Individual Literary Magazine Contest Winners – 2018

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!