Poetry Contest Winners
A listing with active links of all winning entries from all of the IWA poetry contests

 

IWA Annual Poetry Contest Winners 2005-2009


2005

Adult Category Winner
First Place: Corey Habbas for
Olives Under Stones

Youth Category Winner
First Place: Kloude for
The Boy Warrior
 
2006

Adult Category Non-IWA Member Winners
First Place: Juli Herman for
More than a Prophet
and

First Place: Sister L. Bayaa for
Sadaqa ar Rasool

 

IWA Member Category Winner
First Place: Karen English for
Muhammad

 

Youth Category Winner
First Place: Mohamed Ali for
Beginning to End



Child Category Winner
First Winner: Sabahat Fatima for
I Love Mohammed

Many thanks to the judges for the 2006 Poetry Contest:

Rukhsana Khan, author
Samantha Sanchez, poet
Dasham Brookins, MuslimPoet.com


2007


Adult Category Winner
First Place: Yahia Samir Lababidi  for
Desert Revisited

 

IWA Member Category Winner
First Place: Julinar Diab for
Unequal


Youth Category Winners:

First Place: Raneen Hijazi  for
My Birthday
and
First Place: Nabeela Dana for
Snow

2008


Adult Category Winner:
First Place: Sara Younis for
My Iman Lies Within Me

IWA Member Category Winner:
First Place: Camilla Sayf for
A Haiku

Youth Category Winner:

First Place: Ayesha Ni'mat Fulani for
What is Iman?

 

Judging for the 2008 IWA Poetry Contest was done by a public vote,
allowing public viewing of all entries and holding an online voting poll.


2009



Adult Category Winner
Ertan Karpazli for
Earthquake

Youth Category Winner
Saara Khalid for
The Pen and Sword

IWA Member Category Winner
Marwa Elnaggar for
The Key

 

Many thanks to the judges of the 2009 Poetry Contest:
Adult Judge: Brother Dash - Dasham Brookins, MuslimPoet.com
IWA Member Judge: Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
Youth Category Judge: Karen English, Children's Author

 

 

 

 

          

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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