I want to thank all who attended the festival. It was very touching to see so many of my friends and fellow writers there cheering me on. That applauseI got when I first came on--really meant a lot to me. I want to thank The Somerville News, Grub Street, Porter Square Books, , Steve Glines, Harris Gardner, Tim Gager, Emily Singer, Jimmy Tingle, and others, as well as all the readers for their participation.


The winner of the Ibbetson Street Poetry Award is : Michael Cantor for his poem "Lament"

And the runner up is : Jacob A. Bennett for "Zeffirelli's Lovers"