2023 Winners
Congratulations to the following authors on penning 2023's winning submissions:
Academic Writing:
1st Place: 鈥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: 鈥How Does the Past Affect the Present?鈥 by Matthew Billings
Poetry:
1st Place: 鈥growing up鈥 by Upasana Shrestha
2nd Place: 鈥In the End鈥 by Mara Foutz
3rd Place: 鈥Violence鈥 by Blake Williams
Honorable Mention/Student Choice Award: 鈥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: 鈥Lasagna鈥 by Alex Fosnaugh
3rd Place: 鈥T-15 Crashes: A Disastrous History of Aviation Safety鈥 by Blake Williams
Honorable Mention: 鈥Fighting Secession from Little Steuben鈥 by Lauren Banks
Fiction:
1st Place: 鈥The Prophet of Lindsay Middle鈥 by Muriel Mackie
2nd Place: 鈥Wolf Birds鈥 by Darren Lloyd
3rd Place/Student Choice Award: 鈥The Great Traveler鈥 by Travis Mersing
Please contact Dr. Janelle Pulczinski at for information on the competition.