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2008 Grand Prize Winners and Finalists Poetry submissions are judged by River of Words co-founders Robert Hass, who served as US Poet Laureate from 1995-1997, and writer Pamela Michael. American Sign Language poetry submissions are judged by renowned ASL poet Ella Mae Lentz and Susan Rutherford, Executive Director of DEAF Media. Four Grand Prizes in poetry are awarded every year to United States contestants, in four different age categories. In addition, about 50 finalists are selected each year from the tens of thousands of entries we receive from the US and other countries. |
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Sewer |
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To Speak With the Dead |
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Stories Told With the Sand Whipping in Our Faces |
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What Wasn't Born |
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Nature's Showcase |
Monkey's Raincoad Prize |
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The Singing Solar System |
Shasta Bioregion Prize |
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Tropical Breeze/Brisa Tropical, Carlos Alameda My Peaceful Evergreen, Megan Amaglio Country Rain, Clelie Ancelet Untitled, Adair Arreola Adolescence, Ashley Broussard If I Could Be Water, Bailey Bystry A World of Living Things, Mikaylasol Cabras Fred's Shanty, Joe Carnaroli Starting a Band, Joe Carnaroli Circles, Willa Chen Honey, I Was Listening, Stephanie Colin The Lupus Moon, Jack Conlon The Silent Night, Daeshaun Corimers Corrupt Darkness, Eli Debelak Weeping Willow, Russell Degener The Three Rivers of My Hometown, Lani Diamant Hand in Hand, No More, Alex Dodson Lake Skating, Zach Eddy Nihonjin, American, Sarah Esser River of Words, Emma Finch Happy River, Gideon Firl Flores Amarillos/Yellow Flowers, Brendan Fong Back and Forth, Katie Garmon Spring, Keith Gilbert Cherry Blossoms and Thunderstorms, Philip Gilchrist seasonal swarms, Desmond Goff River in Winter, Annamaria Gonzalez Lament for a Dry Earth, Jeremy Grissom Summer, Karisma Gupta Life, Mary Margaret Hancock The Sunset Shore, Trevor Hanson Gazing Into the Sky Night, Hadley Hauser The Hudson River, John Hordines You Bring Out the River in Me, Lawanda Jacks Tip Down, Goran Johanson A Gift from My Father, Sarah Jordan Sunset Sadness, Maggie Kates An Outcast Memory, Allegra Kraszneikewicz Poetry, Allegra Kraszneikewicz Wordy, Isabel Levine-Clark Forgotten, Jennifer Liang Jack Frost, Sarah Libby Sun, Moon and Wind, Tiffany Liu Water, Liz Lozada A Sky of Peace, Benny Lui My Wish, Joanne Lum Whisper of a Friend, Cia Makrigiorgos cat/pocket, Mayra Centeno Mendoza Perserverence, Shoko Morikawa Gone with the Wind, Hannah Nailor To Mission Viejo, Kendall Pakula Welcome Paradise, Adrian Rodriguez African Spirits, Monica Rodriguez Summers, Patty Schlutt A Salmon's Journey, AJ Slepian Gleaming River, Brett Sullivan Nature, Patrick Tehaney Yo en el Mundo/Me in the World, Evelin Avila Torres I See the Darkness, Kelvin Torres To Make the Pajaro River Watershed, Ashley Valdivia Oak Mother, Miranda Webster Sombra del Mar/Shadow in the Sea, Alejandro Yanez |
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