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Contests : War Poetry Contest : Past Winners : 2009
Congratulations to our 2009 prizewinners Robert Hill Long, Timothy Tebeau, and Susan McCabe, and to our honorable mentions and finalists.
Their poems were judged the best of the 664 entries we received. This year's winners share cash prizes totaling $5,000. Click the names below to read the winning entries and learn about the honorees.
Read comments on the entries from contest judges Jendi Reiter and Ellen LaFleche. Read the press release.
First Prize - $2,000
Robert Hill Long, "Wolverine and White Crow", "Motivations", "Insurrection and Resurrection"
Second Prize - $1,200
Timothy Tebeau, "Dancing in Baghdad"
Third Prize - $600
Susan McCabe, "Or Wend, Skull, With Your Teeth Like Bright Armor"
Honorable Mentions - $100 each
Amy Wentworth Bueno , "Song"
Paul Christensen, "Memories", "My Life as an American", "My Neighbor's Secret"
Silvia Curbelo, "Airborne"
Natalie Diaz, "A Wild Life Zoo"
Frank Gaik, "Kid Bowdler Sings Phaecia, Played by Homey"
Veronica Golos, "Pietà"
donnarkevic, "Confession"
Brenda Roper, "Cry Me a Bucket"
Jon E. Seaman, "Japan 1944: Fûsen Bakudan", "The Time and Fates of Man"
Lynn Shoemaker, "We Need You Now, Maya", "Atta Sends a Tape from Paradise"
JL Williams, "Soldiers in Love"
Rob Wright, "Cantus for the Horses"
Finalists
Wayne Christensen, "Canal Fishing Just Beyond"
Carolyn Creedon, "Twenty" [poem not available online at this time]
Jacqueline Dickey, "My Father's Helmet"
Jan-Tosh Gerling, "DynCorp International"
Christina Ginfrida, "Lt. O'Malley"
Lucia May, "Life Expectancy"
Anne Moffa, "Andersonville Prison Camp, 1864"
William Snyder, "They Give Me Money Near Karbala" [poem not available online at this time]
Ted Stein, "Report from Herat"
David Allen Sullivan, "Baggage Claim", "In/Out Country: Sergeant Kokesh", "Bomb Scare"
Franke Varca, "Hiroshima Ghost Couple"
Elaine Zimmerman, "One Soldier's Day, in Pieces", "Incline of the Heart", "City War Zone"
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