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2005 Poetry Contest Winners


The Islamic Writers Alliance is proud to announce
the winners of our 1st Annual Poetry Contest.

Congratulations to all the poets who placed,
and thank you to all the poets who participated.
May Allah bless your writing with beauty and eloquence.

To view the poems, please click on the poem title.
 

Adult Category Winners:

Grand Prize:

Olives Under Stones
by Corey Habbas

Runners Up:

The City of NAFS
by Nicole Najmah Abraham


Consider Love
by Maryam Razvi Padela


To You on our Eighth
by Saaleha Bhamjee


Relics
by Maryam Razvi Padela


Statical Moment
by Emily Correa

 


Youth Category Winners:

Grand Prize:

The Boy Warrior
by Kloude

Runners Up:

If Spring Will Be There Tomorrow
by Kloude


The Prophets
by Sumaiya Ahsan


Allah
by Sumaiya Ahsan

 


Many Thanks to our Judges:

Dasham Brookins, MuslimPoet.com
Isla Roser-Owen, Qalam
Eman Tai, Calligraphy of Thought
Pamela Taylor, IWA Publications Officer


Since 2005, the IWA has sponsored an annual poetry competition. For a full list of winners, and to read the winning poems, please visit our Poetry Contest Winners page. You will be surprised by the variety of subjects the poems cover.

Click here to read even more IWA member-authored works of poetry.


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