First Prize
Susan Rosenberg
Mariana, FL
Prison Transfer—War

Second Prize
Stephan Wayne Anderson
San Quentin, CA
Friday Crabs

Third Prize
Michael E. Saucier
Cottonport, LA
Cut Partnet

Honorable Mentions
James L. Able
Sykesville, MD
Nothing Under the Sun

Judith Clark
Bedford, NY
womb/tomb

Stephan Erway
Canon City, CO
In My Eyes

James Jennings
Fort Worth, TX
Post-1984

H.B. Johnson Jr.
Baltimore, MD
Charlie Ford

John D. Ketzner
Kincheloe, MI
Caerimonia August

Joseph Liuzzao
Mansfield, OH
Long Look

Bill Miller
Alden, NY
Upon Release

Glen M. Rhinehart
Sturtevant, WI
Home

Paul Thompson
Conrod, NH
Jackie Lee

First Prize
Victor Hassine
Bellefonte, PA
An Interview With George

Second Prize
Born Allah
Walkill, NY
Sanctioned by Statute

Third Prize (tie)
Charles Norman
Polk City, FL
Booty Ban: How to Avoid Prison Rape

Pedro Laureano
Ossining, NY
Dear Mario Cuomo

Adam Starchild
Ashland, KY
Rape as Punishment

Honorable Mentions
Charles Doss
Florence, AZ
Come Fly With Me

Robert Dozier
Wallkill, NY
Inmate Savings in Corrections

Joseph Fasciani
Kirkland, WA
What Do We Do When We Write Poetry

Mujahid Farid
Ossining, NY
Life Skills (AIDS Education)

Lance Fleming
Represa, GA
Until I Go Blind

Stephan Fraley
Attica, NY
Life of a Prison Gang

Gregory Miller
Ashland, KY
One and Twenty Wake-Up

Robert J. Moriarty
Florida City, FL
Déjà Vu

Gary A. Parker
Avon Park, FL
Untitled

Paul St. John
Napanoch, NY
Mythology of Modern Man

Armando Simon
Huntsville, TX
Wither Nobel?

Billy Sinclair
Baton Rouge, LA
The Death Penalty: A Legacy of Violence and Racism

Paul Thompson
Concord, NH
War of Innocence

W.E. Waters
Napanoch, NY
The Clemency Conundrum

Special Honorable Mentions
Michael Conroy
Homing, OK
A Shau Ambush

Gerald Duperry
Comstock, NY
God's Hidden Beauty

Michael Lasko
Fairbanks, AK
The Moment of Change

Eddie Risda
Ft. Madison, IA
The Uncredited Heroes

David Wood
Olustee, FL
Ezra Means Sunrise

First Prize
Carol E. Goldblatt
Niantic, CT
Shootin' from Half-Court

Second Prize
W.E. Waters
Napanoch, NY
Phonetalk

Third Prize (tie)
Stephan Fraley
Attica, NY
Visiting Day

Billy Sinclair
Baton Rouge, LA
Death At Midnight

Honorable Mentions
Jeffery Betsch
Helmuth, NY
Your Choice

Victor Hassine
Bellefonte, PA
Circles of Nod

H.B. Johnson, Jr.
Baltimore, MD
The Print Shop

Deborah Juntti
Menahga, MN
A Bottle

Michael Kershaw & Scott Smith
Tuscon, AZ
Shadows of a Man

Michael Saucier
Cottonport, LA
Thinking Twice

Eugene Varnado
East Moline, IL
Save the Last Dance For Me

David Wood
Olustee, FL
Cowhall Blues

First Prize
Judee Norton
Phoenix, AZ
J. Norton #59900

Second Prize
David Wood
Olustee, FL
The Theory Of Flight

Third Prize (tie)
Kimberly Anderson
Phoenix, AZ
Crimson Offering

Bernice Price
Bedford, NY
Memories of My Youth

Honorable Mentions
Stephen E. Fraley
Attica, NY
Showdown

Kevin D. Hicks
Norfolk, MA
Dark Angel or the Confession of an Angry Nigger

Richard Earl Young
Huntsville, TX
Something Happened at the Water Fountain