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Home > Prison Writing > 2009

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Charles P. Norman
Lake City, FL
I Wore Chains to My Father's Funeral

POETRY

First Place
Richard Miller
Farmington, MO
Lepidoptera or Butterflies

Second Place
Joe Ricky Knight
La Grange, KY
Poinsett County

Third Place

Kevin Costa
Norfolk, MA
Locker Key

Dawson Prize

Robert Hal Brame
Coleman, FL
Here

Honorable Mentions

Arvan Washington
Lompoc, CA
Pieces of a Dream

Zachary Redfearne
Canon City, CO
Old Letter

R.C. Brown
Wilton, NY
A Way of Saying

Louis Templeman
W. Sanderson, FL
The Secret Place

ESSAY

First Place
D. Babb
Corcoran, CA
The First O.J. Book

Second Place
Joseph Dole
Tamms, IL
Unilaterally Punitive

Third Place
Doug Coley
Youngstown, OH
A Strangely Fruitful, Frustrating Experience

Honorable Mentions
Joseph Manning
Norfolk, MA
A Twisted Evening With Doctor Gonzo

Michael McLean
Beacon, NY
Thoughts When the Cell Door Closes

Christian J. Weaver
Only, TN
A Higher Morality

DRAMA

First Place
Keith Sanders
Rosharon, TX
Every Day's Your Birthday

Second Place
Gary Salinas
Iowa Park, TX
Heavy Hearts

Third Place
Matthew G. Walker
Moose Lake, MN
Second Chances

Dawson Prize
George K. Johnson
Rosharon, TX
Trouble On a Rainy Day

Honorable Mentions
Jackey R. Sollars
Beaumont, TX
Kings Highway

Ciro Cid Adames
Rosharon, TX
Wrong Decision

Paresh Patel
Rosharon, TX
eBoy

MEMOIR

First Place
George Hughes
Burkeville, VA
Six Basement

Second Place
Santonio Murff
Tennessee Colony, TX
Retired From the Game

Third Place
Zachary Redfearne
Canon City, CO
A Fresh End

Dawson Prize
Sue Ellen Allen
Goodyear, AZ
Fear

Honorable Mentions
Frank E. Foster
Delano, CA
Learning to Swim

T. Michael Fox
Corcoran, CA
No More With the Neighbors

Gary Salinas
Iowa Park, TX
The Man Scribbles of Big G

FICTION

First Place
Samuel Harris
Petersburg, VA
Shepherds of the Passaic

Second Place
Chris Everley
Florence, AZ
Dead Men’s Shoes

Third Place
Sheila Ellenbogen
Chicago, IL
The Guilt Offering

Dawson Prize
Anthony Tinsman
Forrest City, AZ
A Selfish Discovery

Joseph Jeffrey Burgeson
Gilman, CT
No Light Escapes

Honorable Mentions

Daniel E. Sharpe
Corcoran, CA
House of Bitter Men

Rick Matzke
Pekin, IL
In a Nut’s Cell

William H. Davis, Jr.
Beaumont, TX
A Shameful Killing

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