The contest was open to the entire United States and Canada. For those people who were unable to enter the contest (like in Australia) the rules stated that you had to answer the question that appeared at the end of each chapter in 50 words or less. Six winners were chosen for each chapter and each won a final manuscript of that particular chapter, signed by Stephen King, with his handwritten corrections in the margins. Then the Grand Prize winner was chosen from all 36 chapter winners. The first entry (for The Two Dead Girls) was the final winner.

The grand prize was a complete set of autographed Stephen King books - something any King fan would love to own (Yes, me included!).

These are the entries from the final winner, who wishes to only be known as Susan (For privacy reasons). All poems are used with permission of the author.

Part 1 - The Two Dead Girls:

Why did the mouse, Mr. Jingles, choose Delacroix as its special friend?

A mousy man within his shell;
A mouse appears to share his cell.
The man, whose inner rage exploded,
Took seven lives and then imploded.
Del has finally found a friend;
One who'll stay until the end.
Mr. Jingles comforts him awhile. . .
Until he walks the long Green Mile.

Part 2 - The Mouse on the Mile:

It is said that the guards have no real power over the prisoners on E Block. What does this mean?

The guards have no real power here;
It's not the guards the prisoners fear.
It's not the force of Percy's stick,
Or hearing the barred doors' heavy click.
No, the terror of E Block's at the end of the hall. . .
Down the Green Mile. . .
Sparky waits for them all.

Part 3 - Coffey's Hands:

King constantly portrays Percy much less sympathetically than Delacroix or Coffey. What is he trying to say?

Delacroix and Coffey
Are two inmates on the Block.
If not for one murderous moment,
Each would not be watching the clock.
But Percy is a guard who lives
Just this side of sanity,
And lacks two traits the others have. . .
Compassion and humanity.

Part 4 - The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix:

Brad Dolan, the orderly at Georgia Pines, reminds the narrator of Percy Wetmore. What similarities do the two of them share?

Cruel men without a conscience
And neither very smart;
In Paul Edgecombe's very lengthy life
Each played an evil part.
They were men without compassion
At the "home" and in the "pen",
For Percy and Brad tormented
Poor defenseless mice and men.

Part 5 - Night Journey:

Paul Edgecombe has a strange dream on the way back from Warden Moore's house. What do you think the dream means?

Paul's dream was a prophetic one,
For just like God's only begotten son,
Between two men who deserved to die
An innocent healer was hanging high.
He knew they were already too late. . .
And poor John Coffey must meet his fate.

Part 6 Coffey on the Mile:

Would you like to have John Coffey's "gift"? Why or why not?

John's "gift" was less a blessing than a curse;
While he could heal one, another was worse.
That burden would be too hard to bear
With all of the suffering that's everywhere.
I could not carry that enormous weight. . .
Of finding two dead girls two minutes too late.