M A R G I E  The American Journal of Poetry     www.margiereview.com

Published Annually in the Fall                                     MARGIE  P. O. BOX 250, CHESTERFIELD, MO 63006-0250

The 2007

"Strong Rx Medicine" Prize

for Best Poem Contest

as Selected by: TROY JOLLIMORE

Winner of the National Book Critics Award in Poetry for 2006

FIRST PRIZE: $2,500

and Publication of the Winning Poem

GOES TO:

Kate Lynn Schirmer

of San Francisco, CA.

for her poem

"Miro Interprets The Red Sun Abstractly"

FINALISTS:

Paul Allen, Charleston, SC

Susan Browne, Oakland, CA

Keith Byler, Edwardsville, IL

Melissa Clare, South Pasadena, CA

Cathryn Cofell, Appleton, WI

Rachel Contreni Flynn, Mundelein, IL

Carolyn Creedon, Charlottesville, VA

Lisa Diakova, Brooklyn, NY

Jill Drumm, Ft. Myers, FL

Susan Firer, Milwaukee, WI

Mary Elizabeth Frandson, St. Paul, MN

Ross Gay, Bloomington, IN

Fanny Howe, West Tisbury, MA

Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL

Joseph Kurber, Fairbanks, AK

Matthew Lippman, Clavarack, NY

Caroline Livermore, Calistoga, CA

Connie McIntyre, St. Louis, MO

Megan Merchant, Las Vegas, NV

Michael Meyerhofer, Muncie, IN

Kate Niklasson, Chicago, IL

Susan Parr, Seattle, WA

JoLee G. Passerini, Merritt Is., FL

C. E. Perry, San Francisco, CA

Wendell Shackelford, East Wenatchee, WA

Ben Wilensky, Rockaway Park, NY

Scott Withiam, Wareham, MA

All Finalists will have their poems appear in MARGIE VOLUME 7!

"Our sincerest thanks to ALL our contest entrants for your kindness & support.

Many additional contest entrants were notified of publication in Vol. 7 as

well.  We are grateful to one & all."  --Robert Nazarene, founding editor