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Father's Day
By Nick Sansone 2nd Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2022 Download Father's Day to read it in its original screenplay formatting:...
Apr 21, 20221 min read


Three Weeks Old
By Stephanie Midori Komashin 2nd Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: From statistical data, we know that the...
Apr 21, 20223 min read


Bloom
By Grace Przywara 2nd Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 for Sheryl Grossman The first time doctors tried to call it off, I was still...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Machine Vision
By David Cordaro 2nd Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2022 Please download the PDF below to view additional photos of this project...
Apr 20, 20222 min read


MST, PTSD, AND SUICIDAL IDEATION
By John Evans Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: During April of 1972, the Vietnam War raged on....
Apr 20, 20221 min read


What Exactly I Would Say
By Mallory Nygard Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 How cruel that I have to imagine what exactly I would say to the...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


The Cycle Won't Stop
By Anastasia Camarca Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: Some activists find that the ultimate...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Holy Ground
By Christine Chandler Prater Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 Boot bottoms, dusty with holy ground, trampled Divine...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Hands Outstretched
By Hilary Beall Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: The piece depicts a faceless man, seated on the...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Dear Carrie
By Sophie Trist Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 To the world, you are just a name, Just a body to be picked apart,...
Apr 20, 20222 min read


When I Was Very Little
By Citlalin Ossio Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2022 When I was very little and Mami was still a crown princess, my...
Apr 20, 20226 min read


Vox Populi Mortem Laudat
By Cheryl Johnston Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2022 “The body is a precious thing,” The righteous rebels cry: “The body...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Parts for Sale
By Sonja Morin Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2022 Artist Statement: Abortion-providing facilities work with research...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Petitions
Petitions to #StopExecutions: #JusticeForTheFive: On March 25, five infant bodies were discovered by activists Lauren Handy and Terrisa...
Apr 15, 20221 min read


Lauren Handy, PAAU, and the Fetal Remains
A statement from Herb Geraghty, Executive Director of Rehumanize International — Last week, news rocked the nation about police...
Apr 6, 20229 min read


Mariupol, Kunduz, and the Neglected Legacy of U.S. War Crimes
by Samuel B. Parker — Earlier this month, the Russian Air Force executed an airstrike against a pediatric hospital and maternity ward in...
Apr 1, 20223 min read


A People in Agony: How the United States Continues to Fuel the Yemen War
by John Whitehead — A war between Yemen and the nearby states of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been going on for...
Mar 24, 20226 min read


Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: Constructively Discussing Race in the Russo-Ukrainian War
by Sophie Trist — Around ten P.M. on the night of February 23, a breaking news alert on my phone told me that Russia had just launched a...
Mar 21, 20223 min read


Opposing War amid Repression: Anti-War Efforts in Russia
by John Whitehead — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has rightly provoked widespread condemnation. Perhaps the most important source of...
Mar 14, 20223 min read


No Choice in Europe Except to Be Pro-Choice?
by Kristina Artuković — The beginning of 2022 marked the start of the six-month French presidency of the Council of the European Union....
Mar 12, 20224 min read
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