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GRAND PRIZE POETRY CONTEST WINNERS

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Richard Deets February 2005      Kathleen Roberts August 2004      Zona Lawrence April 2004      Krasimira Abadzhieva August 2003      Vicki F. Chavis March 2003      Michael Creagan November 2002      David Fainman August 2002      Jacquelyn Z. de Bray March 2002      Sophie Leu August 2001      Jeff Curtis March 2001        Jason Eric Colberg 2007      Ashley D. Faulkner 2006      Randy Clyde Uhl 2005      Mason Tate 2004      MJ Trease 2003      Jesse B. Castaldi 2002      William Oxford Tate 2001      Kirsten Olson 2000        Meryl Raw February 2005      Son Huynh August 2004      Linda Dousay April 2004      Son Huynh August 2003      Lloyd Bailey March 2003      Shelley Haggard November 2002      Erna Hennessy August 2002      C.A. Jennings-Blanchet March 2002      Maurice Gaerlan August 2001      A. Christopher Ulbricht March 2001      Aaron James Roberts August 2000      Jeffrey H. Williams September 1999      Dulcie Levene September 1998      Simon Paterson September 1997      Marilyn Walker September 1996      Vicki Volkman September 1995      Helen Bryant September 1994      Betty Jo Samuelson September 1993      Eva Rule September 1992      Paul Michelsen September 1991        Susan E. Wolding March 2003      Jeungsoon Park November 2002      Emilie Disen August 2002      Jeff Davis March 2002      Angelina Anderson August 2001      Elma D. Photikarmbumrung March 2001        Best Poems and Poets of 2005      Patricia M. Striner      Best Poems and Poets of 2004      James Ross Bailey      Best Poems and Poets of 2003      Jesse Castaldi        Krasimira Abadzhieva April 2004      Julia Abreu August 2003      Dwight Carson March 2003      Gaia Sophia Hawkin November 2002      Natasha Elkington August 2002      Eugene J. Fisher March 2002      Paulina Mabayoje August 2001      Marie Fuhriman Olsen March 2001      Zoe Casey January 2008      Anni Macht Gibson December 2007      Shelley Hesse November 2007      Brian Christopher Kelley October 2007      Soo Young Lim September 2007      Sophia B. August 2007      Chad M. Zigweid July 2007      Joshua M. Klein June 2007      Matthew Louis Gregory May 2007      Jenn Hallam April 2007      Malcolm Jacob Firth March 2007      Kimberly Anne Galloway February 2007      Jason Eric Colberg January 2007      Jason R. Meisner December 2006      Ashley D. Faulkner November 2006      Deric D'wone Fulbright September 2006      Robin Joelle Letostak August 2006      Luke W. Funkhouser July 2006      Jessica Maren Spenny June 2006      Jo Claire Yeter May 2006      Zoe Renee Brown April 2006      Scott Meredith Aycock March 2006      Emily Burns February 2006      Richard Craig Hallward November 2005      Andrea Lynn Loya-Perez October 2005      Randy Clyde Uhl September 2005      Annie White August 2005      Desmond Demetrius Daniels July 2005      Rebecca Eve Ronson June 2005      Jamy L. Daily May 2005      Brittany T. Perham April 2005      Armin Tolentino March 2005      Marisela Navarro February 2005      Jamie Lea Long January 2005      Connie Christo Denham December 2004      Mason Tate November 2004      Jessica Coville October 2004      Angela Marie Ross September 2004      Nicholas Gonzales August 2004      Chelsea Lynn Rayfield June 2004      Rachel P. Bentham May 2004      Alisa M. Zwirz April 2004      Beverly Carol Huffstetler February 2004      Kate Roberts January 2004      Katherine L. McClure December 2003      Romayne C. Rubinas November 2003      MJ Trease October 2003      Jennifer E. Armentrout September 2003      Benjamin Provo August 2003      Susie Stern June 2003      Ronda Kay Broatch May 2003      Mark Nicholas Borg March 2003      Vanessa Snedeker January 2003      Douglas Everett