Please join us in congratulating this year’s Traveler winners. We received many, many strong submissions, but after much deliberation, the following pieces and writers were selected:
Fiction
- First Place: “Leela” by Maneesha Lele
- Second Place: “Stray Dogs and Leftover Bagels” by Dexter Ferrie
- Third Place: “Immersion” by Maneesha Lele
Poetry
- First Place: “Civility’s End” by Charles Hisey
- Second Place: “Grandfather’s Gift” by Charles Hisey
- Third Place: “Obsession: Always Climbing” by Karina Pineda
- Honorable Mention: “Learning the Ways of the South” by Roderick McIver
- Honorable Mention: “Flora” by Taylor Robinson
Nonfiction
- First Place: “Fag Country” by Jamie Heath
- Second Place: “Victims of the Time” by Tina Daquilante
- Third Place: “Suicidal Reasoning” by Charles Hisey
Drama
- First Place: “One Shining Moment” by Eric Bond
Flash Fiction
- First Place: “Ghosts of John” by Daisy Cannon
- Second Place: “A Pair of Galoshes” by Roderick McIver
To everyone who submitted to The Traveler: Thank you for letting us read your work. We hope you return next year and continue to make these decisions so difficult! To our student staff and our faculty judges: Thank you for your time and your commitment to writing here at GCC.
Stay tuned for more news about The Traveler as production commences!
GCC Creative Writing 
Congratulations to all. I look forward to reading your work for entertainment and inspiration. Again, Congratulations!