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2008-09 Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize

February 13, 2009

The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize is a multi-campus prize that invites all UC's, the University of the Pacific, Mills College, Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and St. Mary's College to participate. Winning selections from each campus are received by UC Berkeley, which then routes the entries to the final judging campus. The judging campus rotates from year to year.

Congratulations to all who made it to the finals and to those selected as this year's winning entries!

The 2008-09 Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize winners:

1st place: Steven Lance (UC Berkeley)
"51 Bus into Oakland, 1"

2nd place: Esteban Ismael Alvarado (UC Riverside)
"On the I-5"

2nd place: Marianna Tekosky (UCLA)
"The Places I would Make Love to you"

3rd place: Eden Orlando (UC Santa Cruz)
"Parrots"

3rd place: Kevin Eldridge (UC Riverside)
"Translation"

For more information--including the history of the Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize--on this and other contests please see: http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/coolbrithpoetprize.htm