2023 Winners

Congratulations to the following authors on penning 2023's winning submissions:

Academic Writing:

1st Place: Restorative Justice for Abused Juvenile Offenders鈥 by Rex Chapman-Shadik 

2nd Place: 鈥Three Figures: An Analysis of Neuromancer, the Body, and Cyberspace鈥 by Blake Williams 

3rd: Place: 鈥Speculative Biology in Popular Culture and Educating a New Generation鈥 by Ava McCall 

Student Choice Award:How Does the Past Affect the Present?鈥 by Matthew Billings 

Poetry:

1st Place: growing up鈥 by Upasana Shrestha 

2nd Place: In the End鈥 by Mara Foutz 

3rd Place: Violence鈥 by Blake Williams 

Honorable Mention/Student Choice Award: Mirror鈥 by Andrea Davenport 

Creative Nonfiction: 

1st Place: 鈥淭he War on Dorothy Wilson鈥 by Isabel Newcom 

2nd Place/Student Choice Award: Lasagna鈥 by Alex Fosnaugh 

3rd Place: T-15 Crashes: A Disastrous History of Aviation Safety鈥 by Blake Williams 

Honorable Mention: Fighting Secession from Little Steuben鈥 by Lauren Banks 

Fiction: 

1st Place: The Prophet of Lindsay Middle鈥 by Muriel Mackie 

2nd Place: Wolf Birds鈥 by Darren Lloyd 

3rd Place/Student Choice Award:The Great Traveler鈥 by Travis Mersing 

Please contact Dr. Janelle Pulczinski at for information on the competition.