NORTHAMPTON, Mass.,
Aug. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Winning
Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 23rd annual
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest.
Robert Garnham of
Paignton, Devon (UK) won first prize and $2,000 for his comedic poem "Torquay, 2 – The Other Team, 2", narrated by a
genially befuddled queer man trying to understand his straight
mate's "culture" by attending a British football match. Mr. Garnham
also received a two-year gift certificate (value $100) from Duotrope, co-sponsor of the contest.
6,846 poets participated from around the world, a new record.
Second prize of $500 went to
Abbie Loosemore of Wisbech St
Mary, Cambridgeshire (UK) for
"Gregg's First Pizza Hut", a fantasy date with MasterChef
television presenter Gregg Wallace
that ends in disappointment when he's more impressed with the
ice-cream machine than her seductive overtures.
Third prize of $250 went to
Tim Eberle of Brooklyn, NY for "RoboBurger or: How I Learned
to Stop Worrying and Love the Tech", a skilled work of formal light
verse that urges humanity to focus on more crowd-pleasing
inventions than weapons and AI-generated propaganda.
Jendi Reiter, final judge of the
Wergle Flomp contest, said, "Our entrants creatively mangled many
entertaining topics. The difference between finalists and
award-winners came down to the tightness of the poem and whether it
had layers of meaning beyond the obvious main joke. We liked how
the winning poems went beyond silliness to say something insightful
about relationships." Lauren Singer
assisted with the judging.
Twelve honorable mentions of $100
went to Caitlin C. Baker,
Christy Hartman,
John Hodgen, Jim Landwehr, A.J. Layague,
Hailey Leithauser,
Luisa Muradyan,
Connor Paris, Eric Roy, Levi
Stallings, Jennifer
Stephenson, and Tyler
Vale. The top 15 poems and the judges' comments are
published online at Winning Writers.
The 2025 contest is open now through April 1, 2025. $3,750 will be awarded. Entry remains free. See
the guidelines and submit online.
In addition to the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, Winning
Writers also sponsors the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry
Contest, the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest,
and the North Street Book Prize. Winning Writers has been named as
one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" by Writer's Digest in
2024.
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