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2008 NEW WOMEN’S VOICES CHAPBOOK COMPETITION RESULTS ( 538 entries)

Winner: Hawk Weather by  Anna Ross of Dorchester, MA   

Top Ten Finalists:

HM 1:  Chrome Island by Jessica Johnson of Portland, OR

HM  2:  To Love the World This Way  by Maureen Micus Crisick of Walnut Creek, CA

HM  3:  Visionware by Caridad Moro-McCormick of Miami, FL

4. Carol Frith of Sacramento, CA

5. Barbara Novack of Laurelton, NY

6. Maryelizabeth Christine of Louisville, KY

7. Katherine Durham Oldmixon of Austin, TX

8. Kathryn Kerr of Normal, IL

9. Margaret B. Ingraham of Alexandria, VA

10. Miriam Herrera of Malta, NY

 

Winner received a cash prize of $1,000 and publication. 

Judith Montgomery was the final judge. 

Next deadline for the NWV is February 15, 2009


    
   

  1. Looking to the East With Western Eyes by Leah Maines

  2. Like the Air by Joyce Sidman  WINNER OF THE NEW WOMEN'S VOICES PRIZE IN POETRY

  3. Mama Thoughts by Gayle Pierce THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT

  4. The Time it Takes by Kathy Cantley Ackerman

  5. Drawing Lessons by Carol Barrett

  6. Girl in Garden by Sandra Graff

  7. Flower Half Blown by Cheryl Snell

  8. Path of Fire by Christa Polkinhorn Umiker

  9. Losing Ohio by Gwen Hart

  10. Secret Swing by Joyce Adams

  11. Bone China by Helen Mallon

  12. Moongate by Phyllis Berman

  13. Dance The Black-eyed Girl by Sherry Chandler

  14. After I Cut the Cord by Diana Sher

  15. Hineni by Bonnie Lyons THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT

  16. Float by Laurie MacDiarmid

  17. This is Not a Story by Katrinka Moore WINNER OF THE NEW WOMEN'S VOICES PRIZE IN POETRY

  18. Kinkeeper by Evelyn McAmis Bales

  19. Of A Feather by Janine DeBaise

  20. Faberge by Jacqueline Kolosov

  21. Wings Tha Wait by Sydna Altschuler Byrne  

  22. Failing Better by Catherine Wiley

  23. When All Else Falters by Patrice Wilson

  24. Sequel by Barbara Louise Ungar

  25. Happiness by Susan Hogan WINNER OF THE NEW WOMEN'S VOICES PRIZE IN POETRY

  26. Waiting for Here by Ellen Rachlin

  27. The Grace of Light by Kathe Palka

  28. Ruin by Cassie Premo Steele

  29. The First Hundred Years by Ruth Holzer

  30. No Turning Back Now by Pat Riviere-Seel

  31. The Birds Are on Fire by Kay Sloan WINNER OF THE NEW WOMEN'S VOICES PRIZE IN POETRY
  32. Left Standing by Ona Gritz
  33. Weed Over Flower by Jenny Sadre-Orafai
  34. The Love of Unreal Things by Christine Stewart-Nunez
  35. Arpeggio of Appetite by Morgan Grayce Willow
  36. dreamfish by Constance Alexander
  37. Passion Tour by Garnett Kilberg Cohen
  38. The Blessing Box by Maria Morrison WINNER OF THE STARTING GATE CHAPBOOK AWARD
  39. Bright Seeds by Kathryn T. S. Bass
  40. Body & Soul by Emily Ruth Hazel
  41. The Glow of Everyday Objects by Amie Keddy WINNER OF THE NEW WOMEN'S VOICES PRIZE IN POETRY
  42. All the While by Catherine Hodges
  43. Larger Bodies Than Mine by Marianne Worthington Wiinner of the 2007 Appalachian Book of the Year Award for Poetry awarded by the Appalachian Writers Association.
  44. Bipolar Express by Megan Webster
  45. Scarab Hiding by Susan Cowger
  46. Flame Above Flame by Teneice Delgado
  47. Cow Poetry: and other notes from the field by M. Frost
  48. Raccoon Afternoons by Linda M. Fischer
  49. Falling Dreams by Alison Hicks
  50. Archaeology: Twenty-One Poems by Alice Templeton WINNER OF THE NEW WOMEN'S VOICES PRIZE IN POETRY
  51. Mementos by Pui Ying Wong
  52. Marriage and Other Infidelities by Debra Wierenga
  53. Pressing a Life Together by Hand by Estella Lauter
  54. Exposure by Edythe Haendel Schwartz

  55. Little Fires by Christina Lovin

  56. The Round Kiss by Betsey Houghton
  57. Muddy Prints, Water Shine by Carol Peters
  58. Dancer with Good Sow by Diane LeBlanc
  59. Between the Ceiling & the Moon by Deborah Gordon Cooper
  60. Difficult to Subdue as the Wind by Janet M. Powers
  61. Womb Rain by Shawn R. Jones

  62. Lanyards by Mary Beth Molloy