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Young Pegasus Poetry Competition

San Antonio's annual poetry contest for children and teens.

Congratulations Young Pegasus Poets (Alphatbetical Order by Last Name)

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1940 Selected Poets!

Judges: Josephina Niggli, Blake Martin, Milton Ling, Janette Sebring Lowrey


B

Bill Brough, 15
"My Desire"


C

Fred Crawford, 15
"The Bullet"


M

Nancy Mansingill, 12
"Stars of the Blue Velvet Sky"

Mendez Marks, 18
"To the Last of the Jitterbugs"
"Thanks Again"

Marlene Martin, 8
"Spring"

Nancy Ann McLean, 8
"A Golden Bell"

Loraine Meyer, 14
"Trees"


N

Ellen Louise North, 12
"A Lonely House"


O

Wanda Mae Orrill, 9
"Leaves"


P

Franies Preest, 9
"I Love Spring"


R

Earl C. Rhyne Jr., 17
"Immortal Christmas"
"Exchange"

Alice Charlotte Riling, 14
"To A Grecian Woman"
"The Magic Island"
"The Cry of Prometheus"
"Danse Macabre"
"Waken"

Lois Jean Ringler, 12
"Storm"

Billy Rips, 17
"Guadalupe Rain"
"Autumn Cameo"


S

Judy Sandlin, 15
"Solitude"

Barbara Stolte, 12
"Night"


T

Kalman Wolff Treiman, 17
"Icarus to the Sun"


V

Romana Jean Varney, 15
"March"


W

Frank Wallace, 12
"The Desert"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1941 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Blake Martin, Janette Sebring Lowrey, Milton Ling


A

Dee Ann Andricks, 8
"A Spring Day"


B

Charles Bell, 12
"The King"


C

Ralph Cheyney II, 11
"When the Rain Gallops"


H

Patricia Hardiman, 15
"The New Moon"
"The Sun"
"Night"
"Winter"


J

Jean Ann Joiner, 8
"Winter Blooming"


L

Dan Lenman, 12
"Rastus"


M

Joy Lee McKinney, 11
"The Sky At Night"


R

Adah Bart Raper, 17
"A Book of Poems"

Lajoy Reagan, 12
"A Tree"

Alice Charlotte Rilling, 15
"The Wolf"
"Tribute: To Lincoln"
"Orpheus" 
"God Hath Thee Fashioned"

Billy Rips, 18
"Song For A Lake"
"The Poet"
"Winter Wisteria"


S

Mollie Steves, 5
"My Garden"


V

Cruz Valez, 11
"To Mountains"


W

Donald Foster Williams, 6
"March"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1942 Selected Poets!

Judges: Milton Ling, Janette Sebring Lowery, Blake Milton, Amy Freeman Lee


A

Edna Arnold
"My Mother"


B

Marion Barnes
"Song of the Sea"

Betty Laverne Berry
"Spring"


G

Elizabeth Ann Goerner
"Clouds and Pigeons"


H

Margery Hayes
"Song To A Sunset Sky"
"I Had An Argument With Death"
"Monotone In Blue"


L

Sylvia Lennard
"Paper Dolls"


R

Alice Charlotte Rilling
"Nonsense Chant"
"Moment Meditation"
"Ode To America"
"Advice"
"Moon-Song"


V

Leta Jean Viglini
"Flowers"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1943 Selected Poets!

Judges: Milton Ling, Jannette Sebring Lowrey, Dorothy Steinbomer, Amy Freeman Lee


D

Sybil Sue Darby, 17
"Headlines"
"Search Ended"

Marjory Joan Davis, 14
"My Siters Three"


G

Donald Lee Greiner, 8
"Brackenridge Park"


J

Marjorie Jones, 13
"A Summer Day"

Marjorie Jordahl, 13
"A Wood Fire at Night"


N

Beverly Newcomb, 15
"Fairies"


R

Alice Charlotte Rilling, 17
"Love" 
"Death"
"I Have Seen Truth"
"Question"


W

John Williams, 9
"Aeroplanes"

Elaine Wolle, 7
"Mexico"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1944 Selected Poets!

