2017 Sonnet Contest Winners
| (Click on a category for winning entries. All winners are listed alphabetically by last name.) TOP THREE | 
| WINONA AREA | 
| YOUTH CATEGORY [entrants 17 and under] Homo Sum – Gene Masso That Little Mirror of Mine – Emma Nasseri | 
| HUMOR Stuff – Barbara Lydecker Crane | 
| LAUREATES' CHOICE | 
| (Click on a sub-category for winning entries. Winners are grouped alphabetically by last name.) Laureates' Choice – Group One | 
| Laureates' Choice – Group Two Pando – Ben Gunsberg Bombs in the Night – Charles Halsted Black and White – Joan Johnson Leaving the Parking Lot, I Pass a Homeless Man – Steve McDonald Origami – Dennis Patton | 
| Laureates' Choice – Group Three Tobacco Dreams, 1963 – Jessica Ramer Zen and the Art of Playing Tennis – Frank Thurmond Mosaic – Jim Togeas Lebensmüde – Tim Vincent A Brief Discourse on Buddhist Philosophy – Jon Ward | 
