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The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers—2008 Award Recipients.

2008 # of Entrants: 945
First Prize	Molly Brown Sweet Briar, Virginia Terra Incognita
Second Prize	Weihui Lu Flushing, New York (why) can't i hear you anymore?
Third Prize	Samantha Berstler Morristown, New Jersey Self-Portrait (she can't write poetry)
SPECIAL MERIT	Sarah Konowitz, Canton, Massachusetts; "Minnesota Soldier" Nadia Qari, Allendale, New Jersey; "Directions to Follow" Hannah Crum, Corvallis, Oregon ; "Ornaments (My grandmother)"

The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop . In addition, the winning poem will be published in The Kenyon Review. The second and third place winners will also see their poems published.

The contest is named in honor of Patricia Grodd in recognition of her generous support of The Kenyon Review and its programs, as well as her passionate commitment to education and deep love for poetry.

The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
for Young Writers—Past Award Recipients

2007 # of Entrants: 1,255
First Prize	Rebekah Latour Clemson, South Carolina Twisted Like Dogwood
Second Prize	Frankie Romano Bellmore, New York The Night You Questioned the Purpose of Flowers
Third Prize	Hannah Irvin Birmingham, Alabama For My Father
Honorable Mention	Celeste Brewer Greenville, South Carolina Gemini
SPECIAL MERIT	Zoe Bursztajn-Illingworth, Cambridge, Massachusetts; "No Spaces" Laura Nuckols, Minnetonka, Minnesota; "Caiodh" Natalie Reinhart, New Hope, Alabama ; "Roman Spring"

2006 # of Entrants: 1,132
First Prize	Justine Li Laguna Niguel, California El Norte
Second Prize	Laura Winnick Hamden, Connecticut A Quantum Leap
Third Prize	Dan Li Palo Alto, California A Heap of Fruits
Honorable Mention	Anne Greenberg Westfield, New Jersey Upon Discovering the Disappearance of My Left Hand
SPECIAL MERIT	Tara Wright, Hermitage, Tennessee, "I Don't Think Thunder" Molly Shannon, Southfield, Michigan, "Holiday in Fallujah" Katharine Locke, Raleigh, North Carolina, "Just Fine" Danielle Bishop, Grand Rapids, Ohio, "The Rower's Daybreak"

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