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Virginia Downs Poetry Award

The Virginia Downs Poetry Award was established by the family and friends of Virginia Downs (1916-1984), poet and George Mason graduate. It honors outstanding poetry written by George Mason students. This year’s award winners are:

• Barbara Miller, “Writing with Alyson on My Lap”
• Pat Sigel, “Pinning the Pattern”
• Gary Moody, “Magdalen”
• John Palmer, “Reminded of Former Habits”

Dan Rudy Fiction Prize

The Dan Rudy Fiction Prize was established by the family and friends of Dan Rudy (1974-1983), fiction writer and George Mason MFA candidate. It honors outstanding fiction written by George Mason students. This year’s award winner is:

• Stacey Freed, “Letty Meeks”

Klappert-Ai Poetry Prize

The Klappert-Ai Poetry Prize was established this year (1988) by Gwendolyn Brooks, and named for the poets Peter Klappert and Ai. It honors outstanding poetry written by George Mason students. This year’s award winners are:

• Dan Wilkinson, “The Time Before Harvest”
• Juliet Crichton, “Tuesday Nights at the Diner”

Fiction

• Juan Benet, “That’s the Way It Was Back Then” (translated by Leland H. Chambers)
• Cathy Dunn Diaz, “Swing”
• Jonathan Bowen, “I Probably Shouldn’t Tell You This”
• J. Ellen Nunnally, “The Woman in the House”
• P.J. Woodside, “The Mother’s Story”
• Barbara Esstman, “Sheep May Safely Graze”

Poetry

• Sharon Martin, “Field”
• Gary Moody, “Crossing the Caldera Snow”
• Susan Waters, “Ideas of Inheritance”, “Another Road Poem”
• Ann Best, “Snowstorm in Virginia”
• Anicia Lane, “Melon”
• Davia Giannini, “In Maine”
• Dan Wilkinson, “In the Fossils of the Gorge”
• Donna Baier Stein, “Crosstitch”, “La Secheresse”
• Mel Belin, “ira”
• Jean Nordhaus, “The Infant King”
• Elisabeth Murawski, “Transit”, “Keys for the Voyager”
• Errol Miller, “Letter”
• Barry Sternlieb, “The Unknown Soldier”
• David Raffeld, “My Grandfather Left This World”, “Boxer”
• Marc Mickelson, “East Meets West”
• Daniel Smith, “An Acoustic for a Certain Happiness”
• Mark Henke, “Fourmile Run”
• Sandra Nelson, “I Dance for You Picasso”
• Barbara Miller, “Writer”
• W. Dale Nelson, “Desdemona’s Father”
• Simon Perchik, “*”

Photography

• Ken Jacobs, Untitled (Cover Photo)
• Cornelis van Voorthuizen, Untitled
• Giles Morris, Untitled
• Erin St. John Billy, Untitled

Phoebe Award Winners

These awards are given annually to the George Mason University students whose work, appearing in Phoebe over the course of the year, proves exemplary. We on the staff are honored to be able to recognize their achievements.

• Fiction: Jeff Landon, “Dr. Death Takes Vinton” (Fall 1987), “Lover Talk” (Winter 1988)
• Poetry: Sharon Martin, “Nights” (Fall 1987); “Nights”, “Telling Makes It True”, “Tlön”, “Field” (Summer 1988)
• Photography: Cornelis van Voorthuizen

Editorial Staff

• Editor-in-Chief: Mark Farrington
• Fiction Editors: Ron Kurtz and Pamela S. Ward
• Poetry Editor: Pat Sigel
• Production Editor: Mary Gillen
• Associate Editor: Stacey Freed
• Faculty Advisor: Richard Bausch
• Staff: Jude Roy and Susan Waters