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Contests : War Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2003
Congratulations to our 2003 prizewinners Robert
Randolph, Joel Long and
Patricia Monaghan,
and to our honorable mentions and finalists. Their poems were judged the best of the 734 entries we received.
Entries were judged anonymously. This year's winners share cash prizes totaling $2,000.
Click the names below to read the winning entries and learn about the honorees.
Read comments
on the entries from contest judge Jendi Reiter.
First Prize
Robert Randolph, "Floating Girl (Angel of War)"
Second Prize
Joel Long, "Broken Windows at Reims"
Third Prize
Patricia Monaghan, "Soldier's Heart"
Honorable Mentions
George Adams, "The Altar"
Beth Ferris, "Hunger Strike at Sincon Prison"
Stacey Fruits, "The Choreography of Four Hands Descending"
Atar Hadari, "Summer Rain," "Two Lights"
Carrie Preston, "You Haven't Killed Anyone"
Finalists
Darla Beasley, "Surfacing," "The Gyroscope"
Richard Brostoff, "Waiting for Him"
Dana Curtis, "A Journal of the War Years"
Samuel Exler, "USO Dance: Colorado Springs, 1944"
Judith Goldhaber, "The Curse: A Fairy Tale for the New Millennium"
Greg Grummer, "Portraiture"
Van Hartmann, "The Cutters," "Smokestack"
Bergen Hutaff, "Decorum"
Tim Leach, "The Charge of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade," "Choicest Product of the Brewer's Art"
Jack Lindeman, "Campaign: 1943-1946"
Charlotte Mandel, "Documentary, Afghanistan"
Mark Mansfield, "Past Liberty"
Gerry McFarland, "Gunner Tries to Die," "Gunner Tells What Happened," "Gunner Apologizes for Not Shooting"
Martin Steele, "Sarel and Samson"
Michael Swan, "Proverbs in Time of War"
Brenda Tate, "Cleansing," "Let Us Prey"
Chandra Toucher, "Winter Moon (A Soldier's Thoughts)"
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