by Herb Geraghty — We have been outside the Supreme Court nonstop defending the rights of the unborn since the draft Dobbs decision was...

by Aimee Murphy — The whole world is reeling at the news of the leaked SCOTUS decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson case. Many anti-abortion...

by John Whitehead — Florida recently adopted a new law on “Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality” that, among other measures, bans many...

By Savannah Ackerman 1st Place, Music, Create | Encounter 2022 Best in Show Artist Statement: I want a song that can be used for multiple...

By Kelsey Hazzard 1st Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2022 Download Oriented to read it in its original screenplay formatting:

By Michael Jezewak 1st Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: Clyde Ross, the central figure in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s...

By Sarah Burchart 1st Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 Steel smiling wide, drowned in a spare basin till Saturdays. Charon enters...

By Sara Leonard 1st Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: This baby doll realistically represents micro preemie...

By Nick Sansone 2nd Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2022 Download Father's Day to read it in its original screenplay formatting:...

By Stephanie Midori Komashin 2nd Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: From statistical data, we know that the...

By Grace Przywara 2nd Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 for Sheryl Grossman The first time doctors tried to call it off, I was still...

By David Cordaro 2nd Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2022 Please download the PDF below to view additional photos of this project...

By John Evans Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: During April of 1972, the Vietnam War raged on....

By Mallory Nygard Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 How cruel that I have to imagine what exactly I would say to the...

By Anastasia Camarca Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: Some activists find that the ultimate...

By Christine Chandler Prater Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 Boot bottoms, dusty with holy ground, trampled Divine...

By Hilary Beall Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: The piece depicts a faceless man, seated on the...

By Sophie Trist Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 To the world, you are just a name, Just a body to be picked apart,...

By Citlalin Ossio Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2022 When I was very little and Mami was still a crown princess, my...

By Cheryl Johnston Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 “The body is a precious thing,” The righteous rebels cry: “The body...