NC State Poetry Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 North Carolina State University Poetry Contest with Guest Judge Thomas Lux. To listen to the poets reading their work, click below.
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Winner of the 2011 Poetry Prize:"Where Touching Leads Us" by Brian Ownbey
Brian Ownbey is the owner of Father and Son Antiques in Raleigh, NC. His poems have appeared in Southern Poetry Review, Tar River, Seattle Review, Hawaii Review and others. |
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Honorable Mentions"Visiting Tenakee Springs, AK" by Sierra Golden
Sierra Golden is an MFA student in poetry at NC State University. Originally from Washington State, she now splits her time between North Carolina, Washington, and Alaska. Her work can be seen in Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska. |
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"Band of Aides" by Rob Greene
Rob Greene is the editor and publisher for Raleigh Review. More about his work in other places can be found on his New York Quarterly Poets page. |
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Winner of the 2011 Undergraduate Poetry Prize"Wallet-Size Photo of the Child I Gave Up" by Kat Reece
Kat Reece was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is currently a Junior history major at N.C. State and moonlights as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant in north Raleigh. |
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The American Academy of Poets Prize (for graduate students)"Hollow" by Kari Smith
Kari Smith is a first-year graduate student at NCSU pursuing her MFA in Poetry. Her poem, "Hollow" was selected by Barbara Ras as the winner of the 2011 NCSU Academy of American Poets Prize. |
