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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
2007 War Poetry Results

Congratulations to our 2007 prizewinners Kyle McDonald, Julian Damanas, and Aliene Pylant, and to our honorable mentions and finalists.

First Prize - $2,000
Kyle McDonald
The Rose of Ilium

Second Prize - $1,200
Julian Damanas
Gasoline

Third Prize - $600
Aliene Pylant
Girl in the Fire

Honorable Mentions
$100 each
Lollie Butler
Susan Deer Cloud
Corrinne Clegg Hales
Joseph Hart
Mark Hart
David Lloyd
Robert Hill Long
Pan Morigan
Noel Paladin Tripp
Ian Schwartz
Patricia Smith
Brenda Tate

Finalists
John-Noel Attard
Patricia Barone
Peter Neil Carroll
Chella Courington
Kate Duva
Starkey Flythe, Jr.
Simon Guerrero
Paul Hamill
Adrie Kusserow
Tim Mayo
Charlotte Muse
Kevin C. Peters
Martin Steele
Burlee Vang




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