Poet Joan M. Howard awarded Honorable Mention in the 2015 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition, Kathleen McClung Sonnet Prize category.

Joan M.Howard's poem "The Chosen Range" won Honorable Mention in the Shakespearean and Petrarchan Sonnets category on the theme of the "beloved," in the 2015 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competion, Kathleen McClung Sonnet Prize category. This literary competition is part of an extended community arts outreach program of the National League of American Pen Women. http://www.soulmakingcontest.us/

Joan M. Howard's poetry has appeared in the Aurorean, Lucid Rhythms, The Road Not Taken:The Journal of Formal Poetry, The Deronda Review, Victorian Violet Press, Wild Goose Poetry Review, The Reach of Song 2012 poetry anthology (Georgia Poetry Society), POEM, Miller's Pond, Eclectic Muse,The Lyric and other journals.