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Home > Prison Writing > 1995-1996

POETRY

First Prize
Cecil Boatswain
Napanoch, NY
Turned Out on 42nd Street

Second Prize
Barbara Saunders
Taft, OK
The Red Dress

Third Prize
Allen Lewis
Lima, OH
Alice

Honorable Mentions
Anthony La Barca Falcone
Otisville, NY
A Stranger

Matthew Wholley
Norfolk, MA
Wounds

William Eric Waters
Rome, NY
Heroes series

ESSAY

First Prize
Michael Wayne Hunter
San Quentin, CA
California's Death Row

Second Prize
Stephen Fraley
Attica, NY
Restorative Justice

Third Prize
Bruce Graham
Cross City, FL
How Increased Program Spending Can Lower Incarceration Costs

Honorable Mentions
George Hughes
Burkeville, VA
The Alphabet Man

Jack Anthony Barnes
Monroe, WA
Fatalistic Visions

Rafiki Abdul Karin
Hagerstown, MD
Nursing Home Behind Bars

Tommy Cob
Suffield, CT
Chastisement: Meklenberg Style

DRAMA

First Prize
James Quirk
Reidsville, GA
Tears for Samantha

Second Prize
James Raupp, Sr.
Bushnell, FL
Thrown Stones and Retro Moans

Third Prize
Tracy Evans
Albion, NY
Jailhouse Lawyers

Honorable Mentions
Lance E. Fleming
Repressa, CA
Piranhas

MEMOIR

Award Winner
D. Michael Martin
Freeland, Michigan
100 Soldiers

Honorable Mentions
Edward Bell
Avon Park, FL
T.G.I.F.?

Lance E Fleming
Represa, CA
Interstate Flight

Lou Torok
West Liberty, KY
The Mystery of Aunt Lilly

FICTION

First Prize (tie)
David Wood
Bowling Green, FL
Symbiosis

James Raupp, Sr.
Bushnell, FL
Composite Soul

Second Prize
Jon Marc Taylor
Jefferson City, MO
One Day in the Life of 23297

Third Prize
Stuart Dawson
Valyermo, CA
A Different Kind of Firefighter

Honorable Mentions
George Hughes
Burkesville, VA
A Ring on a Wire

Paul Aliff
Huntsville, TX
The Never-Ending Story

Richard E. Sloane
Wallkill, NY
Animal Crackers

William Chaplar
Pampa, TX
Rain

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