By Sara Leonard 2nd Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: This is a 3D Fiber Art wall hanging sculpture made by...

By Kara O'Connor 1st Place, Video Performance, Create | Encounter Artist Statement: When friends and family found out that my husband and...

By Hilary Beall 1st Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter Artist Statement: 9x12in. acrylic on canvas featuring an image of a nude woman...

By Ayala Isenberg and Kristin Turner 1st Place, Music, Create | Encounter Artist Statement: A Preferred Women’s Health Center is the...

By John Evans 1st Place, Prose, and Best in Show, Create | Encounter 2023 Warning: Contains descriptions of sexual assault, the violence...

By Cecilia M. Delaney Druffner 2nd Place, Visual (2D) Artist Statement: A colored pencil piece showing the scientific truth of the...

By Joseph Leo Hickey III 1st Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 As I sing with my one last breath, I cry out for life. In a world...

By Liv & Learn 2nd Place, Music, Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: My song is called "Cease Fire" and is about calling out one's...

By Sarah Terzo 2nd Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2023 They were sitting in her home, in front of the hologram machine. It was a warm...

By Michael Jezewak Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: The Storm Chasers unites figures who are...

By Molly C. Sheahan 2nd Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 The words cave-in, and fly from my side Gushing chips of muscle and bone...

By Ellen Campbell Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2023 Solidarity We Protect Us The Torch I The Torch II Artist...

By Julie Gilmore Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2023 Warning: Contains descriptions of suicidal ideation. 1 You are at the...

By Krista Corbello Honorable Mention, Music, Create | Encounter Artist Statement: My original song, “the only way,” written on the day of...

By Cheryl Johnston Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 I look to the stars for the peace I am seeking As I wander lost...

By Elise Ketch Honorable Mention, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: This is a mixed-media documentation of a textile...

By Nick Sansone Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2023 Download Would've, Could've, Should've to read it in its original...

By John Evans Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: A young boy at just 17 enters a man’s world to...

By Rachel Ventress Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 Specters of birth ties broken shimmer as glossy reflections in...

By Kristin Turner Honorable Mention, Music, Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: In Spring of 2022, anti-abortion activists Terrisa...