Ithaca College

I am thrilled to announce this year's winners in the Writing Department's annual contests (including nonfiction)! This was a competitive year. We received nearly 150 submissions from the campus community. You can see the full list here.

On Friday, May 3rd, from 6:00-7:30pm, the writing department will host the 2019 Spring Writing Contest Reading. The event will take place at Clark Lounge in the Campus Center. We hope you will attend and support our winners.

2019 CONTEST WINNERS

FIRST-YEAR ESSAY:

• Winner, Adri Ustick, "A Meaningful Life."

POETRY:

• Winner, Vanessa Zimmerman, "Babies and Bathwater," "Cassandra," & "Another Way to Grieve."

SHORT STORY:

• First, Ryan Price, "A Saturday in August."
• Second, Erin Broussard, "Mother Love."

LONG FORM:

• Winner, Adriel Eliora Smith, "Scattered Shards and Mended Vessels," a long essay.

HYBRID:

• First, Vanessa Zimmerman, "In the Name of Science."
• Second, Alex Durham, "Mirrors."

HUMOR:

• Winner, Sarah Powell, "Summer '72."

PERSONAL ESSAY:

• First, Yuuto Kuroki, "Pray for Sweets."
• Second, Chanelle Ferguson, "Surrendered Palms."

CREATIVE NONFICTION:

• First, Jackson Smith, “Bees, Wasps, and Why Their Differences Offer a Psychoanalysis of Monroe Township.”
• Second, Mae McDermott, “Loss of Self, Isolation, Pressure, Breakage, and Silent Hurt as Exemplified by Colored Pencils.”

NONFICTION:

• First, Alanna Laino, "The Cost of Homelessness for Hospital EDs."
• Second, Leah DeFusco, "People Over Pipelines: A Look at Petroleum Pipelines from a Legal, Ethical, and Special Interest Context."

FEATURE/MAGAZINE:

• First, Alexandra Rose, "Ithaca is Saying No to the Plastic Straw."
• Second, Danielle Lee, "How to Respond to Racial Microagresssions as a Person of Color."

A big thanks to the many judges who invested their time and service. In the spirit of transparency, their names are posted here, along with other notices.