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2008 Contest Winners Announced

The Stanley Hanks Memorial Contest 2008
The Stanley Hanks Memorial Contest recognizes poems published by Missouri poets in Missouri literary magazines. The Stanley Hanks Memorial Contest was judged by David Mura. He is a poet, creative nonfiction writer, critic, playwright, and performance artist. Mura's third and most recent book of poetry is Angels for the Burning (2004, BOA Editions). Among his awards are a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, two NEA Fellowships, and the Discovery/The Nation award. His poems have appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, New England Review and Crazyhorse. Mura was also featured in Bill Moyer’s PBS series, "The Language of Life."

Winners:
First Prize "Serenity" by Jane Ellen Ibur, appeared in Margie
Second Prize: "Landscape with Hospital and Empire" by Kevin Prufer, appeared in Boulevard

The James H. Nash Members Only Contest 2008
Open only to members of the St Louis Poetry Center, this contest was judged by Adrian Matejka. Adrian's first collection of poems, The Devil's Garden, won the 2002 New York/New England Award from Alice James Books. He is a faculty member of Southern Illinois University's MFA writing program and a graduate of the MFA program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals.

Winners:
First Prize: "Castabout" (Martha Herbert Prize) by Robert Lowes
Second Prize: "Tools and Dreams" by Alice Azure
Third Prize: "In the Waiting Room" by Robert Nazarene

Honorable Mentions:
"In the Yard: Senryu" by John J. Han "Joe, 1960" by Karen Smead Mondale
"As I Stand and Wait" by Judith Saul Stix

The Beverly Hopkins Memorial High School Contest 2008
The Beverly Hopkins Memorial High School Contest is open to students living within 100 miles of St. Louis. This year it was judged by Donna Biffar. She is the author of three volumes of poetry and several chapbooks. She is coeditor of River King Press's anthology New Century North American Poets and the literary journal River King Poetry Supplement. She is also the founder and former editor of Southwestern Illinois College's award winning literary publication: Head to Hand.

Winners:
First Prize: "it is so much" by Claire Toler
Second Prize: "Romance" by Ben Constantino
Third Prize: "Autumn" by Kate Welsh

Honorable Mentions:
"The Toaster Verses The Microwave" by Josh Sippie
"Paper Fan" by Emily Shoemaker
"5 O’Clock Sundown" by James Fuller
"Inseparable" by Nikki Pendleton