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2005 Banyan Review Poetry Competition

We are pleased to announce our selections for the 2005 Competition.

First Place Winner—$100 Prize

The Brazillians
Florida Panhandle
by Laura Puryear Finnell

Finalists—$50 Prize Each

Edward Cheslock
by Constance Hanstedt

Indiana: Graffiti: Ablution
by Shrode Hargis

 

Final judging for the 2005 Banyan Review Poetry Competition was completed by Richard Garcia. Mr. Garcia's biography is available here.

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