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Poetry
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First Prize
Steven Bulleit
Ontario, OR
Doing Time
Second Prize
John Yarbrough
Rosharon, TX
Knowing a Place
Third Prize
Yvette M. Louisell
Mitchellville, IA
Fried Mushrooms
Dawson Prize for Poetry
Jah Chemistry
Beacon, NY
Days of Our Lives
Honorable Mentions
Billy Neblett
Ray Brook, NY
Amos Fuller Doesn’t Speak
Arvan Washington III
Florence, AZ
An Indeterminate SHU
Forest Clayton
Florence, AZ
The Fan
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Essay/Nonfiction
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First Prize
J.E. Wantz
Salem, OR
Feeling(s) Cheated
Second Prize
William Steed Kelley
Huntsville, TX
The Seeds of Jasper Hate
Third Prize
Jorge A. Renaud
Rosharon, TX
Convicts and Communities
Dawson Prize for Nonfiction
Lisa Heaivilin
Mitchellville, IA
Ms. Body
Honorable Mentions
Clifford Barnes
Rosharon, TX
To Be Beaten On Your Birthday Means You’re Loved
Alejo Rodriguez
Staten Island, NY
Paralegal Training for the Formerly Incarcerated
Eugene Alexander Dey
Susanville, CA
A Requiem for Freddy |
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Fiction
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First Prize
Clifford Barnes
Rosharon, TX
Confessions of a Jack-Off Artist
Second Prize
Gail Leonard
Birmingham, AL
Kitchen Workers
Third Prize
Michael McLean
Beacon, NY
The Seventh Sense
Dawson Prize for Fiction
Justin Montgomery
Aberdeen, WA
Static Night
Honorable Mentions
Zachary Redfearne
Las Animas, CO
Release Date
Charles Huckelbury
Concord, NH
Gumbo
Kenneth Brydon
San Quentin, CA
San Quentin, July 4th, 1975 |
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Memoir
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First Prize
Christina MacNaughton
Litchfield, CT
Just Another Death
Second Prize
Joe Huffman
Rosharon, TX
Day One
Third Prize
Thomas M. Fox
Corcoran, CA
A Family’s Ties
Honorable Mentions
Malachi Ephraim
Florence, AZ
Summer Snow
George Hughes
Burkeville, VA
Fair Well
Melvin WilliamJoseph Vogt
Amarillo, TX
Life and Times of Melvin BillyJoe Vogt |
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Drama
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First Prize
Keith Sanders
Rosharon, TX
A Time to Forget
Second Prize
Eugene Williams
Rosharon, TX
Turds
Third Prize
Clifford Barnes
Rosharon, TX
Hiding Franz Fanon
Dawson Prize for Drama
Gary Salinas
Iowa Park, TX
Deadly Innocence
Honorable Mentions
Daniel Harris
Huntsville, TX
Time Cut for Willy
Charles W. Angell II
Rosharon, TX
Horizon’s Edge
John “Divine G” Whitfield
Ossining, NY
Absolver of Sing Sing |
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