Moving Words 2010

Winners of the 2010 MOVING WORDS Poetry Competition were selected from nearly 300 poems submitted by DC area writers. The competition judges were poets Naomi Ayala, Paulette Beete, and Lane Jennings. The six poems below were displayed on Metro buses from April through September 2010. Click here to read the winning poems.

The 2010 winners are:

Tony Mancus, Excerpt from A Vessel Interior
Judith McCombs, Clearings
David Moss, Geology of Our Bed
Ann Rayburn, Diner
Elizabeth Rees, It Used to Be Called Tenderness
Marcela Sulak, Coffee

The finalists are:

Ann Rayburn, At the Bridge
Elizabeth Rees, Upon Delivery
Jacqueline Jules, Frog vs Toad
Michael Tims, To a Jewel
Karen Joan Topping, i95
Kati Nolfi, Cul-de-sac
Roberta Beary, On the F Train