Florida College System Publication Association’s 54th Annual Awards Banquet
It's been odd not being part of CF's Imprints this semester. The only highlight is that I get to attend the Awards Banquet to see how the magazine does this year. My worry is that we won't place in anything or place low and not to the usual standard of 1st or 2nd place. As the 2013 editor, it all rides on my shoulders even though, I have to remember that things are not always what we want to put out. As my editor dedication stated. We went through losing our layout and cramming it all in 4 days to publish it. This makes me a nervous Nelly, my editor's hat wasn't on for more than 1 hour at the end... I think that really sucks. WE will see what happens.
IMPRINTS magazine placed in 2 categories:
IMPRINTS magazine placed in 2 categories:
Poem
Judge: Lester Goran
Judge: Lester Goran
Division A
First Place: Richard Lee (“A Lonely Scarecrow”), Howl! (Spring Term), Florida Gateway College Judge's Comments: “A poignant depiction of a strong sense of loss told from an unusual vantage.”
Second Place: Jessyca Thibault (“A Black Hole”), Imprints, College of Central Florida – Ocala Campus Third Place (Tie): Bruno Leite (“Excitement, Intelligence, and Denial”), Aeolus, Daytona State College Third Place (Tie): Neylin Castrillo (“Marks”), Café Cultura, Miami Dade College – Hialeah Campus
Division B
First Place: Jankarlo Gonzalez (“Jonny B.”), Phoenix, Valencia College
Judge's Comments: “This is a nice recapturing in form and content of an earlier time.”
Second Place: Jerron Feaster (Page 23), Metromorphosis, Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus Third
Place: Bryan Aguilar (Sonnet to a Kiss”), Miambiance, Miami Dade College – Kendall Campus
Well, lookie here: one of those awards is for one of my submissions! I was so excited and pleasantly surprised. I guess that the 4 day hectic, crazy madness wasn't all in vain even though it didn't win as many awards as last year.
Here is the poem that went with that submission:
The activity that I miss the most not being on the IMPRINTS staff is working with the Student Body Activities Board. I guess, when I get back on campus in January, I will have to join a club and ask to be the rep for said club or apply to be on the board. I wonder who I contact for that. (Ah, a mystery... I love solving mysteries.)
First Place: Richard Lee (“A Lonely Scarecrow”), Howl! (Spring Term), Florida Gateway College Judge's Comments: “A poignant depiction of a strong sense of loss told from an unusual vantage.”
Second Place: Jessyca Thibault (“A Black Hole”), Imprints, College of Central Florida – Ocala Campus Third Place (Tie): Bruno Leite (“Excitement, Intelligence, and Denial”), Aeolus, Daytona State College Third Place (Tie): Neylin Castrillo (“Marks”), Café Cultura, Miami Dade College – Hialeah Campus
Division B
First Place: Jankarlo Gonzalez (“Jonny B.”), Phoenix, Valencia College
Judge's Comments: “This is a nice recapturing in form and content of an earlier time.”
Second Place: Jerron Feaster (Page 23), Metromorphosis, Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus Third
Place: Bryan Aguilar (Sonnet to a Kiss”), Miambiance, Miami Dade College – Kendall Campus
Two-Page Spread
Division A
First Place: Kelci Elliot, Robert Gaskill (Pages 18-19), Mobius, Pasco-Hernando Community College Judge's Comments: “Powerful art and text combine to create a unified feel. Good work.”
Second Place: Lawrence Grimm, Jessica Keith, John Picione (p. 70-71), Aeolus, Daytona State College Third Place: Sandra Brower, Ashley Kinney (Pages52-53), Imprints, College of Central Florida – Ocala Campus
Division B
First Place: Heather Vazquez (Pages 50-51), Phoenix, Valencia College
Judge's Comments: “Nice connection with the verbal and the visual; graphics and design help unite the magazine, especially this spread.”
Second Place: Chelsea Fernandez, Claudia Gonzalez (Pages 22-23), Axis, Miami Dade College – North Campus Third Place: Nick Griesbach, Giannina Valles (Pages 46-47), Triad, Hillsborough Community College
Division A
First Place: Kelci Elliot, Robert Gaskill (Pages 18-19), Mobius, Pasco-Hernando Community College Judge's Comments: “Powerful art and text combine to create a unified feel. Good work.”
Second Place: Lawrence Grimm, Jessica Keith, John Picione (p. 70-71), Aeolus, Daytona State College Third Place: Sandra Brower, Ashley Kinney (Pages52-53), Imprints, College of Central Florida – Ocala Campus
Division B
First Place: Heather Vazquez (Pages 50-51), Phoenix, Valencia College
Judge's Comments: “Nice connection with the verbal and the visual; graphics and design help unite the magazine, especially this spread.”
Second Place: Chelsea Fernandez, Claudia Gonzalez (Pages 22-23), Axis, Miami Dade College – North Campus Third Place: Nick Griesbach, Giannina Valles (Pages 46-47), Triad, Hillsborough Community College
Well, lookie here: one of those awards is for one of my submissions! I was so excited and pleasantly surprised. I guess that the 4 day hectic, crazy madness wasn't all in vain even though it didn't win as many awards as last year.
Here is the poem that went with that submission:
Sea, Sand and Love
The waves hit
the flattened tan shore
like dolloped
whip cream on a pie.
She was soothed
by its sounds,
In her heart
she screamed for warmth
instead of the
icy coldness
penetrating
through her soul.
He walked ten
feet in front of her.
How was she
supposed to break
through the
brick wall
he had erected
around himself?
She walked
quickly, grabbed his hand
Then was
rejected.
Instead of
working through it
she focused on
a sandpiper
skittering
along the water’s edge;
it’s needle-pointed
beak jabbed
at the sand for
food.
reminiscent of
the words
that had come
out of his mouth
not more than
15 minutes ago.
She lets it all
float away out of her heart
like the water
carrying shells and sea plants
back out into
the surf.
Skipping along the
foam
she wished he’d
take off
his sneakers
join in the fun,
he was such a
stick in the mud
never thinking
to join her.
This is her
life, the tide of happiness
receding in and
out
against the
soft or rough sands
disappearing in
the blink of an eye.
and the picture was of a churning brown sea... Yeah, it presented the feelings the gal in the poem was going through.
The activity that I miss the most not being on the IMPRINTS staff is working with the Student Body Activities Board. I guess, when I get back on campus in January, I will have to join a club and ask to be the rep for said club or apply to be on the board. I wonder who I contact for that. (Ah, a mystery... I love solving mysteries.)
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