Winners and other submissions to be published in the "Jongleur"
Faculty members from the LSUA English department held an award ceremony on Wednesday, April 10 to celebrate student winners of the LSUA Art and Writing Contest. During the luncheon and ceremony, students were recognized among their peers for their creative work. All winners of the contest will be published in the Jongleur, in addition to other submissions.
Each year, students may submit original pieces in the categories of fiction, poetry, essay, and art for judging. The judges panel includes LSUA students and faculty members. In each section, awards are given for first, second, and third place as well as an honorable mention selection.
The Jongleur will be available the last week of class, both in digital and hard copy forms. See below for a full list of winners.
Fiction 1st Place: “Echoes of the Vale: Nora Miles” Zach Walleser 2nd Place: “Book #9: Unfinished” Kennis Gremillion 3rd Place: An Excerpt from “The Reality Games” Ben Gremillion Honorable Mention: “White Flowers” Kennis Gremillion
Poetry: 1st Place: “Crusade” Kennis Gremillion 2nd Place: “No.6” Carli Alyece Smith 3rd Place: “Eulogy for Olympus” Matthew Force Honorable Mention: “We are the Dreamers” Kennis Gremillion
Essay: 1st Place: “Frankenstein’s Monster from Mary Shelley’s Novel to the Modern Film Interpretations” Ben Sanson 2nd Place: “An Analysis of the Characters of Zeke and Jimmy in Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits” Ben Sanson 3rd Place: “The Psychological Horror of Edgar Allan Poe” Ben Sanson Honorable Mention: “Coveted Passions: Revelations of Freedom in Oppressed Artists” Zach Walleser