Davis December 2002      Lisa Danielle Taddeo November 2002      Patricia Cottrell October 2002      Joy Kristen Hoffman September 2002      Stephen R. Sherman August 2002      Suzanne Keilly June 2002      Jesse B. Castaldi May 2002      John Stephen Morris April 2002      Michael Christopher FitzGerald February 2002      Amanda J. Kail January 2002      Jessica Leigh Rounds December 2001      Judy Ann Platz November 2001      Brian Devine October 2001      William Oxford Tate September 2001      James R. Gallegos August 2001      Mamu Al-Fajar II July 2001      Alexandra Wynn Griffin June 2001      Terry Lynn Welch May 2001      Matthew Adam Carlson April 2001      Sara Elizabeth Smith March 2001      Pamela Steed Hill February 2001      Matthew William Beckham January 2001      Amy M. Bartlett December 2000      Carla Marie Maj-Pfleger November 2000      Gella Solomon October 2000      Kirsten Olson September 2000      Tay Arrow Sherman August 2000      R. Eric Arnall July 2000      Annie White June 2000      Julianne Nason May 2000      Eva Steele-Saccio April 2000      Keri Loper March 2000      Ben Clark February 2000      L. D. Hirshberg January 2000      Katie S. Semtner December 1999      B. R. Watts November 1999      Deborah Rossel October 1999      Edward J. Gaudet September 1999      Tommie Kasnick August 1999      Lynda Hayden Diakiw July 1999      Geertje Van Der Zanden June 1999      Joshua Rothenberger June 1999      Kate Cunningham May 1999      Paul Nash April 1999      Ulrike Wittenborn April 1999      Antoine CHAPEL March 1999      Peter Toland January 1999      Bertrand DE FONTENOYRE November 1998      Stephen Lyons November 1998      Vivier Roman November 1998      Courtney Ingham October 1998      Susanna Mason Defever October 1998      Danielle DARMANTE September 1998      Joseph Satin September 1998      Brenda McClellan August 1998      Dan Schwert July 1998      Garry McFeeter July 1998      Julie Meslin July 1998      L. Giannico June 1998      Michele PAULUS May 1998      Sarah Robinson May 1998      Tera Hong April 1998      Anike Robinson March 1998      Anna Buck March 1998      Margaret Barbour Gilbert March 1998      Richard Henry March 1998      Christine MOTTAY February 1998      Jeremy Brett February 1998      Mae Seon February 1998      Erich von Abele January 1998      Patricia Claire Eggleston January 1998      James McNulty November 1997      L. Giannico November 1997      Lauri Apple October 1997      Bill Cotter September 1997      Janine Maltz September 1997      ed williams August 1997      Heidi J. Bloem August 1997      Peter Green August 1997      Roy Rischar August 1997      Gordon Reid Johns May 1997      Emeka Obiandu April 1997      Mark Power April 1997      P. J. Stanskas July 1996        Crystal O'Leary February 2005      Darlene Fagan February 2005      Don Brockman February 2005      Jamel Wordlaw February 2005      Kenneth Lee Smith February 2005      Ross Harwood February 2005      T. Lori Massey February 2005      Hope Howell August 2004      Junice Webster August 2004      Katala Lupunga August 2004      Michael Bash Cowan August 2004      Michel-Vital Blanchard August 2004      Beverly Jones April 2004      Carolyn Hudson April 2004      Deborah Beal April 2004      Janet Stanley April 2004      Judy Scheer April 2004      Paricia Biggers April 2004      George RichardHackett August 2003      Hope Howell August 2003      Katala Lupunga August 2003      Marsha-Jay Dallas August 2003      Michael BashCowan August 2003      Michel-Vital Blanchard August 2003      Abdolhossein Kafai March 2003      Elma Photikarm March 2003      Lee Powell Scott March 2003      Linda A. Whitworth March 2003      Margaret A. Porter March 2003      Robert Newton Anderson March 2003      Aaron Roberts November 2002      Anoulack Sanathong November 2002      