Congratulations to All of Our Award Winners!
Awards Listed by Category and Division
Poems: Central Division
1ST PLACE
“ending”
By: Jerome Wendt
Voices
2nd PLACE
“Ode to an american girl”
BY: Makada Hunt
PRARIE VOICES
3RD PLACE
“Woman: A Natural Disaster”
BY: Deanna Luton
NMC: A PALE BLUE DOT
Poems: Eastern Division
1ST PLACE
“The nature of being”
By: courtney Morin
Parnassus
2nd PLACE
“Cut and dried”
By: Michael caves
Amaranth
3rd PLACE
“green”
By: troy Satndiford
Fine Print
Poems: Pacific-Western Division
1ST PLACE
“el sordo’s final words”
By: Aldo Moreno
Cul-de-Sac
2nd PLACE
“Transplant shock”
By: Kendall Halliburton
WALL Literary journal
3RD PLACE
“how were the itchen knives returned”
By: Gabriel Rivas
Cul-De-Sac
Poems: Southern Division
1ST PLACE
“Before I check out”
By: Daschielle Lewis
Panku Vol. 54, Iss. I
2nd PLACE
“The Trouble in Washington County”
By: Sarah Pinco
Wake Review
3rd PLACE
“Snowfall on Las Olas”
By: Zoe Elektra Nouel
Panku Vol. 54, Iss. ii
Poems: Southwestern Division
1ST PLACE
“City Code”
By: Alexia Jones
Vortex
2nd PLACE
“1994 Toyota Pick-Up”
By: Krysta Evans
VorteX
3rd PLACE
“2 am intimacy”
By: Kiley Winkelhake
Plains Paradox
Short Stories: Central Division
1st PLACE
“The Escape”
By: Danielle Kronau
Rock River Review
2nd PLACE
“Silent Innocence”
By: Cassandra Howard
Rock River Review
3rd PLACE
“Emmaline Jones”
By: Jennifer Tedman
Point of View
Short Stories: Eastern Division
TIE 1st PLACE
“And All Through the House”
By: Matthew Riley
Seahawk Review
TIE 1st PLACE
“Not Home”
By: Tatiana Fish
Fine Print
2nd PLACE
“Ghost Fishing”
By: Ethan Palm
WRIT
3rd PLACE
“You and I”
By: Jackie NG
Lumiere
Short Stories: Pacific-Western Division
TIE 1st PLACE
“I See the Body”
By: Julia Dupuis
WALL Literary Journal
TIE 1st PLACE
“The Price of Eggs”
By: Ana Castro
cul-de-sac
2nd PLACE
“the first math we learn is counting fingers”
By: sally lehman
suisun valley review
3rd PLACE
“Plan b”
By: Jennifer Martinez
Yours Truly
Short Stories: Southern Division
1st PLACE
“Liabilty”
By: Anto Chavez
Urbana
2nd PLACE
“Media Nocte”
By: Jiwoo Han
Calliope
3rd PLACE
“Actually”
By: hope bachman
calliope
Short Stories: Southwestern Division
1st PLACE
“The kitten”
BY: Hailey Wildhirt
Plains Paradox
2nd PLACE
“Painless”
By: Leroy Bertsch
SandScript
tie 3rd PLACE
“THe collector”
By: kimberly de leon
script
tie 3rd PLACE
“my world is blue”
By: barbara mcdaniel
Plains Paradox
Creative Nonfiction:
*Only one winner per division
Central Division
“You Gotta Be Cool”
By: Michael Barna
Illuminations
Eastern Division
“cuddle capitalism”
By: rebecca drayer
Legacy
pacific-western division
“Looking for Signs”
By: Patti Santucci
American River Review
Southern Division
“Writing from the depths of the soul”
By: Fang Rong
Calliope
Southwestern Division
“it was just a kill box”
By: kiley winkelhake
Plains Paradox
Photography: Central Division
1st PLACE
“Idealize”
BY: jaclyn walter
voices
2nd PLACE
“equilibrium”
BY: rachel batka
root and branch
3rd PLACE
“untitled”
BY: ron ballock
prarie voices
Photography: Eastern Division
1st PLACE
“paths diverge”
BY: francheska salazar
amaranth
2nd PLACE
“journay’s end”
BY: Mary McKiel
amaranth
3rd PLACE
“untitled”
BY: beth atim
writ
Photography: Pacific-Western Division
