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Home > Prison Writing > 1999-2000

POETRY

First Prize
Albert Altimari
Graterford, PA
One-Legged Walter

Second Prize (tie)
Precious Bedell
Bedford Hills, NY
Run

Henry Louis Michel
Iowa Park, TX
Shedding Skin

Third Prize
Charles Dailey
Capron, VA
Sleeping Under the Whitehurst

Honorable Mentions
Susan Deering
Frontera, CA
Poem to God

Christomer Presfield
Corcoran, PA
Be As Dark

Gregory Holmes
Whiteville, TN
Visitation

Anthony LaBarca Falcone
Coxsackie, NY
City Dwellers

ESSAY

First Prize
David Taber
Norgolk, MA
Abraham's Son

Second Prize
Joe Micelli
Auburn, NY
After the Rainfall

Third Prize
Robert Paradise
Concord, NH
Kill the Criminal

Honorable Mentions
Daniel Harr
Waupun, WI
The New Slavery Movement

MEMOIR

Award Winner
Paul J. Betts, Jr.
Coldwater, MI
Flattop for Cherry Hill

Honorable Mentions
Dervin Bowman
Crescent City, CA
Ghost in the Machine

FICTION

First Prize
Paul Thunder Belcourt
Deer Lodge, MT
Reservation Superman

Second Prize (tie)
Scott Antworth
Thomaston, ME
Shortimer's Sunrise

Richard Early Young
Rosharon, TX
Strong Delusion

Third Prize
Terrance D. Robinson
Westover, MD
Sonchai's Dance

Honorable Mentions
Stephen Danforth
Bayport, MN
A Prection of Dangerousness

Cary Nichols
Dalhart, TX
Pandemonium

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