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Overlooked Conflicts: Anarchy and Agony in Haiti
by John Whitehead — Although the war between Ukraine and Russia has dominated the news, other countries have been suffering through their...
Apr 15, 20235 min read


Undoing Mifepristone Abortion For The First Time
by Grattan Brown, STD, and Matthew Harrison, MD — In the current legal fight to ban mifepristone, the first pill in a two-part pill...
Apr 12, 20235 min read


Tragedy
By Rosemarie Tischer Stith 1st Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: The scripture is participatory. That is its...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Sunrise or Sunset
By Sara Leonard 2nd Place, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: This is a 3D Fiber Art wall hanging sculpture made by...
Apr 11, 20232 min read


Origami Lesson
By Kara O'Connor 1st Place, Video Performance, Create | Encounter Artist Statement: When friends and family found out that my husband and...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


John: ch.8 vs. 7-11
By Hilary Beall 1st Place, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter Artist Statement: 9x12in. acrylic on canvas featuring an image of a nude woman...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Appalachian Abortuary
By Ayala Isenberg and Kristin Turner 1st Place, Music, Create | Encounter Artist Statement: A Preferred Women’s Health Center is the...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


I Am the Illusive Firing Squad
By John Evans 1st Place, Prose, and Best in Show, Create | Encounter 2023 Warning: Contains descriptions of sexual assault, the violence...
Apr 11, 20233 min read


Truth Worth Grasping: Both Worth Protecting
By Cecilia M. Delaney Druffner 2nd Place, Visual (2D) Artist Statement: A colored pencil piece showing the scientific truth of the...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Song of a Broken Soul
By Joseph Leo Hickey III 1st Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 As I sing with my one last breath, I cry out for life. In a world...
Apr 11, 20233 min read


Cease Fire
By Liv & Learn 2nd Place, Music, Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: My song is called "Cease Fire" and is about calling out one's...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Blind Spots
By Sarah Terzo 2nd Place, Prose, Create | Encounter 2023 They were sitting in her home, in front of the hologram machine. It was a warm...
Apr 11, 20234 min read


The Storm Chasers
By Michael Jezewak Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: The Storm Chasers unites figures who are...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Shared History
By Molly C. Sheahan 2nd Place, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 The words cave-in, and fly from my side Gushing chips of muscle and bone...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Equality, Nonviolence, and Nondiscrimination
By Ellen Campbell Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2023 Solidarity We Protect Us The Torch I The Torch II Artist...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Forking Paths
By Julie Gilmore Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2023 Warning: Contains descriptions of suicidal ideation. 1 You are at the...
Apr 11, 20233 min read


The Only Way
By Krista Corbello Honorable Mention, Music, Create | Encounter Artist Statement: My original song, “the only way,” written on the day of...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Prayer of the Glass Woman
By Cheryl Johnston Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 I look to the stars for the peace I am seeking As I wander lost...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Women's Bodies
By Elise Ketch Honorable Mention, Visual (3D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: This is a mixed-media documentation of a textile...
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Would've, Could've, Should've
By Nick Sansone Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2023 Download Would've, Could've, Should've to read it in its original...
Apr 11, 20231 min read
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