Individual Literary Magazine Contest Winners – 2019

Congratulations to All of Our Award Winners!

Awards Listed by Category and Division


Poems: Central Division

1ST PLACE
“Apres Moi, le deluge”
By: Anne Marie Kabat

NMC Fall 2018

2nd PLACE
“Fickle water”
BY: Rachel Lynn Moore

NMC FALL 2018

3RD PLACE
“Blurred Lines”
BY: Lindsay Killips

POINT OF VIEW


Poems: Eastern Division

1ST PLACE
“Zora Neale Hurston & Luke Turner Reunite”
By: Kristen Marcano

Fresh INk 

2nd PLACE
“Sea”
By: Sevastian Volkov

FRESH INK 

3rd PLACE
“I Find Comfort Without the Truth”
By: Peter H. Michaels

AMARANTH


Poems: Pacific-Western Division

1ST PLACE
“Unquiet”
By: Nora Wangsness

Spindrift

2nd PLACE
“PEEP BOX NO. 1”
By: Charlie Lanza

CUL-DE-SAC

3RD PLACE
“Before You”
By: James Backstrom

SPINDRIFT


Poems: Southern Division

1ST PLACE
“Whiskey”
By: Jason  Bryant

savoir faire

2nd PLACE
“Origami”
By: Kirstie Frank

Pioneer Pen

3rd PLACE
“Women”
By: JEssica West

SAVOIR FAIRE


Poems: Southwestern Division

1ST PLACE
“Postures”
By: Hannah Montgomery

Precipice: Folio, Spring 2019

2nd PLACE
“The Taste of Vinegar”
By: Grace Griffith

ourglass

3rd PLACE
“Dialogue with Orlando White”
By: Lynn Finger


sandscript


 


Short Stories: Central Division

1st PLACE
“The Guardian”
By: Christina Hosp

Go Anywhere

2nd PLACE
“Close Encounters”
By: Carley Anne Ackland

kamelian

3rd PLACE
“The Incident”
By: Tamara Wiget

nMC, Fall 2018


Short Stories: Eastern Division

1st PLACE
“Burden”
By: Theodore Jonas

Sligo journal of arts and letters

2nd PLACE
“Small Talk”
By: Aubrey Ketcham

Phaethon

3rd PLACE
“Smothered”
By: Amanda Livingston

SLIGO JOURNAL OF ARTS AND LETTERS


Short Stories: Pacific-Western Division

TIE 1st PLACE
“How to COnvince Your Prom Date to sneak the centerpieces out of the venue”
By: Christopher Bangasser

Cul-De-sac

2nd PLACE
“The day i was born”
By: Webb Johnson

suisun valley review

3rd PLACE
“Rattle”
By: Samantha Bunch

Phoenix


Short Stories: Southern Division

1st PLACE
“Fermament”
By: Luis Quiroga

CALLIOPE

2nd PLACE
“A Secret Wish”
By:Dean Allen Jones

Wake Review

3rd PLACE
“Oreo Cookie”
By: Sajada Heard

estuaries


Short Stories: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE
“The Dress”
BY: Leo Wheeler

Plains Paradox

2nd PLACE
“Perfida in four acts”
By: Jim Freeh

SandScript

tie 3rd PLACE
“webs”
By: Owen lewis

sandscript


 


Creative Nonfiction:

*Only one winner per division

Central Division
“Bone deep”
By: Deanna Ray Luton

nMC, Fall 2018

Eastern Division
“Mistakes and Mischief”
By: skyeler brodkorb

phaethon

pacific-western division
“Taking the Mask Off”
By: Todd Napier

Expression Literary Arts Magazine

Southern Division
“The Kitchens”
By: Marina KEssenich

Calliope

Southwestern Division
“Killing Elvis”
By: Taylor M. Johnson

sandscript


 


