Langston Hughes Poetry Contest Winners, 2003; Tom Dent Literary Festival, New Orleans Public Library

New Orleans Public Library
African American Resource Center
Tom Dent Literary Festival
November 6-8, 2003

2003 Langston Hughes Poetry Contest Winners

READ THE WINNING POEMS by clicking on the titles

FIRST PLACE
Side Effects
Adrian S. Potter of Minneapolis, MN
SECOND PLACE
Who's Who
Winston Lovett of New Orleans, LA
THIRD PLACE
Langston
Evan D. Cleaver of New Orleans, LA via Kansas City, KS; Dillard University student
HONORABLE MENTION
In the Belly of the Beast
Patricia McCann London of New Orleans, LA
The Voyage of Ignominy: A Legacy of Slavery
Benny J. Jefferson of New Orleans, LA
Exquisite
Lakisha Hamilton of New Orleans, LA
The Burden of Brilliance
Keturah Kendrick of New York, NY
Mind Food
Frances Shani Parker of Detroit, MI
Adonde?
Lisa Dandridge of New Orleans, LA
Peculiar Pyramids
Lisa Jarreau of New Orleans, LA
Suburban Ghetto
Jamilla C. Williams of New Orleans, LA
Tell Me More
Rhonda C. Reed of New Orleans, LA
The Killing Got To Stop
Dorothy LaCour of New Orleans, LA
Black Love
Freddie Castello, III of New Orleans, LA

11/21/2003