Prize Winners

Fall 2022


Poetry:

1st                      Tiara Bollig, “It’s All Confetti”

2nd                     Gerr Yang, “An Anguished Hmong Woman”

3rd                     Amanda Owens, “False Hopes and Horoscopes”


Photography/Artwork:

1st                      Sophie Goodman, “New Mexico Free”

2nd                    Bethany Giesler, “Fragility”

3rd                     Allison Miles, “Untitled”


Spring 2022


Prose:

1st                      Emily Priddy, “Buzzed”


Poetry:

1st                      Veronica Morgan, “I’m Lost”

2nd                    Lucy Martinez, “Book Lover”

3rd                    Tenika Heidelberg, “Corrigible”


Artwork/Photography:

1st                      Taylor Baca, “X-Ray”

2nd                    Veronica Morgan, “Lumière de Lutétia”

3rd                    Tenika Heidelberg, “At A Glance”


Fall 2021


Prose:

1st                      Lina Wong, “The Reservoir at Chestnut Hill”

2nd                    Emily Priddy, “I’m Not Your Mary Sue”


Poetry:

1st                      Lucy Martinez, “Blooming”

2nd                    Veronica Morgan, “I’m Desperate”

3rd                    Amanda Owens, “The Things I Struggle to Throw Away”


Artwork/Photography:

1st                      Irene Martinez, “A Survivor’s Journey”

2nd                    Caitlin Kreider, “Sun Down”

3rd                    Trenton Crookshanks, “Breathing Fire”


Spring 2021


Fiction:

1st                      Emily Priddy, “Rough Start”

2nd                    Sierra Beverly, “My Father’s Eyes”

3rd                    Sara Kinard, “The Burning Tree”


Poetry:

1st                      Caitlyn Winkler, “So… if we get married”

2nd                    Veronica Morgan, “To Hades”

3rd                    Cody Wilhelm, “The Month After”


Artwork/Photography:

1st                      Emily Priddy, “Free TV”


Fall 2020


Fiction:

1st                      Mike Matthews, “Silly Love Songs”

2nd                    Emily Priddy, “Bad Omen: January 1961”

3rd                    Sara Kinard, “I’m Not Afraid. Are You?”


Poetry:

1st                      Cody Wilhelm, “What We Felt and Forgot”

2nd                    Tenika Heidelberg, “Fingers Crossed”

3rd                    Lucy Martinez, “Burning Flowers”


Artwork/Photography

1st                      Raven Lente, “Medusa’s Pain”

2nd                    Paula Jennings, “The Wedding Night”

3rd                    Raven Lente, “Selkie”


Spring 2020


Fiction:

1st                      Corynn Tenny, “The Retirement of Robot 247”

2nd                    Adrianna Irizarry, “Specimen 15”

3rd                    Sara Kinard, “Keils Bounty”


Poetry:

1st                      Alex Mager, “From the Ashes”

2nd                    Lucy Martinez, “God Said No”

3rd                    Christopher Gomez, “Island”


Artwork/Photography

1st                      Katherine Perales, “Neon Night in Vegas”

2nd                    Tyne Sansom, untitled

3rd                    Katherine Perales, “Frozen Heat”


Fall 2019


Fiction:

1st                    Natalie Franco Torres for “A Second Chance”

2nd                  Timothy Gettle for “The Light of a Lavender Sky”


Poetry:

1st                    “Bicycle” by Cody Wilhelm 

2nd                  “Another Myth” by Bridget Richardson 

3rd                  “Laid to Rest” by Falyn Benavidez 


Visual Art:

1st                    Michael Gardner‘s “Enchanting”

2nd                Katherine Perelas‘s “Serene and Quiet”

Fall 2017


Fiction:

1st                      Lyndon Ashcraft-Foreman

2nd                    Julia Simmons


Poetry:

1st                      Katelyn Ross

2nd                    Ryan Galloway


Visual Art:

1st                      Ryan Galloway                         “Untitled”


Fall 2016


Fiction:

1st                       Wesley Martin                 “Grubber Ludwig”

2nd                     Mary Murphy                   “The Last Guardian”

3rd                      Julia Simmons                 “Eyes Open”


Poetry:

1st                        Haley Madden                 “The Astronauts Rainbow”

2nd                     Katelyn Ross                      “The Nothing You Left Behind”


Photography:

1st                        Kaitlynn Roberts                     “Into the Abyss”

2nd                      Michaela Browder                   “Untitled”


Spring 2015


Poetry:

1st                        Luke Johnson                 “Cowards”

2nd                     Jessica Gilmore               “My Number is Four”

3rd                      Marzia Dessi                    “Take Her, Lift Her, Look at Her”


Photography:

1st                        Laura Steele                     “Sunset Overlooking the

                                                                           Rail Yard, Clovis, NM”

2nd                      Carla Ruiz                         “Western”

3rd                       Geovanny Lujan              “Suits and Ties”


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