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2020 5th Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest Winners

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First Place:

the lingering notes
of an out of tune piano
burying grandpa

— Louise Hopewell

Second Place:

lockdown loving
the surprise of wild
nose hairs

— Roberta Beary

Third Place:

chemotherapy
she takes a selfie with
the new wig

— Minal Sarosh 

Read all 2020 honorable mentions and judges’ comments (PDF)

Celebrating the TOP 5 Prune Juice Contributors of ALL TIME (2009-2019)

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Which TOP 5 Contributors have appeared in the most issues of Prune Juice since 2009? Enjoy a sampling of their senryu over the years . . .

#1  Chen-ou Liu 

      26 issues since PJ #03 2010

#2  Bob Lucky 

      22 issues since PJ #01 2009

#3. Helen Buckingham

       21 issues since PJ #01 2009

#4.  Julie Warther

       20 issues since PJ #11 2013

#5.  Sondra J. Byrnes

      19 issues since PJ #07 2012

Enjoy all of these authors PLUS 80 more TOP Contributors in our FREE PRUNE JUICE BOOK of SENRYU: Celebrating 10 Years ebook!

TIP: While scrolling through the tagged archives on mobile devices, click “Older Posts” to see more of each poet’s contributions through the years.

2019 4th Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest Winners

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First Place:

ultrasound gel
as she circles the probe
I read her face

— Madhuri Pillai

Second Place:

strip-o-gram
everyone’s standards
go lower

— Elizabeth Crocket

Third Place:

shriveled flesh
the impermanence
of bath bubbles

— Kelly Sauvage Angel

Read all 2019 honorable mentions and judges’ comments (PDF)