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David Citino, the judge of the
Travis Tuck Jordan Award
(for poems by students in grades 3 to 5),
is the author of twelve books of poetry, most recently The News and Other Poems
(Notre Dame University Press), The Invention of Secrecy (Ohio State), and
The Book of Appassionata: Collected Poems (Ohio State). He has written a book of
essays, Paperwork (Kent State University Press), and is the contributing editor
of The Eye of the Poet: Six Views of the Art and Craft of Poetry (Oxford University
Press). He teaches English and Creative Writing at Ohio State University, where he has been
named Poet Laureate of the University.
Mignon Ballard of Fort Mill, SC, judged the
Frances W. Phillips Award
(for poems about the environment by students in grades 3 to 8).
Ballard, who graduated in journalism from the University of Georgia, will soon see
the publication of her twelfth book. This book, The Angel Whispered Danger
(St. Martin's Press), is the fourth in her Augusta Goodnight mystery series.
Her very first book, Aunt Mathilda's Ghost, published in 1978, was named
the Best Juvenile Fiction by a South Carolina Writer for that year.
Lola Haskins judged the
Mary Chilton Award
(for poems by students in grades 6 to 8).
Haskins has received two NEAs, four Florida Division of Cultural Affairs fellowships, and
the Iowa Poetry Prize. Her most recent collections include Extranjera (Story Line,
1998) and The Rim Benders (Anhinga, 2001). Desire Lines: New and Selected
Poems will be published by BOA Editions in 2004. Haskins' work has been published
in The Atlantic Monthly, The London Review of Books, The Georgia
Review, Prairie Schooner, and other distinguished journals. She teaches
computer science at the University of Florida.
Sue Inman judged the
Sherry Pruitt Award
(for students in grades 9 through undergraduate).
The founding editor of Emrys Journal, Inman lives in Greenville, SC, where she works
as a teacher, editor, and writer. Her poetry collection, Voice Lessons, was published
by Emrys Press. Inman's poems have been published in several journals, including the South
Carolina Review, the Devil's Millhopper, and Kennesaw. Her non-fiction
has been in magazines such as Southern Living Classics and Art Accents.
Vive Griffith judged the
Lyman Haiku Award
(for students in grades 9 through undergraduate).
Griffith holds an MFA in poetry and fiction from the Michener Center for Writers and an MA in
English from the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of Weeks in this Country,
and her poetry and fiction have been widely published in the US and Canada. Her advice on the
craft of writing appears frequently in Writer's Digest and in Poet's Market.
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