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Contests : War Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2005

2005 War Poetry Winners

Congratulations to our 2005 prizewinners Jude Nutter, T.P. Perrin and Alan Farrell, and to our honorable mentions and finalists. Their poems were judged the best of the 1,036 entries we received. Entries were judged anonymously. This year's winners share cash prizes totaling $3,000. 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
Jude Nutter, "Infidelity", "For Those Held Captive for Decades in Darkness", "The Map"

Second Prize
T.P. Perrin, "McVay", "Thersites"

Third Prize
Alan Farrell, "Martyrdom of a Mutt"

Honorable Mentions
Walter Bargen, "Zoonotic"
T.I. Box, "Warflower"
Christopher Buehlman, "French Collaborator", "Soldiers"
Melody Davis, "The View from the Tower"
Ben Greer, "Breaking the Curfew", "Churchill's Contrition"
Dinah Kudatsky, "Dead Center"
Reggie Marra, "The Eyes of the Beholder"
Joseph McDonald, "A World at War"
Nicholas Moore, "Uncle Sam"
Michael Nethercott, "The Flood Coffins"

Finalists
Edgar Biamonte, "Blood behind the First Company Reunion"
Remica L. Bingham, "Minutes, Abu Ghraib Prison, October 18, 2003"
Jane Collins, "The Golan Heights, 1968"
Deborah DeNicola, "Inspection"
Danny Drane, "The Bird Has Come"
Gunilla Norris, "Crossing"
Lina Schreier, "The Gift", "Shadow by the Water"
Ann Smith, "Yes"
Cathy Sullivan, "After the Battle of Berlin"
Morgan Grayce Willow, "Charles F. Sorrow, Jr."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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War Poetry Contest
2008 War Poetry Results

Congratulations to our 2008 prizewinners Aliene Pylant, David Brendan Hopes and Jude Nutter, and to our honorable mentions and finalists.

First Prize - $2,000
Aliene Pylant
Unerring Mercy and Pure Grace

Second Prize - $1,200
David Brendan Hopes
In the First Days of the War; Memorial Day

Third Prize - $600
Jude Nutter
Via Negativa; Visiting Uncle Peter's Grave; Carolina Grasshoppers

Honorable Mentions
$100 each
M.C. Allan
Michael Fredson
Carlos Andrés Gómez
Atar Hadari
Elizabeth Hoover
Alice Irvin
Michael Joyce
Lynne Knight
Carolyn Moore
Jerry Neren
Flo St. Jean
Curt Snodgrass

Finalists
EP Allan
H. Lee Barnes
Glenn Buttkus
Carmine Dandrea
Paul Handley
Kelly Michels
Kevin C. Peters
Carrie Preston
Jay Rogoff
Anindita Sengupta
Avery Slater
James Tyner




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