MARGARET WALKER PRIZES IN CREATIVE WRITING
AWARD WINNERS, 2002-2003

Poetry

• First Place: Ayana Wilson (Ohio State University), "Name" and "Ain't I a Trini"
• Second Place: Margie Johnson (Wilberforce University), "On What It Feels Like to Write"
• Third Place: Mark LaRue (University of Louisiana--Lafayette), "Coltrane Traveling"
• Honorable Mention: Steven Jones (Morgan State University), "Charm City"
• Honorable Mention: Ebony V. Bowden (University of North Carolina--Charlotte), "Black is..."

Fiction

• First Place: Elizabeth Werazko (Marionopolis College), "Black Butterfly"
• Second Place: DaMaris B. Hill (Morgan State University), "On the Other Side of Heaven--1957"
• Third Place: Parneshia Jones (Chicago State University), "Ocean Tale: Black Salt Water Story"
• Honorable Mention: Dana Peart (Spelman College), "Les Amis d'aujourd'hui sont les ennemis de demain"