2005 Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance Contest Winners!

The event

Nine poets competed for $500 in cash during the eighth annual Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance contest at Seattle's Richard Hugo House on April 2. There was standing room only in the cabaret as emcee Bart Baxter guided us through two rounds of spoken-word poetry.

Three judges - a WPA Board member, a program director for Richard Hugo House, and a poetry editor from Cranky Literary Journal - scored the poets on a scale of 1 to 10 immediately following each performance. In the end, the poets with the highest cumulative scores were the winners:

First Place

Aundria Martinez-Parkman, Auburn

Second Place

Gregory Hischak, Seattle

Third Place (tie)

Jed Myers, Seattle

Jordan Chaney, Richland

Congratulations

Way to go! And thanks again to our co-sponsor Richard Hugo House and to Open Books for their support.

Stay tuned for upcoming news on the 2006 Baxter Poetry in Performance Contest!

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