Individual Literary Magazine Contest Winners – 2017

Congratulations to All of Our Award Winners!

Awards Listed by Category and Division


Poems: Central Division

1ST PLACE

“the ex-wife”
By: Jennifer hernandez

point of view

2nd PLACE

“tempest”
BY: nokolas maden

ME TIS

3RD PLACE (TIE)

“NONE TAKEN”
BY: HANNAH LELAND

THE WRIGHT SIDE


HONORABLE MENTION

“BORDERLAND”
BY: EMILY EVELAND

POINT OF VIEW


Poems: Eastern Division

1ST PLACE (TIE)

“Carried by whales”
By: Richard Lorr

The Sligo Journal

1ST PLACE (TIE)

“Mononormative Kaddish”
By: Jonathan Korns

The Sligo Journal

2nd PLACE

“I Hope We Die”
By: Julia Palozzi

Cabbages & Kings


3rd PLACE

 

“I Fear I Have”
By: Courtney Morin

Parnassus


Honorable Mention (TIE)

“Sonnet I-9”
By: Miles Lizak

Rewrites


Honorable Mention (TIE)

“Fireworks”
By: Zander Foster Phillips

The Sligo Journal


Poems: Pacific-Western Division

1ST PLACE

“Details from Brisé Haute”
By: Anna Donskova

American River Review 

2nd PLACE

“Nocturna A Marzo”
BY: Zoe Gillespie

SPINDRIFT

3RD PLACE (TIE)

“Woman Walks down the street”
BY: Lauren Duquette

PHOENIX


3RD PLACE (TIE)

“Where We Met”
BY: Jennifer Pratt-Walter

PHOENIX


HONorable Mention (TIE)

“Tissue”
BY: Ashlee Nelson

PHOENIX


HONorable Mention (TIE)

“As if eaten”
BY: Bethanie Humphreys

AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW


Poems: Southern Division

1ST PLACE

“prose poem for the ocean”
By: claire quinn

CALLIOPE

2nd PLACE

“the jaunt redux”
By: cliff erickson

Phoenix

3rd PLACE

“if a tree falls”
By: Shumaita Kabir

Phoenix


Honrable Mention

“Learning the swan song”
By: Luke O’Connor

Phoenix


Poems: Southwestern Division

1ST PLACE

“Suitcase Family”
By: Montana Lovente

Vortex

2nd PLACE

“Numbers”
By: Jessica Warfle

VorteX

3rd PLACE

“Homeless Man”
By: Elizabeth Brown

Sandscript


Honorable Mention (TIE)

“What They Don’t Tell You”
By: Harmony Sheehan

Our Glass


Honorable Mention (TIE)

“Two Worms”
By: Tom Cracovaner

Sandscript


 


Short Stories: Central Division

1st PLACE

“SENSE OF ME”
By: SARAH SULLIVAN

PIONEER POST

2nd PLACE

“AWAYBOUND”
By: MALIK G. CLIFTON

LOOKING GLASS

3rd PLACE

“SEMPER FIDELIS”
By: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS

Pioneer Post


Short Stories: Eastern Division

1st PLACE

“THE NATIVE DREAM”
By: VALERIE GORMLEY

The Sligo Journal

2nd PLACE

“IN RETROSPECT”
By: FALLON JEFFERS

PHAETHON

3rd PLACE

“THE MERMAID KING”
By: ZACH MARSHALL

REWRITES


HONORABLE MENTION

“VIRTUES”
By: JAMAL HENDERSON

CABBAGES & KINGS


Short Stories: Pacific-Western Division

1st PLACE

“OIL ON THE RUNGS”
By: CHELSEA SANCHEZ

CUL-DE-SAC

2nd PLACE

“WEST”
By: ERIC OROSCO

THE AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW

3rd PLACE

“PROHIBITION”
By: GINGER CLARKE

PHOENIX


HONORABLE MENTION

“PASSENGER”
By: BRYLEE FLORES

CUL-DE-SAC


Short Stories: Southern Division

1st PLACE

“RED EYE FLIGHT”
By: GABRIELLE JAMES


SAVOIR FAIRE

2nd PLACE

“CONSENSUALLY IMMORAL”
By: DARLIN GONZALEZ JIMENEZ


URBANA

3rd PLACE

“WHAT RISES FROM THE HUNGRY GRASS”
By: CLAIRE QUINN

CALLIOPE


HONORABLE MENTION

 