Judges: Janette Sebring Lowrey, Dorothy Steinbomer, Josephina Niggli


D

Jo Ruth Dunnica
"Happiness Garden"
"Spring"
"The Lake"


F

Shirley Franks
"Winter"

Gloria Frazer
"And They Say"
"Anything"


G

Walter Powell Gray
"Cowboy"


H

William Henneke
"Images In The Moonlight"


K

Sheldon Kapen
"Spring Is Here"


L

Jimmy Lacy
"The Dandelion's Secret"


M

Belle Neel Miller
"Snow"

Marvin Morse
"The Rain"


N

Robert Newton
"August Morning"


R

Forrest Robertson
"Cookies"


S

Tommy Sharp
"Pirates"

Carol Ann Straus
"Captain Kidd"


T

Jamie Taylor
"Spring"

Robert Townsend
"Sounds In The Evening"


W

Jaclyn White
"My Prayer"

Martha M. Wood
"Paratroopers"


Z

Jim Zeleny
"The Ski Jump"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1945 Selected Poets!

Judges: Milton Ling, Amy Freeman Lee, Janette Sebring Lowrey, Dorothy Steinbomer


B

Peter Baldwin, 14
"The Little Pilot"

Henry Max Becker, 14
"The Orchard"


C

Milbrey June Carver, 17
"The Court of Fall"

Storrow Cassin, 15
"Thoughts"


F

Morgan Frasher, 13
"A Tale of Autumn"

June Frye, 16
"Visions"


J

Patty Javior, 15
"Name of Love"

Joyce Jecker, 15
"Autumn"


M

Barbara I. Mazer, 12
"The Broken Heart"

Joan McGuire, 11
"The Snake Dance"


N

Robert Newton, 15
"Plums"

Vivian Ploch, 15
"Black-Eyed Susan"
"The Playground in the Sky"


R

August Richter, 16
"The Cowhand"


S

Annette Luella Shaefer, 10
"The Storm"

Charlene Shapiro, 11
"Clouds"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1946 Selected Poets!

Judges: Milton Ling, Amy Freeman Lee, Janette Sebring Lowrey, Dorothy Steinbomer


C

Milbrey Carver, 18
"Song of a Tree"

Mary Virginia Clarkson, 17
"Trespassing"


D

Dorothy Davis, 11
"A Shooting Star"

Nancy Drought, 16
"Leaf Shadows"
"Dusk"

Jo Ruth Dunnica, 11
"The Lily and the Rose"


G

Carole Gray, 14
"Buildings of City and Country"


J

Carlo James, 15
"Song of the Seasons"


M

Joan McGuire, 12
"The Snowstorm"
"Night"

Day McNeel, 8
"The Rain"

Noel McNeel, 16
"A Philosophy"

Mary Anne Meckel, 16
"A Fancy"

Fred Molesworth, 15
"The Street Light"


N

Robert Newton, 16
"Sailing Away, My Brother"


P

Virginia Powers, 15
"Concert of the Elements"


S

Joann Schlesinger, 15
"For the Dead Young"
"Jazz"
"Spring Night"

Milton H. Schneider, 9
"First Day of Spring"

Leonora Sweetland, 11
"It is Spring"


T

Patsy Talbott, 10
"The Violet"

Alex Trevino, 9
"I Wish I Were a Boat"


W

Dolores Walker, 10
"The Little House"

Bobby Dean Webb, 10
"The Moon"

Ardis Wurzbach, 16
"Summer's End"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1947 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Dorothy Steinbomer, Janette Sebring Lowrey, Milton Ling


C

Dorothy Chambers, 10
"My Tree"


D

Nancy Drought, 16
"Too Late"
"New Romance"


L

Mary Frances Long, 10
"Animal Crackers"