Nafeesa Monroe November 2002      Sue Walker November 2002      T. Stephanie Gottlieb November 2002      Zakiyyah Steele November 2002      Angela Apodaca August 2002      Gina Marie Mignogna August 2002      Jean M. Porro August 2002      Kathryn Hauck August 2002      Kim Boissevain August 2002      Monica Fanny Lee August 2002      Catherine Rafter March 2002      Dwight Carson March 2002      Frances White March 2002      Michael Creagan March 2002      Michael Khidekel March 2002      Nicholas John Mills Ellis March 2002      Amanda Johnson August 2001      Arelene N. Hagopian August 2001      Frank Scott August 2001      Jocelyn Ott-Saeed August 2001      Kim Boissevain August 2001      Nicholas Ellis August 2001      Chike Magnus Nzerve March 2001      Donald Perry Dunlap March 2001      Donna L. Prentice March 2001      Dulcie Levene March 2001      Erna Hennessey March 2001      Patty Ray March 2001        Alison Craven Roberts March 2002      Carol Johnson March 2002      Corrin Osborne March 2002      Dawn Anne MacGregor-Bromfield March 2002      Edward "Jack" Smith March 2002      Errol Lewis March 2002      Jo-Chieh Jennifer Chang March 2002      Liviu Georgescu March 2002      Mary Versteeg March 2002      Raymond J. Romain March 2002      Aaron Weiner August 2001      Hawah A. Cyllah August 2001      Ida Craig August 2001      Jillian Danson August 2001      Jody Finley August 2001      Kim Anderson II August 2001      Shannon Anderson August 2001      Stephanie Paredes August 2001      Tamas Kiss August 2001      Tameka Jarvis August 2001      Auletta Muhammad August 2000      Dale Peiffer August 2000      Ernest Goulding August 2000      George Gabb August 2000      Joshua Hill August 2000      Mark Pierce August 2000      Minnie Moon August 2000      Rhodora Maganito August 2000      Ruth Bush August 2000      Talamieka McNeil August 2000      C. Jenkins September 1999      Christopher Jenkins September 1999      Elaine Podovinikoff September 1999      Emmett Shunkle September 1999      Gail Sacharski September 1999      Kenny Schofield September 1999      Lois McGuire September 1999      Olga Qasim September 1999      Sasha Grakalic-Hawes September 1999      Sylvia (Atlow) Brookter September 1999      Wanda Collier-Purnell September 1999      Daniel Sanderson September 1997      Ebone Lockett September 1997      Joan Terry September 1997      John Pilkey September 1997      L.B. Strawn September 1997      Omair Ahmad September 1997      Parul Amlani September 1997      Paul Klein September 1997      Pinke Mekgwe-Magocha September 1997      Tamany Reinhart September 1997      Ben E. Holt September 1996      Claudia Hazard September 1996      Elizabeth Allen Owers September 1996      Faith Godbey September 1996      Gail Eisenhart September 1996      Jan Joslin September 1996      Mary Nelms September 1996      Nancy Lee Lenning September 1996      Robert Sessions Smilie, Jr. September 1996      Ted Brohl September 1996      Teedie Richardson-Tremble September 1996      Uta Monique Behrens September 1996        CheVonceil Hunter August 2003      Christopher Conde August 2003      Duncan Brooks August 2003      Kathryn Kitchener August 2003      Kimberly Gray August 2003      Leona House August 2003      Monet Morales August 2003      Pamela McKeage August 2003      Sarah VanHorn August 2003      Velibor Vidakovic August 2003      Chenzira Davis Kahina November 2002      Craig E. Burgess November 2002      Dominic Collier November 2002      Elva Phillis Spencer-Belz November 2002      Gou Shaoren November 2002      Hillary Garrett November 2002      Nancy B. Collins November 2002      Samuel Stenger Renken November 2002      Spencer Lloyd-Roberts November 2002      Thedia Darnell November 2002      Trangdai Tranguyen November 2002      Don Tuthill August 2002      Jennifer Lee Yu