Traveler Selections!

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We’ve made our final literary selections for the 2023-2024 issue of Traveler. Thank you to everyone who submitted, everyone who read, and everyone who judged. We are grateful to have such wonderful people involved.

Congratulations to all of our selections for their fabulous work.

Fiction

  • 1st Place: Forty-Two Children, by Patrick McCarthy
  • 2nd Place: The Confusing First Time, by Lucas Price
  • 3rd Place: Hold the Anchovies, Please, by Olin Reams
  • Honorable Mention: Too Much Exposition!, by Lucas Price

Creative Nonfiction

  • 1st Place: Lively Lifelessness, by Lucas Price
  • 2nd Place: When Home Is Home, by Edward Howard Freese

Poetry

  • 1st Place: Masked, by Patrick McCarthy
  • 2nd Place: Temporary, by Patrick McCarthy
  • 3rd Place: And After All, by Amal Emily Zahroon
  • Honorable Mention: There Are No Mandatory Minimums Here, by Edward Howard Freese
  • Honorable Mention: Girls Turn to Monsters, by Amal Emily Zahroon

One-Act Play/Drama

  • 1st Place: Messages of Atonement, by Sarah Dahdal
  • 2nd Place: Chinchilla, by Adrian Castillo
  • 3rd Place: Randall’s Birthday, by Brigham Rhett Larson

Traveler & Artists of Promise Deadlines Extended!

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The powers that be–somewhere, out there–have extended the deadlines to both student writing competitions! The new deadline for both contests is Friday, December 8th.

Give us your poetry, your fiction, your creative nonfiction, and your screen/stage-plays!

  • The Traveler Arts & Literary Journal is open to all active GCC students. Submit your work here!
  • The Artists of Promise competition is open to all active students in any of the Maricopa Community Colleges. Submit your work here!

Artists of Promise Literary Selections for 2022-2023

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FICTION

First Place

  • Constantine Cotton
  • Glendale Community College
  • “The Long Walk”

Second Place

  • Kevin Flanagan
  • Phoenix College
  • “Diane Remained”

Third Place

  • Terri Boaz
  • Scottsdale Community College
  • “In the Mirror”

POETRY

First Place

  • Ella Sexton
  • Paradise Valley Community College
  • “Downsizing”

Second Place

  • Persephone Pilibossian
  • Rio Salado College
  • “Border Clash”

Third Place

  • Kira Caspers
  • Scottsdale Community College
  • “the host”

ESSAY

First Place

  • Alex Dodt
  • Mesa Community College
  • “If You are a Writer and Grieving”

Second Place

  • Patrick McCarthy
  • Glendale Community College
  • “First Drink”

Third Place

  • Lillian Titus
  • Glendale Community College
  • “Problems as a Straight Woman Now With Solutions!”

ONE-ACT PLAY/SCREENPLAY

First Place

  • Connor Blaylock
  • Chandler-Gilbert Community College
  • “Fortune”

Second Place

  • Jasper Nicholson
  • Rio Salado College
  • “Flower Garden”

Third Place

  • Kevin Flanagan
  • Phoenix College
  • “The Master Thief”

Traveler Literary Winners for 2022-2023

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Thank you to everyone who submitted creative work to the Traveler for this academic year. We are honored and grateful for your participation in our literary contest. The contest is closed for now, but it will reopen again in Fall 2023.

Without further ado, here are the literary selections for this year’s Traveler:

Fiction

  • 1st Place: The Dreamer, by Ben Bruce
  • 2nd Place: 8 Minutes and 20 Seconds, by Jack Nichols
  • 3rd Place: Bioluminescent Walks After Dark, by Joselyn Lopez
  • Honorable Mention: Front Doors, by Jessie Kurak
  • Honorable Mention: Beer Run, by Patrick McCarthy

Creative Nonfiction

  • 1st Place: The Tallest Grass, by Lilli Titus
  • 2nd Place: Lucky Fish, by Jessie Kurak
  • 3rd Place: Problems as a Straight Woman, by Lilli Titus
  • Honorable Mention: First Drink, by Patrick McCarthy

Poetry

  • 1st Place: A Love Song to Tomatoes, by Carol Powell
  • 2nd Place: Room for Dessert, by Jessie Kurak
  • 3rd Place: Stone Fires, by Brianna Lucio
  • Honorable Mention: Carousel, by Jessie Kurak
  • Honorable Mention: The Storm, by Hailey Wyman

One-Act Play/Drama

  • 1st Place: The Gas Station, by Catherine Cubillas
  • 2nd Place: Bunny Island, by Constantine Dino Cotton