And the Winners are:

 2022 15th Annual “Light of the Stars” Poetry Contest

1st Place    David M. Colburn      “Secret Love”                  $100.00     

1st Place    Jon Bush           “Friendship”                                       $100.00

2nd Place    Marie Summers  “Stardust and Magical Ink”      $50.00

2nd Place    Aarohi Goel “Grand Views”                                  $50.00

3rd Place    Anita Jepson-Gilbert   “A Dead Language”           $50.00

3rd Place    Estelle Gershgoren Novak      “Tomorrow”         $50.00

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The Light of the Stars 17th Annual Poetry Contest

(co-sponsored by LONE STARS MAGAZINE and CONCEIT MAGAZINE)

Annual deadline: December 31, 2024

Judging by the Editors

of LONE STARS and Conceit Magazines

READING FEE: $2.00 per poem

5 poems per submission

UNLIMITED ENTRIES

Unpublished, simultaneous and previously published entries accepted.

Entries are to be 32 lines or less, single spaced, camera ready - "the way you

want to see it in print."

Contest Name & Author's Name and Address on each page

Include SASE or postcard for acknowledgement.

One-time magazine publication rights to each publisher. Author’s own copyrights guaranteed.

40% of fees collected - First Prize

20% of fees collected - Second Prize

20% of fees collected - Third Prize

PLUS: 1 YEAR Subscription to LONE STARS MAGAZINE

6 MONTH Subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE

 E-mail to:

Conceitmagazine@yahoo.com

PayPal to: conceitmagazine@yahoo.com

or US Mail entries and reading fees to:

Perry Terrell, Editor

THE LIGHT OF THE STARS Poetry Contest 2024

Conceit Magazine

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or

Milo Rosebud, Editor & Publisher

THE LIGHT OF THE STARS Poetry Contest 2024

LONE STARS Magazine

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San Antonio, TX 78230 

MAKE PAYABLE TO: Perry Terrell

(Thank you for your previous and continuous support !!!)

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The CONCEIT Magazine and LONE STARS Magazine  

13th Annual 2020 “Light of the Stars” Poetry Contest is Finalized.

And the Winners are:

1ST Place    Lucille Morgan Wilson      $100 Prize

1st Place    John Swartz                    $100 Prize

2nd Place    Ruth Wilson                    $ 50 Prize

2nd Place   Loretta Diane Walker        $ 50 Prize

3rd Place   Sophia Smith                    $ 50 Prize

3rd Place   Irene Ferraro-Sives           $ 50 Prize

Published in LONE STARS #95.  Copies are available:

Single Issue $7.oo ea.  Subscription (3 Issues) $20.oo

Email:  lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com  or

via PayPal acct.  lonestarsmagazine@yahoo.com

Winner’s List for

Juanita Torrence-Thompson’s International Poetry Contest

January 20, 2022

1st prize  — LEAF-TIME – $100.00

Judith Lyn Sutton

Campbell, CA

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2nd prize. — AFRICA’S STONEHENGE - $50.00

Austin Alexis

New York, NY

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3rd prize  —  HOME ON THE VELD - $25.00

Ellaraine Lockie

Sunnyvale, CA

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4th prize.  —  THE PAINTER – LIFE’S ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPBOOK by Juanita Torrence-Thompson

Jan Emerson

New York, NY

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

Geraldine Johnson

Springfield, MA

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Fred Simpson

Beacon Falls, CT

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Paula Camacho

Farmingdale, NY

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Vincent J. Tomeo

Flushing, NY

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Katherine Fishburn

Hagerstown, MD

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Ellaraine Lockie

Sunnyvale, CA

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Vincent J. Tomeo

Flushing, NY

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Geraldine Johnson

Springfield, MA

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Thank you all for your continued support

of our literary sharing effort !!!

(All winners and Honorable Mentions 

will be published in CONCEIT MAGAZINE.)