August 2002      Karin Ellen Giphart August 2002      Kristen Booth August 2002      Laurel Hanson August 2002      Melanie Childers August 2002      Phillip A. Jenkins August 2002      Priscilla Read Chenoweth August 2002      Rowena Lacoste Adamson August 2002      Valur Gunnarsson August 2002      Annette Michelle Palmer March 2001      Bianca Farrow March 2001      Brenda Hicks March 2001      Felita Cleare March 2001      Hawah Cyllah March 2001      Jacek Gliniak March 2001      Julie Kirsten Hendershot March 2001      Paula West March 2001      Shannon Kobran March 2001      Tiffany Jennifer Lucas March 2001        Amanda Scholefield August 2003      Annie Green August 2003      Britt NhiSarah August 2003      Charles Briggs August 2003      Donna Read August 2003      Dulcie Levene August 2003      Kaleb Brown August 2003      Margaret Byassee August 2003      Terry Boykie August 2003      Tracey Jones August 2003      Abdelhossein Kafaï November 2002      Glen P. Harris November 2002      Harvey Ward November 2002      Howard E. Yosha November 2002      Hugh M. Pease November 2002      Louis Quezada November 2002      Margaret Yoder Davis November 2002      Nila Dury November 2002      Ruby Burns November 2002      Sara A. Gaulin November 2002      Donna Drake Farmer August 2002      Duncan Charles Hughes August 2002      Francella Dale Lynd August 2002      John Nathaniel Hardy August 2002      Kathryn E. Westenberger August 2002      Matthew J. Wolff August 2002      Melissa Garcia August 2002      Randy McQuilkin August 2002      Sharon L. McIlvaine August 2002      Thong-In Soonsawad August 2002      Aileen Marian Norton Swift March 2002      April Michelle Clark March 2002      Clara Ann Chorley March 2002      Devlyn Rhys Young March 2002      Hugh Simpson March 2002      Naomi LaTrisha Powell March 2002      Russell N. Clayshulte March 2002      Stephen Walter March 2002      Sterling L. Brown March 2002      William H. Campbell III March 2002      Ariana Katz August 2001      Careen Lawrence August 2001      Hannah Adjepong August 2001      Kerrilee Hunter August 2001      Margaret L. Schroeder August 2001      Mohammad Jannatul Haque August 2001      Obinna Okonkwo August 2001      Philip Hicock August 2001      Raghu Bhushan August 2001      Yusuf Darries August 2001      Ciro Patti Jr. March 2001      Don Farley March 2001      Kay Swaby March 2001      Ludny Pierre March 2001      Marcia McCluskey March 2001      Mark Allen Ford March 2001      Maurice Freedman March 2001      Patrice Thomas March 2001      Sister Rose F. Dunn March 2001      Vladimir Anastasoff March 2001        Athina M. Maganzini February 2005      Jad Abdallah February 2005      Jennifer Adams February 2005      Ji Young Kim February 2005      Kholood Abdulgader Habiballa February 2005      Chantal Korsah August 2004      Dave Nichols August 2004      Jeff Cox August 2004      Tabitha Jean Fine August 2004      Xiaosi Du August 2004      Chantal Korsah August 2003      Dave Nichols August 2003      Jeffrey Cox August 2003      Tabitha Fine August 2003      Xiaosi Du August 2003      Becky Simpson November 2002      Crystal Tellez November 2002      Mohammad Ali Al-ashqar November 2002      Patrick Hurst November 2002      Shannon Mullings November 2002      Amelia Hope DeWane August 2002      Dana Williams August 2002      Evan Maddox August 2002      Jacinta Hollon August 2002      Shelita Shenea Zeno August 2002      Kelli Fern August 2000      Matthew Leiterding September 1999      Christian Hirstein September 1998      Priscilla Chan September 1997      Maya Boncza September 1996      Adrianne Behning September 1995      Lacey Boss September 1994      Sandra Krstin September 1993      Monique Wilson September 1992      Jessica Duban September 1991

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