“Little Skate at Ballston Beach,” a poem by Lynne Spigelmire Viti, earned Second Place honors in the regional category of the 12th Annual Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest. The contest is sponsored by WOMR, a public broadcasting community radio station based on Cape Cod, and is named in honor of the late Cape Cod poet laureate. Viti holds a Ph.D. and a J.D. from Boston College. She serves as the poet laureate for Westwood, Mass., and has published the poetry collections, The Walk to Cefalù and Dancing at Lake Montebello. Her other publications include the chapbooks Baltimore Girls and The Glamorganshire Bible and the short fiction collection Going Too Fast.