Photography: Central Division

1st PLACE
“Fueled by Fall”
BY: Liam Kaiser

NMc Magazine, Fall 2018

2nd PLACE
“Jewel Tip”
BY: Katelyn Ackland

Kamelian

3rd PLACE
“untitled”
BY: Anastasia Sitrikova

point of view


Photography: Eastern Division

1st PLACE
“Factory Girl”
BY: Isabella Cantillano-Sandrez

sea change

2nd PLACE
“SeaCliff”
BY: Andre Silva

luna

3rd PLACE
“spider”
BY: adam dorgan

PArnassus


Photography: Pacific-Western Division

1st PLACE
“Drawn”
BY: David Nichols

american River Review

2nd PLACE
“Belize”
BY: Erin Wirrenga

Expression LITERARY and arts magazine

3rd PLACE
“Fight like a girl”
BY: Amy Kaplan

WALL LITERARY JOURNAL


Photography: Southern Division

1st PLACE
“7 am at north campus”
BY: Alejo Storni

axis

2nd PLACE
“Daydream”
BY: eric gutowski

eyrie

3rd PLACE
“Playtime”
BY: Nuran Cicek

Calliope


Photography: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE
“Bandit Hideout”
BY: Michael Walker

Progenitor

2nd PLACE
“Diagonals”
BY: Max Smith

Precipice, Folio: Spring 2019

3rd PLACE
“Falling”
BY: Faith Watts

PRECIPICE, FOLIO: SPRING 2019


 


Artwork: Central Division

1st PLACE
“Raven”
BY: Molly Eastman

NMC magazine: in brief

2nd PLACE
“Figure Study”
By: Kajetan Morman

NMC MAGAZINE: IN BRIEF

TIE 3rd PLACE
“Garden”
By: Hannah Strong

NMC Fall 2018

TIE 3rd PLACE
“Untitled”
By: Evan FOrd

Prairie Voices


Artwork: Eastern Division

1st PLACE
“Royal Eye”
By: Victoria MacIsaac

Sea change

TIE 2nd PLACE
“Please Do Not Smile at Strangers”
By: Ashton Poole

Amaranth

TIE 2nd PLACE
“FridA Kahlo”
By: Alyssa Patterson

Phaethon

3rd PLACE
“Sluggish Friends”
By: Veronica Theobald

promethean


Artwork: Pacific-Western Division

1st PLACE
“Kyle”
By: Jacqueline Luna

American River Review

2nd PLACE
“Thoughts and Prayers”
By: Brad Carps

AMERICAN RIVER REVIEW

3rd PLACE
“Tibetan Prayer”
By: Sharon Yu

wall literary journal


Artwork: Southern Division

1st PLACE
“I am”
By: Quentin Gibson Mays

axis

2nd PLACE
“Expression”
By: Matty Lane

eyrie

3rd PLACE
“Can’t See”
By: Sydney Park

ImaginAry gardens


Artwork: Southwestern Division

1st PLACE
“self Portrait”
By: Lauren Kuhlman

ourglass

2nd PLACE
“Nothing Looks Better Than a Girl on a Truck”
By: Suzanne Black

vortex

3rd PLACE
“Dehiscience”
By: Anna Martin

Precipice: Folio, spring 2019


 


Script:

*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division

Central Division
“Ham Radio”
By: Hannah Carr

NMC Magazine: Fall 2018

Eastern Division
“Let’s Fight and Say We Didn’t”
By: Alec Moyes

amaranth

Pacific-Western Division
“Defective”
BY: Malissia Woodall

sprindrift

Southern Division
“One With the Stars”
BY: eradio Tristen Abreu

estuaries

Southwestern Division
“Sillhouette”
BY: Stephanie Cortes

vortex


 


Essay:

*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division

Central Division TIE
“Canis Lupus”
By: Josef McKee

Kamelian

Eastern Division
“sustainable palm oil”
By: Angela West

amaranth

Pacific-Western Division

No Entrant

southern Division
“Sexism and subversion in Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’”
By: Justin Strong

Imaginary

Southwestern Division
“White Lies, Dark Truth”
By: JEana Owens

script


 


Song:

*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division

Central Division
“Don’t Wait on Me”
By: Keanu Salvador
(w/ Bayberry Drive)

Voices

Eastern Division

No Entrant

Pacific-Western Division
“The Folly”
By: Travis Tribble and the Mountain Lake Terrorists

spindrift

Southern Division
“Autotune Girl”
By: Nicole Miranda

Miambiance

SouthWestern Division

No Entrant


 


Performance:

*Only one winner per division pending submissions per division

Pacific-Western Division

“Be Conscious of this Privilege”

Phoenix


Once Again, Congratulations Awardees!