“THE HELL IN MY HEAD”
By: ABIGAIL SIDES

PHOENIX


Short Stories: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE

“DRINKING COCA-COLA IN AFGHANISTAN”
BY: JORDAN LEE WILSON

sandscript

2nd PLACE

“IGNES”
By: ANTHA PERKINS


VORTEX

3rd PLACE

“THE MEDIC”
By: SAMMI MATHUR


VORTEX


HONORABLE MENTION

“ORANGE SODA”
BY: LILLIE WATSON

sandscript


HONORABLE MENTION

“PERSPECTIVE”
By: STEPHEN RUBIN

VORTEX


 


Creative Nonfiction: Central Division

1st PLACE

“HEALING”
By: LAUREN HAMEL

PIONEER POST

2nd PLACE

“STAINS OF THE SURFACE”
By: BRITTNEY ARAFAT

LOOKING GLASS

3rd PLACE

“FIRST CONTACT”
By: KENNETH FAHR

ME TIS

3rd PLACE

“.”
By: NORA AHMED

ME TIS


Creative Nonfiction: Eastern Division

1st PLACE

“DID SHE KNOW”
By: C SMITH-THOMPSON

LEGACY

2nd PLACE

“DREAMING OF YAMA”
By: DJ Plante

Legacy

3rd PLACE

“THE WEIGHT OF MEMORY”
By: JeANA DANAE CLOCKSIN

CABBAGES & KINGS


HONORABLE MENTION

“INSIDE IT NEVER STOPS RAINING”
By: J. ROZ

LEGACY


Creative Nonfiction: Pacific-Western Division

1st PLACE

“SNOW DAY”
By: BILL ERICKSON

PHOENIX

2nd PLACE

“COLLECTED FICTIONS”
By: MATTHEW BOWIE

THE AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW

3rd PLACE

“DINNER PLATE DAHLIAS”
By: DENISE ROTELLINI

PHOENIX


HONORABLE MENTION

“HORIZON FIRE”
By: MATTHEW DURHAM

WALL LITERARY JOURNAL


Creative Nonfiction: Southern Division

1st PLACE

“THE NEW NORMAL”
By: SHUMAITA KABIR

PHOENIX

2nd PLACE

“THE JOURNEY”
By: NISREEN AL-SUQI

CALLIOPE

3rd PLACE

“HOMECOMING”
By: NICHOLAS MICHAEL FRAZEE

CALLIOPE


HONORABLE MENTION

“THE FEMININE ASPECT”
By: JENNIFER L. WEINER

MIAMBIANCE


Creative Nonfiction: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE

“GRAN TORINO”
BY: MEGHAN SAUL

VORTEX

2nd PLACE

“MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION”
BY: ROBERT BUCHANAN

VORTEX

3rd PLACE (TIE)

“A DEEPENED PERSEPECTIVE”
By: BRIANNE KANKEL

FORCES


3rd PLACE (TIE)

“LAUGH WHEN YOU CAN, CRY WHEN YOU MUST”
By: KEN ROSEBURG

SANDSCRIPT


HONORABLE MENTION

“RED SHORTS, TOSSED SALAD”
By: VALERIE CERRANTES

ELEVEN RIVERS REVIEW


 


Artwork: Central Division

1st PLACE

“PAGE 46”
BY: GRACE KOHLER

DREAMS

2nd PLACE

“PAGE 33-34”
By: CHRISTINE LASKOWSKI

Prarie Voices

3rd PLACE (TIE)

“SELF-PORTRAIT”
By: RON LOFTON

KAMELIAN 2017


3rd PLACE (TIE)

“PAGE 53-54”
By: ANDRES VENCES

PRARIE VOICES


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“NOTHING MORE”
By: CAMILA PASQUEL

POINT OF VIEW


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“STILL LIFE”
By: ELIZA CORAN

