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National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park, Worcester, MA

Adult Contest Recognition

Adult Contest Recognition2026-10-26T16:38:06-04:00

2026 National Baseball Poetry Festival

Roster of Poets and Poems Selected for Recognition

  • Jessica Andersen: Mickey 7

  • David Stanford Burr: Safe at Home

  • Ana María (Ía) Carbonell: Bat Girl—Little League 1970

  • Ann Cefola: Paul O’Neill in the Final Inning

  • Judith Ferrara: Sad Eyes

  • Kathy Jacobs: Spring Forward

  • Kathryn Kirkpatrick: Bottom of the Ninth

  • Jim Landwehr: Pickup Ball

  • James M. Maskell: Saturday Games

  • Elizabeth McCarthy: The Final Game

  • Laura McNeal: Rotary Exchange

  • Steven Pelcman: Becoming a Baseball Pitcher

  • Liam Rappleye : A Prayer for Steven Bartman

  • Remi Recchia: At a Baseball Game in 90-Degree Weather

  • Bernard Remakus: A FIELD OF COAL

  • Natalie Schank: Heading for Home

  • Jen Schneider: The Girl; a diamond

  • Janice Lynch Schuster: Keeping Score

  • Dan Sicoli: the one

  • M. Brooke Wiese: 105th Street Sonnet

On Deck: Padmaja Battani, Joe Bisicchia, david alberto fernández, Ayun Halliday, Barbara Kram, Darren Rogers, Grant Swados

2025 National Baseball Poetry Festival

Roster of Poets and Poems Selected for Recognition

  • Christine Arvidson: At the Ballgame By Myself

  • David Bachner: Baseball Season in Belmar, New Jersey

  • Stephen Cramer: Apology

  • Darlene Elias: Tomboy

  • David M. Harris: Right Fielder

  • Kevin Hodgson: A Famous Change-Up

  • Tiff Holland: Elegy for Uncle Bill

  • Ben Klemer: Back Home

  • Laurinda Lind: Handoff

  • C.I. Marshall: Elegy for a Minor League Relief Pitcher

  • Christine M. Quirk: Impossible Dream

  • Steve Rodriguez: Escapism at John Galvin Park

  • Keith Rohman: Zen and Baseball

  • Erika Higgins Ross: The Connection

  • Dan Sicoli: bandinetto

  • J. J. Steinfeld: The Memory of a Baseball Fan

  • Lisa Timpf: An Aging Athlete Holds Their Ground

  • Richard Waring: Madison, New Jersey, 1957

  • Carol Was: After Her Last Game

  • M. Brooke Wiese: Under the Eaves

On deck: David Atwood, Robert Brickhouse, Matthew Lawrence, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, George Wallace, Tim Wiles, Gideon Young

2024 National Baseball Poetry Festival

Roster of Poets and Poems Selected for Recognition

  • 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: For 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

Roster of Poets and Poems Selected for Recognition

  • 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 #1

  • Tom Clark: Go Robins!

  • 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

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