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Contests : War Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2002
Congratulations to our 2002 prizewinners Ned Condini,
Charles Atkinson and Richard Levine, and to our honorable mentions and finalists.
Their poems were judged the best of the 712 entries we received. Entries were judged anonymously.
This year's winners share cash prizes totaling $2,000.
Click the names below to view the winning entries and learn about the honorees.
Read comments
on the entries from contest judge Jendi Reiter.
First Prize
Ned Condini, "1960-2002, A Testimony"
Second Prize
Charles Atkinson, "Because We Are Men", "Vets", "Rehab. Journal"
Third Prize
Richard Levine, "The French Railroad at Quang Tri", "Snapshots from a Battle", "Mud-Walking"
Honorable Mentions
Laurel Blossom, "The Near Occasion of Sin"
Geoffrey Clay, "To Home, Winter 1943"
Ginny Lowe Connors, "Give Me Tomorrow"
Nicholas Green, "The Homecoming"
Patti Patton, "Sasha Returning"
Finalists
Steve Amick, "The Animals"
Claire Braz-Valentine, "An Open Letter to John Ashcroft"
Kathleen M. Conley, "Killing a Gathering of Cells", "Saving Angel"
Raphael Dagold, "In Manhattan, After"
Elizabeth Howkins, "The Devouring", "Stalingrad"
Victor Lodato, "Mother and Daughter with Apples", "A Shoe"
Carolyn Moore, "Spoils of War"
Dale Ritterbusch, "Daisy Carbine Mantra"
Joanna Catherine Scott, "Lying in the Dark"
C. Lynn Shaffer, "War Story", "River Around A Village"
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