The English Channel The English Channel Volume 17 Issue 2 Spring 2017 | Page 19

Awards Graduate/Alumni Contest First Place: Jennifer DeBellis, “unfinished business (after Degas)” Second Place: Joan Miller, “Giaconda Smiles” Third Place: Don Beagle, “The Imprisoned Past” Honorable Mention: Lenore Lambert, “To Saar’s Nocturne Navigator” Flash Fiction Contest Winners Undergraduate Contest First Place: Brittany Church, “Red and Blue” Second Place: Jessica Vasquez, “On the Way Down” Third Place: Suzanne Honda, “Bastards” Honorable Mention: Michael Sullivan, “Stairs” Graduate / Alumni Contest First Place: Emily Benoit, “28 Things I Remember about my Grandmother’s Death” Second Place: James Corcoran, “The Bee Jar” Third Place: Scott Contor, “The Kuleshov Contest” Thank You again to the Donors who make possible the numerous Scholarships, Awards, and Contests available to our Students in English Literature, Creative Writing, and Cinema Studies. 19 Ekphrasis Poetry Contest Winners Undergraduate Contest First Place: Athena Lebessis, “Winged Coffin” and “Stars and Stripes” Second Place: Delaney Kamm, “After ‘Thalassa’” Third Place: Samantha Miller, “this night, eternal” Honorable Mention: Ronald Sharp, “ Who’s in-Sight?” Honorable Mention: Emily Shriner, “The Kiss”