In Celebration of Black History Month
Announcing the Winners of the

 2nd TimBookTu Poetry Contest
 

Sponsored by TimBookTu (www.timbooktu.com)

Winning Selections

1st Place Winner - ($150)

African Burial Ground
by Linda Salter


2nd Place Winner - ($100)

I Lost My Cherry
by Catherine Whitehead


3rd Place Winner (Tie) - ($25)

Stop Dat, Child?
by Brenda Lewis


3rd Place Winner (Tie) - ($25)

A Damn Shame
by Monica M. Leak


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The Top Three winners will be published in the TimBookTu Anthology of Poetry
to be published at a later date and will receive one complimentary copy.

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Honorable Mention

Oh Brotha.......My Brotha - Poe_t/Timothy Bronson
Bible Blacks - Grace Joyner
You Need to Know - Monica M. Leak
Out Of Africa They Will Come - Catherine Whitehead

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Judges: 

Trina Williams-Emigh, Poet & Writer, Iowa City, IA
Doug Holloway, Writer & Essayist, Memphis, TN
Karla Reed Drain, Mechanical Engineer, Pensacola, FL
David McGoy, Writer and Artist, Staten Island, NY

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