2023 Winners

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

Academic Writing:

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

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

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

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

Poetry:

1st Place: “growing up” by Upasana Shrestha 

2nd Place: “In the End” by Mara Foutz 

3rd Place: “Violence” by Blake Williams 

Honorable Mention/Student Choice Award: “Mirror” by Andrea Davenport 

Creative Nonfiction: 

1st Place: “The War on Dorothy Wilson” by Isabel Newcom 

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

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

Honorable Mention: “Fighting Secession from Little Steuben” by Lauren Banks 

Fiction: 

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

2nd Place: “Wolf Birds” by Darren Lloyd 

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

Please contact Dr. Janelle Pulczinski at pulczinskij@trine.edu for information on the competition.