M

Joan McGuire, 13
"Protest"
"Somber Reflection"

Margaret Miller, 14
"Mask Veneer"

Rosemary Montague, 14
"Sea Breakers"

Betty Mueller, 16
"The Brook"


P

Dolores Patiño, 11
"The Old Oak"

Maurine Pfannstiel, 9
"The Oil Tower Jungle"


S

Mollie Steves, 11
"Spring"


T

Bob Taylor, 15
"The March of the Dead"


U

Martha Utterback, 16
"Twilight"
"Lines"
"Influence"


W

Bessie Wong, 12
"Spring"

Ardis Ruth Wurzbach, 17
"The Cemetery"
"Jungle Night"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1948 Selected Poets!

Judges: Amy Freeman Lee, Dorothy Stienbomer, Napoleon Jo Lovely, Janette Sebring Lowrey


B

Bonnie Mae Bednarz, 9
"The Rain"


C

Joe Cronin, 10
"Gypsies"


D

Peggy Dougherty, 13
"Troubles"


F

Gene D. William, 10
"The Sea"


G

Mildred E. Garner, 17
"Contradictive Inquisition"

Charlotte Garza, 11
"The Train"


H

Leroy Harbich, 9
"Fine Feathers"


K

Patricia Kennard, 15
"The Figure"
"Interwoven Branches"

John G. Klauss, 11
"A Job"

Carol Ann Kowalsky, 11
"Spring Time"

Patsy Kuntz, 16
"A Cinquain Definition


M

Joan Ruth McGuire, 14
"Against Convention"

Rosemary Montague, 15
"Comfort"

Rosemary Morris, 17
"Fantasy"
"The Bird of Dawn"
"Height of the Sun"
"The Free Slave"
"Shadows"


P

Mary Jessie Pena, 19
"The Little Bookshelf"


S

Clara Scherzer, 15
"Deserted Houses"

Glenn Small, 17
"The Dancer"

Carleton Spring, 17
"Rain"


U
Martha Utterback, 17
"The Quickly-Passing Things"
"Symbol"
"Evening"
"Similes"


V

Manuel Valdez, 11
"Spring Has Wings"


W

Richard Weeber, 16
"Twilight"

Congratulations to the Young Pegasus 1949 Selected Poets!

Judges: Dorothy Steinbomer, Amy Freeman Lee, N.W. Lovely, Janette Sebring Lowrey


C

Juanita Cortez, 12
"Pink Things"


D

Margarita de la Cruz, 7
"The Moon"

Barbara Carole Doughtie, 9
"The Rain"

Patricia Douglas, 16
"Fear"

Barbara Dunn, 9
"Leaves"


E

Ester Espinoza, 13
"Mr. Moon"


G

Mildred Rose Gibbs, 9
"Missions"


H

Betty Herber, 17
"Spring"

Raul Hinojosa, 13
"Monarch of the Skies"


M

Josephine Marquez, 11
"Fairy Voices"

Stella Martinez, 11
"Gardens"

Joan McGuire, 15
"The Big Dragon---Summer"
"Crimson Flames---Autumn"
"The Legacy"
"Definition"

Nancy Miller, 14
"Clowns"


P

Frankie Pease, 8
"Red Bird"


R

Zulema Ramirez, 8
"A Butterfly"

David Reeves, 16
"The Dead Tree"

Mildred Ann Richardson, 8
"Little Eyes"

Manuel Rico, 12
"The Waves"

Jimmy Rogers, 14
"Spring"

Rodney Rogers, 17
"Night's Fantasy"
"Jealousy"
"I Walk Alone"
"Spring"


S

Johnny Silvas, 8
"The Snow Man"

Shirley Stendig, 17
"Elusive"
"Despair"
"San Antonio"


T

Frankie Lee Tomlin, 8
"Spring Symphony"


W

Anna Wiley, 9
"Rain"


Z

Jon Ann Zeller, 9
"Autumn"