Congratulations to the 2004 Bart Baxter winners!

First place

Karyna McGlynn, Seattle

Second place

Buddy Wakefield, Seattle

Third place

Coy Walker King, Seattle

The event

Of the 51 applicants submitting poems, 17 finalists performed to a standing-room-only audience on April 9 at Richard Hugo House in Seattle. Six poets advanced to the final round. A total of $500 in prize money was presented to the winners.

The judges

Amber Curtis, co-founder of the Colloque Wheel reading series on Capitol Hill and editor of Cranky literary magazine.

Ann Batchelor Hursey, director of the School Alliance for Richard Hugo House.

Angela Dy, coach for the 2004 Youth Speaks slam team from Seattle.

Christopher Jarmick, president of PEN-Washington, the local chapter of the international writing organization, board member of the Washington Poets Association, hosts the Lottie Motts poetry series Columbia City, and has been the Wordsworth poetry curator for the Seattle City Council since February of 2003.

Paul Nelson, co-founder of the Spoken Word Lab in Auburn. Paul organizes and runs the Annual Allen Ginsberg Memorial Open Mic Poetry Marathon and the annual Super Bowl of Poetry (on Super Bowl Sundays) in Auburn.

Sacrificial poet

The sacrificial poet (who warms up the audience and the judges) was M. Anne Sweet, the 2003 Bart Baxter champion. The 2004 Youth Speaks Slam Team provided a half-time performance.

The 2004 finalists were:

Jordan Chaney
Lyn Coffin
Erich Ebert
Murray Gordon
Gregory Hischak
Ruth Hulett
Coy Walker King
Melissa Lucas
Jack McCarthy
Karyna McGlynn
James Meyer
Jed Myers
Judith Skillman
Thom Stuart
Julian Taber
Buddy Wakefield
Wrennie Warren

Bart Baxter 2004 Entry Form

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