Poetry
First Prize
Charles Culhane
Ossing, NY
Of Cold Places
Second Prize
Gary Waitkeepe
Jamestown, CA
To Sleep on a Submarine
Third Prize (tie)
Thomas Berkelbaugh
Pittsburgh, PA
The Short on Q (As In Cucumber) Range
Nolan Gelman
Frackville, PA
Fairhill Prison
Honorable Mentions
Wajih M. Danoun
Salem, OR
The Wall Keeper
Kenneth B. Davenport
Pittsburgh, PA
The Lie
Joe Labriola
Bridgewater, MA
Hideous Hideaway
Harrison Mack
Comstock, NY
Reductio ad absurdum
Daniel Remington
Deer Lodge, MT
The Knave of Hearts, A Sestina
Thomas Patrick Smith
Jackson, MI
Jericho Revisited
Fiction
First Prize
Timothy J. Haley
Shelton, WA
The Gimme
Second Prize
Earl R. Hamilton
Lima, OH
The July Journal
Third Prize
Theodore R. Turner
Pembrooke Pines, FL
Times
Honorable Mentions
Dennis L. Lehman
Butner, NC
The Role of the Droll Troll
Patrick J. Powers
Butner, NC
The Well
Leon Gary Wolfe
Cheshire,CT
Gargoyle
Essay
First Prize
Carlos Hornsby
Attica, NY
Birds of a Feather
Second Prize
Robert Ruiz
Comstock, NY
He Who Loved the Land
Third Prize (tie)
Raymond J. Barham
Concord, NH
Lockdown
Reginald S. Lewis
Huntingdon, PA
Sweeter Than Sugar
Honorable Mentions
Charles Culane
Ossining, NY
August Picnic
Rose M. Davis
St. Gabriel, LA
The Fears of a Little Country Prison Girl
William Hester
Tucson, AZ
The Great American Sedative
Robert Keene
Lovelady, TX
How the Catcher in the Rye Ruined My Life
John Crispin
Alden, NY
Essential Incarceration
Thomas Nusunginya
Nome, AK
A Whale Hunting Heritage
Charles Schuster
Trenton, NJ
No Pain
Drama
Award Winner
Raymond Fernandez
Helmuth, NY
If This Is Serious, Why Am I Laughing?