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Home > Prison Writing > Contest Archive > 1998-1999

POETRY

First Prize (tie)
Kathy Boudin
A Trilogy of Journeys

Jon Schillaci
Americans

Second Prize
Barbara Saunders
Wold

Third Prize
Joseph Burgeson
No Passage

Honorable Mentions
Marilyn Buck
Thirteen Springs

Christopher Presfield
Old Don and Frisbee

Douglas Scott Nowell
Regrets

ESSAY

First Prize
Ken Lamberton
Of Prison Parks and Bug Watching

Second Prize
Victor Hassine
Monochromes From Over a Prison's Edge

Third Prize
William Eric Waters
A Day in the Life of a Jailhouse Lawyer

Honorable Mentions
Flanders Jordan
Fish Fry

Kenneth Monsebroten
Stranger Behind Glass

Donald LaDow
Strange Angels

DRAMA

First Prize
Alex Friedmann
The Row

Second Prize
Bob Martin
Mel's Hole

Third Prize (tie)
James Raupp
Thrown Stones and Retro Moans

Reginald S. Lewis
Good Night, Boo Baby

Honorable Mentions
William H. David, Jr.
Closing Arguments in the Trial of Mr. Gunn

Lance E. Fleming
Swinechild

MEMOIR

Award Winner
Eric Reid
I Am The Wall

FICTION

First Prize
Scott Antworth
The Tower Pig

Second Prize
Patricia Coyne
Trash Call

Third Prize
Joe Martier
Arty, Arty in Free

Honorable Mentions
James Raupp
Death of a Jailhouse Lawyer

James Gothrup-Marker
Calybou (excerpt)

Phillip S. Barcia
The Real Thing

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