The Winners of 2nd Muses Prize - Poetry of Year 2005 are:
BEST POETRY BOOK OF YEAR 2005:
*Best Poetry Book of Year 2005 (Male): "Gilleland Poetry: Poems and Storoems" by Harry E. Gilleland Jr. (Louisiana, USA)
*Best Poetry Book of Year 2005 (Female): "Smiling Through the Tears" by Pamela De Leon - Lewis (New York, USA)
*Best Multilingual Poetry Book of Year 2005: "Fictitious Line" by Dimitris P. Kraniotis (Greece, EU)
BEST POEM OF YEAR 2005:
*Best Poem of Year 2005 (Male): "Tsunami" by Harry E. Gilleland Jr. (Louisiana, USA)
*Best Poem of Year 2005 (Female): "I Fought the Fight" by Pamela De Leon- Lewis (New York, USA)
BEST POEM CHAPBOOK OF YEAR 2005:
*Best Poem Chapbook of Year 2005 (Male): "This Land Is Not My Land" by AD Winans (California, USA)
*Best Poem Chapbook of Year 2005 (Female): "Red Lanterns" by Joanne Olivieri (California) and "Finishing Lines" by Ellaraine Lockie (California, USA)
BEST POET OF YEAR 2005:
*Best Poet of Year 2005 (Male) : Harry E. Gilleland Jr. (Louisiana, USA)
*Best Poet of Year 2005 (Female): Laura Stamps (South Carolina, USA)
BEST NEW POET OF YEAR 2005:
*Best New Poet of Year 2005 (Male): Richard Walker (Pennsylvania, USA)
*Best New Poet of Year 2005 (Female): Pamela De Leon- Lewis (New York, USA)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
*Best Poetry Book Design of Year 2005: "Year of the Cat" by Laura Stamp (South Carolina, USA)
*Best Formalist Poet of Year 2005: Terri Ann Armstrong (Massachussets, USA)
NOW AVAILABLE!
This book is a limited edition, and copies are hand numbered. It will NOT be available through Amazon or other distributors. You must purchase it directly from the author or from this site. It is hard-back (not the spiral bind seen
NOW AVAILABLE!
This book is a limited edition, and copies are hand numbered. It will NOT be available through Amazon or other distributors. You must purchase it directly from the author or from this site. It is hard-back (not the spiral bind seen
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