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?

2^nd Place                      Nicholas Cabrera        Quien Soy Yo

3^rd Place (tied)            Patrick Rogers             God of Brothers

3^rd Place (tied)            Kenneth Cordoba        Japhet Saves a Bank

 

 

Lou Rivers Drama Award              

1st Place          Keyri Jimenez           Dear Matt