2026 Donors
Contest Sponsors
Shelly Reed Thieman: Special Award First-Time Entrant
Jerrold Narland: Lucille Morgan Wilson Poetry Award
Grant Wood Country Forum: Grant Wood Country Poetry Award
Fred Stiefel: National/World Events
Southwest Iowa Poetry Group: Traditional Forms
Kathy Geren Christy: Humorous Verse
Ginnie and Tony Padden: College Awards
Society of Great River Poets: IPA Poetry Slam Finals
Dawn Terpstra: Judges' Stipends
Benefactors
Suzanna de Baca
Dawn Terpstra
Advocates
Mary Gill
Rita F. Reed: In memory of Douglas L. Miller
Patrons
Rachel Allison
Gregory Gertz
Cindee Giffen
Susan Ilex
MaryAnn Mathis
Holli Seitz
Supporters
Renee Corkery
Elizabeth Ferreira
Lee L Gordon
Prudence Klinger
Vern Manternach
Merle Newmann
Maggie Ripperger
Patsy Shors
Allen P. Schneider
Patsy Shors
Denise Tiffany
Sean Whalen
Zuckerman
Past Years' Donors
2025 CONTEST SPONSORS Julie Allyn Johnson: Special Award First-Time Entrant Jerrold Narland: Lucille Morgan Wilson Poetry Award Maggie Westvold: Haiku Grant Wood Country Forum: Grant Wood Ekphrastic Poetry Fred Stiefel: National/World Events Southwest Iowa Poetry Group: Traditional Forms Contest Kathy Geren Christy: Humorous Verse Dennis Moore: Poems For Children Society of Great River Poets: IPA Poetry Slam Finals 2025 PATRONS Joe Chambers Linda S. Harris Douglas L. Miller Dawn Terpstra 2025 SUPPORTERS Patricia Bieber Kelsey Bigelow Beaverdale Books Jillian M. Carter Jan Gipple Sandra L. Green Glenda Farrier Cheryl K. Larson Phyllis M. Lewis Larry H. Schroeder