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.