2024 National Baseball Poetry Festival
Selections for Recognition in the Adult Contest
- Scott Bolohan: Sneaking Down
- Jeff Brain: Vampire Pitch
- R. Bremner: The Ghost Chaser
- Tom Clark: The Tools of Ignorance
- Kristen Baum DeBeasi: The Secret Lives of Baseballs
- Tom Driscoll: The dead
- Ellen Foos: Punching the Mascot
- Nate Jacob: The the Glove of the Game
- Lawrence Kessenich: The Pen and the Bat
- Tom Lagasse: Open Field
- John Long: Peck Stowe Factory Baseball Team
- David Lott: Preseason Report
- William J. Meissner: The Outfielder’s Girlfriend
- William Moorhead: Sports Drinks
- Herbert Munshine: You Should Know His Name
- Clara Silverstein: Power Hitter
- Ivan Smason: Triples
- Stephen Straight: Selfie
- Karen Warinsky: Little League Moms
- Sterling Warner: Classic Yankee
2023 National Baseball Poetry Festival
Selections for Recognition in the Adult Contest
Rex Arrasmith: Diamond Three Dial
Andy Baron: Thanks, Eddie Pellagrini
Scott Bolohan: Monument Park
Cheryl L. Bonin: Field of Life
Kevin Boyle: Baseball Myth
Jeff Brain: Neruda Meets Basie
Michael Ceraolo: Shakespearean Baseball Sonnet #105
Tom Clark: Go Robbins!
Richard Collins Davis: Casey Stops by the Ball Park on a Snowy Evening
Jessica Costello: Stitches
Paul M. Leary: The Call
Darren Lopez: Kings of the Diamond
Mary Armao McCarthy: The Little Leaguer Grows Up
John Russell Monagle: The Old Man Plays Softball
Carlo Morrissey: Baseball Memory, 1958
Stefano Duranti Poccetti: Baseball from Life to Death
Audrey Roth: Cerulean
Lauren Silvia: The Field
Ivan Smason: The Prospect
Rachel Whitfield: God Bless Softball