 2006 Poet Laureate, as well as Texas Senior Poet Laureate for the Kitchener Foundation. An award- winning poet who won SAPA’s Poetic Excellence Award seven times, she has published seven of her own poetry collections and has been published in countless anthologies and publications.

Second Runner-Up ~  Sharon Martin Turner

Poetry Society of Texas and chair of the PST Life Membership Fund and Book of the Year sales chair. She has been appointed the contest brochure chair for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. She is published in Inkwell Echoes, Voices Along the River, and The Dreamcatcher.

Third Runner-Up ~ Peter Holland

notifications chair. This past year he assisted the Laurel Crown board with book sales at the Awaken the Sleeping Poet Festival, and he served on the registration committee for the NFSPS convention in 2006. He has a BA in history and enjoys writing historical poetry. Peter is published in Inkwell Echoes, Voices Along the River, and The Dreamcatcher, and has published several chapbooks. He is a well known reader at several local poetry venues.