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!