1st PLACE
“listening”
BY: Jim Langford
Wall Literary Journal
2nd PLACE
“Monochrome Dance”
BY: jorge maldonado
WALL LITERARY JOURNAL
3rd PLACE
“the sound of color”
BY: john mandujano
WALL LITERARY JOURNAL
Photography: Southern Division
1st PLACE
“weary traveller”
BY: caleb sica
calliope
2nd PLACE
“Evening tune”
BY: sasha humesky
phoenix
3rd PLACE
“happier than a unicorn”
BY: nik rye
panku, Vol. 54, Iss. II
Photography: Southwestern Division
1st PLACE
“girl in the woods”
BY: cassandra Toyama
folio, fall 2017: The Process
2nd PLACE
“bluffing the turn”
BY: brandon Walker
folio, Fall 2017: The Process
3rd PLACE
“Empowering Shame”
BY: alyssa casselman
folio, spring 2018: The Resonance
Artwork: Central Division
1st PLACE
“The winding way forward”
BY: joel mann
NMC: A pale blue dot
2nd PLACE
“Untitled”
By: val brander
Prarie Voices
3rd PLACE
“silent duel”
By: salem Naylor
Root and Branch
Artwork: Eastern Division
1st PLACE
“elie wiesel”
By: mark chanin
The Sligo Journal
2nd PLACE
“our eyes”
By: jyle nangle
legacy
3rd PLACE
“Longping”
By: guihua gan
phaethon
Artwork: Pacific-Western Division
1st PLACE
“spiritual quest: the journey”
By: Sharon Inbar
wall literary journal
2nd PLACE
“first day of school”
By: celia wu
Wall Literary Journal
3rd PLACE
“Pipeline sioux”
By: Rachel conforth
wall literary journal
Artwork: Southern Division
1st PLACE
“breaking the silence”
By: Maren magyar
Calliope
2nd PLACE
“now”
By: courtney jessica thompson
calliope
3rd PLACE
“wolf”
By: ariana Shanon
wake review
Artwork: Southwestern Division
1st PLACE
“the tilt”
By: Keenan hinojosa
eleven rivers review
2nd PLACE
“woman’s grief”
By: sophia zanowick
plains paradox
3rd PLACE
“Angels in Motion”
By: sophia zanowick
Plains Paradox
Script:
*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division
Central Division
“the dead mom’s club”
By: anisbeth torres, Lyle Leland & gabriella Pawlowska
the wright side
Eastern Division
“the other side of the curtain”
By: theodore j. cook
Phaethon
Pacific-Western Division
“space”
BY: colbydebach-riley
American River Review
Southern Division
“Rosy Cheeks”
BY: Jessica Wadsack Stewart
Wake Review
Southwestern Division
“Spring in Prison”
BY: Maisoon Hawieh
Folio, Spring 2018: Resonance
Essay:
*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division
Central Division TIE
“why physician assistants are the answer”
By: renee Craft
Illuminations
Central Division TIE
“the bright bilingual future”
By: chara jensen
Illuminations
Eastern Division
“amid the complexities of existence”
By: anisa jackson
Legacy
southern Division
“natural imagery as a reflection of the creative process in coleridge’s ‘kubla khan’”
By: sergio osnaya-prieto
Wake Review
Southwestern Division
“embracing the song of my nightingale”
By: Andria Ruiz
ourglass
Song:
*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division
Central Division
“Phosphorus”
By: Joel Mann
nmc: A Pale Blue Dot
Pacific-Western Division
“something moving”
By: Christina Cobb
spindrift
SouthWestern Division
“dig it out”
By: jeremy avery
script
Performance:
*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division
Pacific-Western Division
“what they’re made of”
By: duncan star-boszko
spindrift
Once Again, Congratulations Awardees!