Announcing...

...will be held Saturday, December 30th, from 3 to 5 pm on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Please name your choices to help me choose the winners (from the issues and nominees listed here) in the comments section below:

EST POEM IN SENSUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: EROTIC POETRY - Nominees: Vib Aparicio "Viva La Vida", Petrouchka Alexieva "Tango for Two", 

BEST POEM IN BARDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TOP 30 SO CAL POETS - Nominees: Suzanne Lummis "Really Mystic River", 

BEST POEM IN TRAVELING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TRAVEL POETRY - Nominees: Cls Sandoval "See you later, Babe", Jackie Chou "Traveling to the San Gabriel Valley", 

BEST POEM IN IT RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF WEATHER - Nominees: Mary Mayer Shapiro "Mother Earth / Father Time", 

BEST POEM IN RHYTHMS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: RHYMING POETRY - Nominees: 

BEST POEM IN HEAT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: SUMMER POETRY - Nominees: Robert Fleming "Slip nd Slide", Petrouchka Alexieva "I found oasis in the desert", Marianne Szlyk "Sophia, What Might Have Been",

BEST POEM IN VEHICLES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: POETRY OF MOVEMENT - Nominees: Lori Holloway "Bob's Garage", 

BEST POEM IN EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: SCHOOL POETRY - Nominees: Luke Stilwell "Field Trip to Hell", 

BEST POEM IN LEAVES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: FALL POETRY - Nominees: Wyatt Underwood "fall, Southern California", 

BEST POEM IN DEAD POETS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: MEMORIAL POETRY - Nominees:  Lynne Bronstein "Rumors About Emily",

BEST POEM IN HOLIDAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: VACATION POETRY - Nominees: Robert Fleming "why am i cooking again a 24-30 lbs. turkey for 5½-6¼ hrs. at 325-350 deg. Fahrenheit", Jackie Chou "The Snow Globe", 

BEST POEM IN RESOLUTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: WISH POETRY - Nominees: 

BEST POEM OF THE YEAR 2023 PUBLISHED BY FOUR FEATHERS PRESS - No nominations accepted for this category

Deadline for commenting is December 28th, 2023!