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,...

by Sophie Trist — Six months ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped open old...

By Beth Fox Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2021 On a hot and humid spring morning, Rhonda prepared for her 20 week anatomy...

By Hilary Beall Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: After reading about certain countries bragging...

By Terry Jude Miller Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2021 before we can form words before we have a mouth we speak in the...

by Stephanie Hauer — Welcoming a baby to the world outside the womb is exciting, but giving birth can be scary. The reality is that...

by Katherine Noble — President Joe Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki has said it is the intention of the Biden administration to close...

by Sophie Trist — Every year on March 1 the Autistic Self-advocacy Network (ASAN) and other disability organizations hold vigils all...

by Christy Yao — Editor's note: citations for the statistics referenced in this article can be found in the documentary 13th. — 13th is a...

by Rana Irby — As we in the U.S. celebrate the contributions of Black people in our country for Black History Month this February, it is...

by Julia Smucker — The abortion industry has often denied its historic ties to the eugenics movement, but many Black leaders have been...

by Sophie Trist — From anti-slavery abolitionism to today, Black activists have played a central role in the fight to end capital...

by Sophie Trist — Many people are familiar with the tragic story of Kalief Browder, a Black teenager from New York City who was arrested...