Join us this Saturday for another free Creative Writing Workshop! Details below.
Saturday Workshop: Crafting Killer Openings!
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NaNoWriMo at GCC!
Interested in participating in NaNoWriMo? Come join our sessions at GCC! Details in the flyer below.
Artists of Promise Literary Selections for 2022-2023
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”
Saturday Workshop: Writing Really Good Bad Guys
Traveler Literary Winners for 2022-2023
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
Saturday Workshop: Point of View & Narrative Distance
For our final Saturday workshop of Fall 2022, we turn our attention to point of view. This workshop will explore issues related to who tells our stories, when and where they tell these stories from, and how narratives change depending on who controls telling. From Henry James’s ‘central intelligence’ to Sesame Street’s ‘near and far’ to John Gardner’s ‘psychic distance’, we’ll discuss concepts and practice techniques to help you get the most out of your narratives.
Facilitated by Jeff Baker, come join us for a free writing workshop on GCC Main.
NaNoWriMo 2022 Has Begun!
Saturday Workshop: Ready, Setting, Action!
“Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed,” author Carmen Maria Machado insists. “Setting is not inert. It is activated by point of view.”
Whether we land our readers in Hogwarts or in Wonderland, at 221B Baker Street, London or 31 Spooner Street, Quahog, Rhode Island, whether they witness the unraveling tales of Derry, Maine or of Forks, Washington, the setting of a story does more than simply mark a spot on a real or fictional map. As Machado notes, setting is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in the creation of a story, and in some stories, setting is a role in the story; it becomes a character all its own.
Come join the Saturday Workshop to discuss the necessity of setting, examine the effects of setting on plot, and to garner techniques for creating parallels between setting and other integral story elements like characters, foreshadowing, symbolism, and theme.
Saturday Workshops Are Back!
Excuse the dust, but we are happy to announce that our Saturday Morning Workshops are back up and running as of Fall 2022. The first of three planned workshops is on Saturday, September 24th. These workshops are free and open to the public, as always. Tell your friends, family, enemies, pets, random passersby in the street, telemarketers, what-have-you. Details below!
Traveler Literary Selections for 2021-2022
After extensive review of nearly 100 submissions, we are happy to announce the selections for our Traveler: Arts & Literary Magazine. Congratulations to our selected authors, and thank you to everyone who submitted. We are honored to read your work, and we hope that you will continue to submit your creations to Traveler during your time at GCC. Thank you, as well, to our student readers and our faculty and community judges. We could not do this without you!
Fiction
- 1st Place: Half Life, by Carol Powell
- 2nd Place: Cuyahoga Cuspidor Company, by Peter Faur
- 3rd Place: I’m Afraid, by Jack Nichols
- Honorable Mention: Call Me Bathysklera, by Francis Wiget
- Honorable Mention: You Get What You Pay For, by Francis Wiget
Creative Nonfiction
- 1st Place: Paper Jungle, by Angela Lilu
- 2nd Place: God Loves Ugly, by Chuck Wan
- 3rd Place: The Lynx Lake Trail, by Joselyn Maria Lopez
Poetry
- 1st Place: Fury, by Abbigayle McCall
- 2nd Place: The Lonely Trees, by Joselyn Maria Lopez
- 3rd Place: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, by Abbigayle McCall
- Honorable Mention: Enochs, by Payton Sparks
- Honorable Mention: A Box of Memories, by Joselyn Maria Lopez
One-Act Play/Drama
- 1st Place: A Primer on Kimmerian Witchcraft, by Francis Wiget
- 2nd Place: Shadow Valley, by Sterling O’Ray
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