All:
I am so pleased to share that two members of our class (highlighted below) won Literary Arts Festival Awards. Please join me in congratulations!!!!!! [And no, I did not “fix” these awards just because I’m the event director :); independent faculty judges made these decisions ]
2020 Literary Arts Festival Writing Competition Awards
Adolphus Lee Poetry Award
1st Place Jolly Chidiadi James Pikin On Forever
2nd Place Dekker Montgomery My Father, The Time Traveler
3rd Place Kristen Clarke Are you back yet?
Kay-Hirsch Literary Criticism Award
1st Place Garnet Garcia Vibe Check: America
2nd Place Ayshe Kerim The Role of Slavery in Gothic Literature
3rd Place Heeyoun Keum Speaking Freedom from Prison
Michele Forsten Advocacy Award
1st Place Patrick Rogers The God of Brothers
2nd Place Savan De Jesus The Unjust Use of Medical Technologies on African Americans
3rd Place Ayshe Kerim Separation of Sex in a Place of Unity
Walter-Scanlon Creative Non-Fiction Award
1st Place Amena Miah My Mother’s Life
2nd Place Keeozel Saul Leap of Faith
3rd Place Lesley Trujillo The Chicana in Me
Honorable Mention: Sabina Joba Personal Literacy Narrative
Charles Matusik Fiction Award
1st Place Mitchell Landero Heads or Tails?
2nd Place Nicholas Cabrera Quien Soy Yo
3rd Place (tied) Patrick Rogers God of Brothers
3rd Place (tied) Kenneth Cordoba Japhet Saves a Bank
Lou Rivers Drama Award
1st Place Keyri Jimenez Dear Matt