by Rana Irby — Fair warning: if you watch the film The Mauritanian (which you absolutely should), it’s going to be a tough experience....

By Haley Spencer 1st Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: Seeds can’t form from scars. Every fragile branch cut...

By Mallory Nygard 1st Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2021 Best In Show When Gavrilo shot the Archduke as he rode unknowingly in his...

by Stephanie Hauer — I’m sure I don’t have to remind you of all the ways that COVID-19 has impacted us. Across the globe, around 2.68...

By Nick Sansone 1st Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2021 Download The Last Supper to read it in its original screenplay formatting:...

By Rosemarie Tischer Stith 1st Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: As a very young child, Rosemarie Tischer...

By Sunrise Transparence 1st Place, Video (Short Film), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: Entering the Actual Reality is an...

By Stephanie Midori Komashin 2nd Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2021 Poems will be written in the Japanese hiragana first, then...

By Kaine Spitak 2nd Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2021 Donnie Brandon Nathaniel Artist Statement: These are the last meals...

By Maeve Gilheney-Gallagher 2nd Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: “La Monarca” was inspired by the migrants...

By Michael Jezewak Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: American decadence takes many forms, only...

by Aimee Murphy — The bright and welcoming cover of You Are Enough immediately attracted me to it when I saw it shared on a children’s...

By Citlalin Ossio 2nd Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2021 The first thing She hears are raised voices, echoing off unseen walls. Her...

By Joyce McCauley-Benner Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: I first created this piece after...

by Beth Fox, MPH — One year ago, I, like many other disabled or chronically ill individuals, began a strict home isolation protocol. I...

By Francis Ittenbach Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2021 What more could I have asked of you today; My bloodstream, had I...

By Rosemarie Tischer Stith Honorable Mention, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: As a very young child, Rosemarie...

By Grace Malinee Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2021 The tilted tree outside Colette’s corner office window acted as a kind...

by Stephanie Hauer — Give if you can . If you live near the site of the shooting, go to the hospital and donate blood to support the...

By Grace Von Lehman Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2021 We held the hands of Miss Joann in the cold room where she died,...