Poetry Awards
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Two Poems reviewed by Kenneth Salzmann in Substack column
This issue of Kenneth Salzmann’s “How to Grow a Poem” includes two older poems of mine that vary greatly in style (yet both winning awards). His column focuses on the writing process of a wide range of poets each week or so, and is worth the read. This particular column also includes a YouTube link
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PUSHCART NOMINATION for the poem Enlightenment Is A Bitch
My poem ENLIGHTENMENT IS A BITCH was just nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2013. It's one of my favorites. You can read it in my book How Therapists Dance. Or you can take a look again on The SUN MAGAZINE website where it can be read on-line, at: SUN MAGAZINE Dane Cervine
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POLISHING THE MOON SWORD wins 2nd Prize in the 2013 Morton Marcus Poetry Contest
The poet Gary Young was the judge for the 2013 Morton Marcus Poetry Prize, and my short prose poem, POLISHING THE MOON SWORD, took the 2nd Place Prize. You can read the poem on the phren-Z On-Line Literary Magazine's Fall 2013 Edition at: Dane Cervine in phren-Z Many thanks to Gary Young for judging, to
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TOP 10 Commentary Pick at CONTRARY Literary Journal
This was a fun surprise….CONTRARY magazine celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary by choosing the top 10 pieces of writing in each genre it publishes, including one called Commentaries. An essay of mine from a few years back, entitled Prepare To Believe, was chosen. It's about a trip to the Creation Museum in Kentucky that my
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“THE BLUE HORSE” wins Atlanta Review’s 2013 International Poetry Contest
Dan Veach selected my poem The Blue Horse as winner of the grand prize for The Atlanta Review 2013 International Poetry Contest. I am honored, and humbled by the simple moments in life that make their way into the lives of others, those who write and those who read. The poem will be published in
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TANTRA a Finalist for 2012 Atlanta Review International Contest
The following poem is a Finalist for the 2012 Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest, and published in the Fall 2012 edition of the Atlanta Review: Tantra The women are no less attractive as I’ve gotten older. But in meditating, a Fuji apple, strain of sitar, a hand’s graceful gesture are now as alluring.
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“The Ukelele” is Finalist in Atlanta Review 2011 Contest
My poem The Ukelele was a finalist for the Atlanta Review's 2011 International Poetry Competition, appearing in the Fall 2010 edition. It is a poem about family and memory, inspired by a conversation I had with the poet Robert Sward. The Ukulele I was talking about family with Robert over lunch, how I had
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IMPERFECT BEAUTY Wins 2nd Prize in Caesura Contest
A poem about my father entitled Imperfect Beauty took second place in the 2009 San Jose Poetry Center's contest, and will be published in the upcoming issue of Caesura. You can enjoy the poem below: Imperfect Beauty I think of my father while waiting at the City Planning Department— only one person in line,
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Porter Gulch Review Poems
Dane was chosen as the 2006 Porter Gulch Review POET OF THE YEAR, and his poems have appeared regularly in this Santa Cruz journal from Cabrillo College since 1997. The following link will connect you to on-line versions of the journal from the year 2000 forward: http://www.cabrillo.edu/publications/portergulch/ Dane's poems can be found in the following
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Wabash Prize for Poetry Finalist chosen by TONY HOAGLAND
Tony Hoagland chose Dane's poem as a finalist, which was published in Purdue University's Sycamore Review (Winter/Spring 2005): Accordions & Shotguns Opal stands with an accordion at twenty-one years of age, on the steps of the family’s 49th Street house in Los Angeles. It is 1934, and the land of angels breaths in then