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Laura Bennett

Laura Bennett is currently a junior at the Baldwin School in Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania. She recently won a national gold award in the
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for her short story entitled “Constellations,”
and is the recipient of two first prizes in poetry from the Delaware
Valley College high school writing competition. Her other greatest
passions include reading and theater.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Autumn 2004

Spilled Rice

By Laura Bennett

Third-Place Winner2004 Kenyon Review Poetry Prize for Young Writers Snow fell yesterday like the bag of white rice I spilled on Grandma’s blue carpet and she told me can’t-you-ever-be-careful her […]