First Place:

Jameela Calloway

5th Grade - Age 11

“Through My Eyes”

Second Place:

Miriam Diahann Flemings

3^rd Grade - Age 8

“The Mother Pig Makes Some Beef Stew”

Third Place:

Kiara Bryant

4^th Grade – Age 9

“My Favorite Food”

Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry Contest

First Place

Joan R. Smith

Harper Woods, MI

“Twins and Heroes”

Second Place

Anita Tyson-Spence

Rialto, California

“”Never Make Friends with a Sad Rain Cloud”

Third Place

Lawrence Kiolbbasa

Elmhurst, Illinois

“I Was Born a Roller Coaster”

Margaret A. Walker Short Fiction Contest

First Place

Anita Tyson Spence

Rialto, California

“SH-H-H, DON’T WAKE UP NED”

Second Place

Rohn Federbush

Ann Arbor, MI

“Cat and Mouse”

Third Place

Jeffrey D. Spencer

Detroit, MI

“Soul Redemption”

Honorable Mention

“May’s Café” by Nick Sweet

“The Movement” by Bill Marable

“Wildcat Strike” by John McBride

“Liminal Spaces” by Gerry Sarnat

“A Father Missing in Action” by Jimmie Gladney

“Queen Esther” by Lynn Veach Sadler

“Pupil” by Joshua Tuck

“Images on a TV Screen” by Reginald S. Lewis