The first-place winner Orrick Johns was among those who felt that "Renascence" was the best poem, and stated that "the award was as much an embarrassment to me as a triumph."
Победникот Орик Џонс беше меѓу оние кои чувствувале дека Ренесанса беше најдобра песна, и истакна дека "наградата беше толку срам за мене колку ѝ триумф."