The 2010 Literary Prizes

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The 2010 New Southerner Literary Edition features winners and finalists in the James Baker Hall Memorial Prize in Poetry contest, as well as in the nonfiction and fiction categories. Purchase a print edition for $10 plus shipping or download an ebook for $3. Content may be viewed free by clicking individual links below.

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Thank you to our final judges: Jeff Worley in poetry, Jason Howard in nonfiction and Sena Jeter Naslund in fiction.

JAMES BAKER HALL MEMORIAL PRIZE IN POETRY
To Sing and Sing Again
By MARIANNE WORTHINGTON

HONORABLE MENTION
The Rabbit Cage
By MATTHEW HAUGHTON

FINALISTS
Blasting Zone By G.C. COMPTON
Dictum By ROSEMARY ROYSTON
Wherein Swanny Gets Rescued From That Squatters Camp Over by the Bessemer & Ohio Tracks & is Briefly Transported to a Life a Damned Sight Worse if You Ask Him By JULIANNA MCCARTHY

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NONFICTION
The Heart of the Woods
By EVA SAGE GORDON

HONORABLE MENTION
Miss Ida’s Moon
By VICKI COMBS

FINALISTS
Ruby, Jesus and Elvis By KAREN DILL
Cullin’ ‘Maters By VICKI COMBS
An Agrarian Tradition By BRIAN LOWRY

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FICTION
We’re All In
By JEANNINE DORIAN VESSER

HONORABLE MENTION
The Last Parade
By NADRIA TUCKER

FINALISTS
A Cup of Warmth By GERALDINE ANN MARSHALL
The Mountain’s Shadow By JENNIFER BARTON
Dooley By CYNTHIA CADY

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