April 2006: In this issue...

The 13th Annual Carol A. Bowman Creative Writing Contest for Medical Students

About the judges:

Kate Gleeson is coauthor with Dr. Janusz Bardach of the memoirs Man is Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag and Surviving Freedom: After the Gulag and associate editor for the University of Iowa College of Public Health. Jan Weissmiller is the author of the poetry collection In Divided Light. She has long been on the staff of Prairie Lights Books, where she is the poetry buyer and schedules the poetry readings for "Live from Prairie Lights."

Sponsored by the UI Carver College of Medicine Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities

Co-sponsored by the UI Carver College of Medicine's Writing Program.

Created by Richard Caplan, M.D.


First Prize Winner, $200:

Working at the Bedside by Ashley Sens, M3

Second Prize Winner, $125:

Morning by Anne-Marie Leuck, M3

Third Prize Winner, $75:

The Thought Bridge by Benjamin R. Lewis, M2

Honorable Mention:

So that I might see..., Anonymous
As it were by Hilary Buri, M2
The Ngclolosi Awareness Center by Benjamin R. Lewis, M2
One of Two by Ernesto Medina, M1
Maria by Ernesto Medina, M1

Contributors:

The Ad Sheet Lady, Anonymous
As imperceptibly as grief—with apologies, Anonymous
DJD, Anonymous
Jumeaux, Anonymous
Untitled, Anonymous
Melting by Sara Brenner, M4
Lamentations of a First Year Medical Student by Kristopher Day, M1
Ramona by Lauren Hughes, M2
Delores by Lauren Hughes, M2
Blanket by Annie James, M1
Oops by Annie James, M1
Over by Annie James, M1
"Sweet Poison, 25 cents!" by Annie James, M1
Rising Before Dawn by Amy Jongeling, M5G
Sleep by Amy Jongeling, M5G
cuñape by Bryan Steussy, M1