2026 Final Judge: Midge Goldberg
Winner, Single Sonnet: “Walking with My Daughter After a Funeral” by Brian Brodeur
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “The Maze” by Steven Monte
2025 Final Judge: Austin Allen
Winner, Single Sonnet: “Slowing Time” by Erica Reid
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “Night” by Rick Mullin
2024 Final Judge: Dan Albergotti
Winner, Single Sonnet: “Calling Hours” by Jean L. Kreiling
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “Roughly True” by Barbara Lydecker Crane
2023 Final Judge: Julia Griffin
Winner, Single Sonnet: “Driving North from Florida in March” by Brian Brodeur
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “after The Planets” by Matthew Moniz
2022 Final Judge: A. E. Stallings
Winner, Single Sonnet: “The Virgin Learning to Read” by Julia Griffin
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “Gronnets” by Julia Griffin
2021 Final Judge: Jenna Lê
Winner, Single Sonnet: “An Aging Poet Explains” by David Southward
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “The Messenger” by Susan Delaney Spear
2020 Final Judge: Julie Kane [Putting Chaos into 14 Lines Sonnet Contest]
Winner, Single Sonnet: “Niagara Overlook” by Melissa Balmain
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “Bridesmaid Dress” by Jenna Lê
2019 Final Judge: Marilyn Nelson [Putting Chaos into 14 Lines Sonnet Contest]
Winner, Single Sonnet: “Mania” by Jenna Lê
Winner, Sonnet Crown: “River Valley Hexaëmera” by Matt W. Miller