by John Whitehead — The US Congress is currently considering a budget bill that, despite being dubbed “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” will do...

by Lauren Boyer — Warning: spoilers. There’s a reason the hit television show Gossip Girl lives on to this day. Its excitement and...

by Lauren Pope — AI is not your friend. Unfortunately, it’s quite good at pretending otherwise. LLMs are very skilled at mirroring your...

by Ryan B. Anderson — In the early mornings here in the meadow, the grass glitters with dew, heavy, bowed. Beyond the path leading to the...

by Lauren Pope — By now you’ve probably heard of the tragic bombing of an IVF clinic in California. The explosion killed the bomber and...

by Alexander Pyles – In order to understand Narine Abgaryan’s To Go On Living , one must first understand the context in which Armenia...

by Emiliano Vera — Rehumanize International was founded in the United States in 2011 with the mission to “ensure that the life of every...

by Dr. William Tullius — In the follow-up to his now-classic After Virtue , the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre posed a fundamental set of...

by John Whitehead — Although the Ukraine-Russia war and the Gaza war have dominated the news, other countries have been suffering violent...

by Jon James — Science fiction isn’t the place you might expect to encounter consistent life ethics — when it isn’t escapist, it can tend...

By Haley Hartsfield Spencer 1st Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2024 Artist Statement: This piece is layered with human tragedy...

By N.C. Krueger 1st Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2024    Death has lost his honor— no one mourns terrorists, or tissue, or blobs of...

By Christine Novelero 1t Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2024 “Look! An artist made this beautiful picture of Harriet! Her eye is open!...

By Michael J. 2nd Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2024 Artist Statement: In Untitled (Your body is a battleground) (1989), Barbara...

By N.C. Krueger 2nd Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2024        I. God is jealous, and His Heat is dread to those who despise what He...

By Anti Abortion Vandals Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2024 Artist Statement: The abortion industry and our elected...

By Sarah Terzo Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2024 On battlefields in the New World bodies lie among the refuse. Tied up...

By N.C. Krueger 2nd Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2024 The ghostly light from the six computer screens envelops us, turning our...

By Zaina Alam Piya Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2024 Artist Statement: In this artwork I tried to express the...

By Aimee Murphy Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2024 "hate has no home here" Okay, well that's all well and good to say But...