GOLDEN PEN AWARD

In recognition of at least one outstanding poet who has died during this year and one outstanding living poet who is an active, vital member of the senior community of American poets.

JANE H. GALLAGHER

Glen Burnie, Maryland

(In Memoriam)
 2012 Maryland Senior Poet Laureate

ROBERTA PAGE

Lebanon, Missouri

(In Memoriam)
Past-president of Lebanon Poetry Society

ROBERT DEAN HOEFT

Ashland, Oregon

(In Memoriam)
OregonSenior Poet Laureate 2005 and 2008

M J BECCO

Springfield, Missouri  

(Living Poet)
President of Poets & Friends Chapter of the Missouri State Poetry Society

VINCENT J. TOMEO

Flushing, New York

(Living Poet)
2012 New York Senior Poet Laureate, victim of landmark poet’s online identity theft case

YVONNE NUNN

Dunn, Texas

(Living Poet)
2005 Pissonneteer of the Year
2006 Texas Senior Poet Laureate,
2008 Scribe’s Scroll Honoree,
Dean of the Cyber-college of Online Poetry

INTERNATIONAL DIPLOEMAT AWARD

In recognition of one or more members of the international community of senior poets who serve as goodwill ambassadors through poetry as humanitarian art

 AGATHA LAI

 Malaysia

A retired teacher and longtime Bardlet from Yvonne Nunn’s senior-oriented Cyber College of Online Poetry acting as honorary SPL representative in Malaysia.

SCRIBE’S SCROLL AWARD

Selected by Amy Kitchener as exemplary of her mission statement as the sponsor of this annual SPL competition:    Preservation, perpetuation, presentation and performance of the Spirit of the ancient esoteric Scribal Arts in the modern world.

WILLIAM CHILDRESS

Folsom, California

Professional writer/poet
2012 National Honor Scroll Award winner.

EMERY L. CAMPBELL

Lawrenceville, Georgia

1999 National Senior Poet Laureate Award,
2011 Georgia Senior Poet Laureate Award