KAMELIAN 2017


Artwork: Eastern Division

1st PLACE

“MOTOWN”
By: ROBERT CHANIN

The Sligo Journal

2nd PLACE

“PAGE 59”
By: CYNTHIA ARIAS

PARNASSUS

3rd PLACE

“SUGA”
By: M. PEREZ-BARAJAS

LEGACY


HONORABLE MENTION

“BJORK”
By: AMENDIANA ADAMO

The Sligo Journal


Artwork: Pacific-Western Division

1st PLACE

“NEVERLAND ON THE LOOSE”
By: FRANKIE VANITY

THE AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW

2nd PLACE

“WOMEN WARRIORS AT WASTELAND”
By: CELIA WU

Wall Literary Journal

3rd PLACE

“DEFLOWERED”
By: KRISTINE MORINICO

THE AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“WASTED”
By: ARNOLD AGUSTIN

Wall Literary Journal


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“WHAT THE WILD ONES RIDE”
By: CODY HAGAN

TIDEPOOLS


Artwork: Southern Division

1st PLACE

“COCONUT GINGER JUICE”
By: VANESSA BARRIOS

Phoenix

2nd PLACE

“SITTING IN DESPAIR”
By: DYRON GABRIEL LAFUENTE

Miambiance

3rd PLACE (TIE)

“MY LOVE”
By: HEATHER DUPREE

RENAISSANCE 


3rd PLACE (TIE)

“AMANDA PAMER”
By: CRYSTAL RAMIREZ

WAKE REVIEW LITERARY MAGAZINE


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“PATHOS”
By: SINA EGHTEARI

CALLIOPE


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“FLOWER BAR”
By: DANE KOLB

Phoenix


Artwork: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE

“THE COWBOY”
By: JULIA TENNY

MARINE CREEK REFLECTIONS

2nd PLACE

“ESSENCE”
By: KATHLEEN HINOJOSA

ELEVEN RIVERS REVIEW

3rd PLACE (TIE)

 

“WALKING TO NOWHERE”
By: BONNIE LEWIS

VORTEX


3rd PLACE (TIE)

“JUNK CITY”
By: CHELSEA ROSE LAPREVOTE

SANDSCRIPT


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“DESCENT”
By: SARAH HINES

MARINE CREEK REFLECTIONS


HONORABLE MENTION (TIE)

“MY ESCAPE”
By: MEGAN MEDLIN

SCRIPT


 


Photography: Central Division

1st PLACE

“Page 47-48”
By: ronald ballock

prarie Voices

2nd PLACE

“Drive”
By: Maxwell Stapleton

VOICES

3RD PLACE

“GATHERINGS”
By: NIKOLAS MADEN

ME TIS

HONORABLE MENTION

“SCARLETT AND HER BUTTERFLIES”
By: SHERRY FAUBLE

DREAM


Photography: Eastern Division

1st PLACE

“CHILDHOOD”
By: DAVID MCKENZIE

pHAETON

2ND PLACE

“WATER’S EDGE”
By: MARY MCKIEL

AMARANTH 

3RD PLACE

“ENTWINED”
By: W. SURIEL

LEGACY

HONORABLE MENTION

“FLIGHT”
By: BEN STAISLOFF

AMARANTH


Photography: Pacific-Western Division

1st PLACE

“Stairway Railing”
By: Andrew koscheski

the american river review

2ND PLACE (TIE)

“TRACKS TO CALICO”
By: HUGH FOSTER

WALL LITERARY JOURNAL

2ND PLACE (TIE)

“LAST LIGHT”
By: CAMERON PAPWORTH

pHOENIX


3RD PLACE

“MINORITY”
By: PATRICIA HARRISON

CUL-DE-SAC


HONORABLE MENTION

“COA”
By: MILES PATTON

SPINDRIFT


HONORABLE MENTION

“A DAY’S WORK”
By: BRANSON BIERSTEKER

THE AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW


Photography: Southern Division

1st PLACE

“past meets present”
By: deandre miller

Calliope

2nd PLACE

“spitting fire”
By: moises gomez

calliope

3rd PLACE

“On The Road”
By: Kyle Lambert

Wake review Literary Magazine


Honorable Mention

“spice”
By: audrey deleon

estuaries IV


Photography: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE

“cardinal”
By: Randolph Darila

Eleven Rivers Review

2nd PLACE

“Tucson, October 1917”
By: John Isner

Sandscript

3rd PLACE

“CEMETERY Flowers”
By: Jasmine Trevino

ELEVEN RIVERS REVIEW


Honorable Mention

“Old Blue”
By: Jake Caudill

Script


 


