MARGARET WALKER PRIZES IN CREATIVE WRITING
AWARD WINNERS, 2007

Poetry

• First Place: Abdul Ali Abdurrahman (Howard University), "Autumn Leaves," "A Requiem for Josephine," and "Band on the Yard"
• Second Place: James Cammon (Morehouse College), "Water Villa," "Father," and "Sonnet Love"
• Third Place: Sh'Myra Moore (North Carolina Central University), "In a Time," "Music in Love," and "To: My Thesis From: Your Writer"
• Honorable Mention: Ann Shivers (Samford University), "L'Omission," "Jules et Jim, 1962," and "Un Chien Adnalou, 1929"

Fiction

• First Place: Ashley Williams (University of Maryland--Baltimore County), "Exodus"
• Second Place: Nathalie D'Auvergne (Southern University), "Sundays"
• Third Place: Shantee' Woodards (Morgan State University), "Just Like Aunt Bea"