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POETRY

First Prize
Jack Vian
Beaumont, TX
I Shake the Sand from My Boots

Second Prize
Malcolm King
Safford, AZ
Prisoner

Third Prize
John Byron Yarborough
Rosharon, TX
Dog Flips Burgers

Dawson Prize
Joe R. Knight
Eddyville, KY
In the Infirmary and Outside the Kentucky State Penitentiary

Honorable Mentions
Spoon Jackson
Coalinga CA
No Moon

Gary Hicks
Soledad, CA
Banana

Scott Walt
Tucson, AZ
Untitled

ESSAY

First Prize
Steve Champion
San Quentin, CA
His Spirit Lives On: George E. Marshall, 1940-2001

Second Prize
J. C. Amberchele
Canon City, CO
Freedom

Third Prize
Paul A. Moran
Soledad, CA
Recycling Humanity

Honorable Mentions
Stephen Fraley
Collins, NY
The Fallacy of Doing Your Bid as if it’s Not your Life

José Boner
Boscobel, WI
Prison Poets

G. Wilford Hathorn
Livingston, TX
Trashcan Food and a Concrete Shithouse

DRAMA

First Prize
Curtis L. Easley
Walsenberg, CO
Madness

Second Prize
Brendan Cochrane/Joseph Assadourian
Fishkill, NY
Joey Shakespeare

Third Prize
Kamau Bakari
Arthurkill, NY
The Least Traveled Path

Dawson Prize
Peter T. Paulson
Carlisle, IN
Tragedy and Basketball

Honorable Mentions
J. P. Parnell
Corcoran, CA
One Isolated Day

Tyrone Wyche
Big Stone Gap, VA
Jailhouse Law

Osvaldo Z. Gonzales
Calipatria, CA
The Price of Freedom

MEMOIR

First Prize
Micheal Ray Benét
Eddyville, KY
The Seeds

Second Prize
G. T. Carillo
Atascadero/Vacaville, CA
In Good Company

Third Prize
Jorge Antonio Renaud
Tennessee Colony, TX
Mija

Dawson Prize
Yvette N. Louisell
Mitchellville, IO
The Glove Compartment

Honorable Mentions
James Burns
Gunnison, UT
A Taste of Honey

Raymond Simmons
Lovelady, TX
Tiger

Keith D. Courville
Limon, CO
A Journey Back

FICTION

First Prize
Gary Don Parks
Snyder, TX
All Heaven's Lights

Second Prize
Mark Smith
Ogdensburg, NY
The Last Run

Third Prize
Mario Vincent Perez
Coalinga, CA
Walls

Dawson Prize
William Tyler III
Susanville, CA
Man, The Island

Honorable Mentions
William Perryman
Grafton, OH
At Odds With Nature

Paul Moran
Soledad, CA
The Beast of Soledad Prison

Joshua Hill (posthumous)
Represa, CA
Champeen of the World

FIELDING DAWSON CITATIONS

Dawson Citation for a Body of Work
David Wood
Saint Petersburg, FL
Kaddish

Dawson Citation for Outstanding Achievement
William Van Poyck
Waverly, VA
Hero of the Quotidian

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