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The 2009 Claudia Ann Seaman Awards for Young Writers

Poetry Winner
Reina from Milford, NJ
Poem: "The Drive Home from Connecticut"

Poetry Honorable Mentions
Patricia from Grand Rapids, MI
Poem: "Dreams You Had When You Were a Child"

Hosanna from Twin Falls, ID
Poem: "Coconut Cowgirl"

Fiction Winner

Andrea from Rochester, MN
Poem: "Death by Ramona"

Fiction Honorable Mention
Elizabeth from Charleston, SC
Poem: "Leaving Marks"

Creative Nonfiction Winner
Elizabeth from Charleston, SC
Poem: "Present from a Farmer"

Creative Nonfiction Honorable Mention
Seth from Chicago, IL
Poem: "On Being a Cynic"



The 2008 Claudia Ann Seaman Poetry Award for Young Writers

Winner ($500)
Kristen from LaGrangeville, NY
Poem: "24 Hours"

Honorable Mention
Eleanor from Salem, Oregon
Poem: "write a poem so good"

Yael from San Francisco, California
Poem: "This City"

Molly from Hoover, Alabama
Poem: "Standing on the Bank of the Mississippi River, Lucinda Witnesses the Creation of the World"
 
Claire from Brooklyn, New York
Poem: "End of An Ice Age"



The 2007 Claudia Ann Seaman Poetry Award for Young Writers

Winner ($500)
Bridget from McHenry, IL
Poem: lavandería automática

Honorable Mention
Olivia from Louisville, KY
Poem: Sestina

Elyssa from Princeton, NJ
Poem: Parallel

James from New London, CT
Poem: Hookah

Anthony from East Setauket, NY
Poem: A Love Poem

Noah from New London, CT
Poem: I Left School Early Today

Rosetta from Providence, RI
Poem: Dirty

Hannah from Brooklyn, NY
Poem: IF NOT TO HAVE YOU, THEN



The 2006 Claudia Ann Seaman Poetry Award for Young Writers

Winner ($500)
Clare from New Orleans, LA
Poem: SUMMER

Honorable Mention
Zohar from Montclair, NJ
Poem: (not titled)

Leah from Palatine, IL
Poem: The Artist's Wife

Hannah from Lakeville, CT
Poem: Cloud Hands

Cam from Kill Devil Hills, NC
Poem: When they grew up

Kaitlin from Portland, ME
Poem: How the Land Unfolds

Aaron from Towson, MD
Poem: Bounce

Chris from Towson, MD
Poem: Megiddo

Kristina from Hopewell Junction, NY
Poem: Where We Went Wrong

Rosetta from Providence, RI
Poem: Immersion: Emerging

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