The Hicks Prize in Poetry

The Hicks Prize in Poetry, established by John Hicks (an editor of the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, a U.S. diplomat, and a Lawrence trustee from 1911-1916), is given for the best submitted poem.

Lauren Elizabeth Dahl - An accomplished group of poems about the tribulations of childhood within an increasingly troubled world. The speaker of these poems asks, again and again, "Can I make her little world a bit brighter / even if it hurts at first?" These poems do precisely that.

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