The Word Works Washington Prize, an annual poetry book contest, announced that among its 257 manuscript entries in 2007, 25% of the manuscripts came from only two states: 40 from New York and 24 from California, despite the contest being open to all U.S. and Canada residents. The Word Works has been offering the Washington Prize since 1981, when it was a single-poem prize, and changed the contest to a book prize in 1989. The 2007 winner is Prartho Sereno of San Anselmo, California, with his novel, Call from Paris. Previous winners include Enid Shomer, Fred Marchant, Jay Rogoff, Richard Lyons, and John Surowiecki. For more information, please visit: www.wordworksdc.com.