Great American Poetry Competition Judges

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.Andrew Benson Brown

..Andrew Benson Brown’s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the ..major events of the American Revolution. He writes history articles for ..American.Essence magazine and resides in Missouri. Watch his Classical ..Poets Live videos here.

Joseph Bottum

Joseph Bottum is one of the nation’s most widely published writers, with over a thousand essays, reviews, poems, and short stories from the Atlantic to the Wall Street Journal. Holding a Ph.D. in medieval philosophy, he is currently the Visiting Scholar of Conservative Thought and Policy for the Benson Center at the University of Colorado. His print books including four volumes of poetry along with the sociological study, An Anxious Age, and The World Is Awake, for which he shared the Christopher Award for the year’s best children’s book.

.Margaret Coats

..Margaret Coats is a retired teacher of literature, languages, and writing ..whose.most extensive experience is in homeschooling for her own family and ..others. She earned a Ph.D. in English and American Literature and Language ..from Harvard University, where she held the faculty rank of Instructor. She is a ..veteran of the.United States Army Signal Corps and of the Women’s Army ..Corps.

.Evan Mantyk

..Evan Mantyk teaches literature and history in New York and is President and ..Editor of the Society of Classical Poets’ online journal and printed journal.  ..His latest books of poetry are Heroes of the East and West and a translation ..of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Read his poetry at the Society of ..Classical Poets here.

Arthur Mortensen

Arthur Mortensen has been Webmaster for Expansive Poetry Online since 1996. In addition to the just-released Margie’s Tavern and The Fall Of A Sparrow, he has put out eight other books, including Leaving Texas, and The Pride of Texas, the latter two novels in verse.  He served as editor and publisher of Pivot for five years, and was editor and publisher for the Somers Rocks Press series of 21 first collections in the late 1990s. He continues to serve as Editor and Publisher of Pivot Press.

Joshua Philipp

Joshua Philipp is co-founder of the Society of Classical Poets. He currently works as a senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include “The Real Story of January 6” (2022), “The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America” (2022), and “Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus” (2020).

.Mark F. Stone

..Mark F. Stone worked as an attorney (active duty and civil service) for the ..United States Air Force for 33 years and is retired. His poems have ..been.published by The Epoch Times, Light, Lighten Up Online, The Ohio ..Poetry.Association, The Road Not Taken: The Journal of Formal Poetry, Ric ..Edelman’s The Truth About Your Future podcast, and the Seeking Alpha ..Alpha Picks podcast.