MARGARET WALKER PRIZES IN CREATIVE WRITING
AWARD WINNERS, 2009

Poetry

• First Place: Chantel Eva Mitchell (University of Maryland, Eastern Shore), "When Children Dream," "At the Supermarket," and "If I Were an Alcoholic"
• Second Place: Tiffanee Marie Jackson (Abilene Christian College), "Monster," "Early Departure," and "Night Sky"
• Third Place: Bonna King-Ware (Albany State University), "Repast and After," "When Time in the Bottle Stares at You Half Full," and "Knights in Shining Armor Do Exist"
• Honorable Mention: Marie-Claude Marianne Dit Gerard Joseph (Florida Atlantic University), "Maman," "Je Croyais," and "Mirage"

Fiction

• First Place: James Jones (Albany State University), "War Stories and Battle Scars"
• Second Place: Kelsie Hahn (University of Houston), "Disaster Relief"
• Third Place: Shantee Woodards (Morgan State University), "Up the New Jersey Turnpike"