Script: Central Division

1st PLACE

“chatterbox Bus Stop”
By: brynn parkinson

me tis

2nd PLACE

“hello Tommy, goodbye tommy”
By: Claudia wojcik

the Wright Side


Script: Eastern Division

1st PLACE

“Neptune’s Daughters”
By: Eli Jacobs

amaranth

2nd PLACE

“Adventures of Captain Ion”
By: michael gioffre

amaranth

3rd PLACE

“another visitor”
By: breanna liddy

amaranth


Script: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE

“hell for the company”
By: robin hartwell

Vortex

2nd PLACE

“post traumatic”
By: garrett iannarelli

Vortex

3rd PLACE

“showcase”
By: arthur spina

Vortex

honorable mention

“the love game: spoken word”
By: kelly triece

Forces

***There were no entries for the “Script” category from the other divisions.


 


Essay: Central Division

1st Place

“Influence of Viking Invasions”
By: Sophia Hart

Looking Glass

2nd Place

“LOST GENERATION”
By: AMANDA CHATILA

Looking Glass

3RD Place (TIE)

“ONE MILE”
By: B. PASHA / B. ARAFAT

Looking Glass


3RD Place (TIE)

“CUBA’S JEWS”
By: RACHEL SEIDNER

PRARIE VOICES


HONORABLE MENTION

“THE GALAXY OF THE VORTEX”
By: DANIEL HENRECKSON

PRARIE VOICES


Essay: Eastern Division

1st Place

“HORRIFIC MISCONCEPTIONS”
By: T. EASTMAN

LEGACY

2ND Place

“IMAGINING THE DIFFERENCE”
By: A. BECK DE MUNOZ

LEGACY

3RD Place

“AN ALTERED RECORD”
By: A. O’DONOGHUE

LEGACY


Essay: Southern Division

1st Place (TIE)

“the rAPE CULTURE EPIDEMIC”
By: SARAH PANICO

WAKE REVIEW

1st Place (TIE)

“the IMPACT OF POISONS, BUGS, AND TEETH…”
By: VIRGINIA HENDRICK

WAKE REVIEW

2ND Place (TIE)

“ONE WORD”
By: JUANA ORTIZ AYALA


RENAISSANCE


2ND Place (TIE)

“the OPPRESSION OF EDNA PONTIELLER”
By: VIRGINIA HENDRICK

WAKE REVIEW


Essay: Southwestern Division

1st Place

“blinded war”
By: jocelyn rodriguez-ramirez


SCRIPT

2ND Place

“HIGH NOON FOR A WESTERN OIL TOWN”
By: KEN BAILEY

WAVING HANDS REVIEW

3RD Place (tie)

“HOW Axe affects us”
By: jesse brickell

 

marine creek reflections


3RD Place (tie)

“balance of power”
By: hannah hightower

FORCES


HONORABLE MENTION

“THE LOVED OPPRESSION”
By: SARAH SHAOIB

marine creek reflections

***There were no entries for the “Essay” category from the Pacific-Western Division.


 


Song: Central Division

1st place

“12 AM”
By: CRAIG SCHWARTZ

VOICES

2ND place

“SUBSICK”
By: JOHN SERGEL

VOICES

3RD place

“TARDRIVE”
By: TYLER RIBARCHIK

VOICES


Song: Pacific-Western Division

1st place

“SOUNDTRACK I”
By: ISAIAH KOSCHO

SPINDRIFT

2ND place

“TIME”
By: CARLOS AMEZCUA

SPINDRIFT

3RD place

“CLARITY”
By: MASON MCGERRY

SPINDRIFT


Song: Southwestern Division

1st place

“You Ain’t No GOOD FOR ME”
By: RICKY SPIVEY

SCRIPT

***There were no entries for the “Essay” category from the remaining divisions.


 


Performance: Pacific-Western Division

1st place (tie)

“ENTANGLED”
By: SARA HILDEBRANDT

PHOENIX

1st place (tie)

“PHOENIX UNVEILING 2017”
By: NATHAN GARCIA

PHOENIX

2ND place

“CONNECT”
By: MEAKIE BLAKE

PHOENIX

***There were no entries for the “Performance” category from the remaining divisions.


Once Again, Congratulations Awardees!