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ISSN 1715-085
A Division of Ascent Aspirations Publishing
Spring 2008
Ascent Aspirations Magazine is pleased to announce the winners and contributors
for the Spring 2008 Print Issue.
Fifty-four poets and 90 poems grace the approximately 125 pages with new and creative
work in this soon to be published perfect bound anthology. We chose the work in a blind judging format
and let the merit of the poetry fall out of our decisions. The anthology, although a magazine in name,
will be published in the form of a perfect bound book of 125 pages featuring the biographies
and pictures of the poets along with their poetry. The publication will be an exciting addition to
Ascent Aspirations tradition of publishing two print issues each year since the end of 2005.
We hope all of our readers share our excitement.
First Prize: Lynn Tait for "Anorexia, Plight of Underfed Souls"
Second Prize: Michelle Mclean for "Feral"
Third Prize: Wendy Visser for "Fall From Grace"
Fourth Prize: Joanna Gale for "Runaway Kite"
Honourable Mentions
Annabelle Murray for "Annie Panic"
Debbir Okun Hill for "Cycling Under an Overcast Sky"
K.V. Skene for "Son Et Lumiere et Tu"
Claudia Meyer for "I Remember Tennessee Williams"
Greg Gregory for "Traces"
In addition the following poets were chosen to be included in the Spring 2008 Print Issue.
Becky Alexander, Richard Arnold, Janet Barkhouse, Helen Bar-Lev, Douglas Beardsley, April Bulmer,
Linda Lee Crosfield, Caroline H. Davidson, Tatjana Debeljaeki, Gail Dickie, Linda Diver,
Sheldon Dreilick, Trisia Eddy, Peggy Fletcher, Katherine L. Gordon, Greg Gregory,
Andreas Gripp, Jill Harrington-Fox, Sterling Haynes, Cornelia Hoogland, I.B. Iskov,
Karen L. Jackson, Harvey Jenkins, Marcelle Kasprowicz, Barbara Lefcourt, Bernice Lever,
Paul Liddy, Norma West Linder, Irene Livingston, Elleraine Lockie, Eric Akbar Manolson,
Stella Mazur Preda, Susan McCaslin, Michelle Mclean, Adrienne Mercer, Claudia Meyer,
Mary Ann Moore, Don Mulcahy, Annabelle Murray, Madelaine Nattrass, Martina Reisz Newberry,
Debbie Okun Hill, Diane Attwell Palfrey, Amy Postma, Nora Ryan, Alan Scott, Florentia Scott,
Johnmichael Simon, K.V. Skene, Nellie P. Strowbridge, Lynn Tait, Wendy Visser, Stan White, and Ed Woods.
We will be announcing the date of publication in the future and offering the anthology for
sale on the internet and through traditional distribution. Subscriptions and advanced single issue orders
can be requested at any time. Cash prizes and copies and contributor copies will be shipped on publication.
We will be keeping everyone informed by e-mail.
Ascent Aspirations Magazine
Spring 2008 Print Issue
Poems and Poets
Becky Alexander: "Flow of Warmed Honey" and "Black Magic Moment"
Richard Arnold: "Wishbone"
Janet Barkhouse: "Sorry"
Helen Bar-Lev: "Seashells"
Douglas Beardsley: "Chemainus Exalted" and "Rain Shadow, Olympic National Forest"
April Bulmer: "Goddess 1" and "Goddess 2"
Linda Lee Crosfield: "Blue" and "Legacy"
Caroline H. Davidson: "Siren's Song", "Song", "White", and "Crow"
Tatjana Debeljaeki: "Is There"
Gail Dickie: "Runaway Kite" and "Star Granules"
Linda Diver: "Uneasy Summer"
Sheldon Dreilick: "Moulting Ritual"
Trisia Eddy: "Unraveled" and "After"
Peggy Fletcher: "Soul Journey" and "Illumination"
Katherine L. Gordon: "Green-tree Bondage"
Greg Gregory: "Traces", "At a Reading", and "Simile"
Andreas Gripp: "The Wisdom of Rice"
Jill Harrington-Fox: "Break Away" and "Measuring Shadows"
Sterling Haynes: "Fulani Woman"
Cornelia Hoogland: "Thinking About Marriage" and "Second Marriage"
I.B. Iskov: "The Jewish Side of the Poem" and "Hunting Season"
Karen L. Jackson: "Refusal to Play" and "Invocation"
Harvey Jenkins: "Easter Island" and "An Evening in Maple Ridge"
Marcelle Kasprowicz: "Green Grasses of Hiroshima" and "Soldier's Grave"
Barbara Lefcourt: "The View from Green's Pool, Western Australia"
Bernice Lever: "Customary Standard"
Paul Liddy: "Somewhere There is a Silence"
Norma West Linder: "Hansel and Greta in Long Term Care" and "Jazz Women"
Irene Livingston: "Time is a Wild Red Ferrari"
Elleraine Lockie: "Hues of the Heart" and "Casanova Under Analysis"
Eric Akbar Manolson: "A Poem at the End of the Day of At-one-ment"
Stella Mazur Preda: "The San Blas Islands"
Susan McCaslin: "Kore Tours the Underground" and "Pluto Forwards His Case"
Michelle Mclean: "Feral", and "What We Keep"
Adrienne Mercer: "Trolleybus"
Claudia Meyer: "I Remember Tennessee Williams" and "Searching"
Mary Ann Moore: "Fishing for Mermaids, Mining for Light" and "Eat, Pray, Love"
Don Mulcahy: "Tumor Envy" and "Working Ahead"
Annabelle Murray: "Annie Panic" and "Expectant"
Madelaine Nattrass: "Garage Sale" and "Choose Your Own Ending"
Martina Reisz Newberry: "All That Jazz" and "What We Did"
Debbie Okun Hill: "Cycling Under an Overcast Sky" and "Tea Bag Vagabond Takes a Dip"
Diane Attwell Palfrey: "In the Museum"
Amy Postma: "Defined from Degeneration"
Nora Ryan: "On Becoming My Mother"
Alan Scott: "Mojave" and "21st Century Coffeehouse"
Florentia Scott: "Rose" and "Reminder"
Johnmichael Simon: "Starting Out in Creative Writing Three" and "Pablo's Eyes"
K.V. Skene: "Son Et Lumiere Et Tu" and "Corcaigh"
Nellie P. Strowbridge: "The Fisherman's Wife"
Lynn Tait: "Anorexia, Plight of Underfed Souls" and "Musings"
Wendy Visser: "Fall From Grace", "Farm Girl" and "A Backward Glance"
Stan White: "Ode on a Beefsteak Tomato" and "Long Thoughts in a Churchyard"
Ed Woods: "Urban Status Quo"
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