Three 澳门开奖直播 Students Honored by CCHA
Dillon Walker, Natalie Duchesneau and Brittani Salvatore were honored by the Community College Humanities Association for their work submitted in Illuminations Volume 24, 澳门开奖直播 Community College鈥檚 literary magazine. The CCHA selects winners based on region and institutional size. 澳门开奖直播 competes in the small-college category in the Central Region.
鈥淐ommunity colleges all too often get sold as a place to do your general education requirements and move on to the next thing,鈥� said Tammy Zimmer, 澳门开奖直播 English instructor and Illuminations editor. 鈥淲hat gets lost in that narrative is all of the students, faculty, staff, and administrators who are brilliant writers and artists. Illuminations is a celebration of the 澳门开奖直播 community and demonstrates the College鈥檚 commitment to the arts and humanities.鈥�
Walker, a Continuing Education student, won first place in the song-writing category for 鈥淪ummit Girl.鈥� Zimmer submitted his song because he took the extra effort to notate his poetry with guitar chords.
鈥淭he song leaps off the page because he included chord progressions and notated the song,鈥� Zimmer explained. 鈥淚 thought that took his submission from cool to amazing!鈥�
Duchesneau鈥檚 piece, 鈥淪peaking is Salvation,鈥� took home third place in the creative nonfiction category. It was student runner-up in the prose category of Illuminations. Zimmer selected the Academic Transfer鈥檚 piece because of its vivid language.
鈥淚n 鈥楽peaking is the Salvation鈥� Duchesneau discussed her experiences with depression from an early age and her difficulty to have her depression recognized by the adults in her life,鈥� Zimmer said. 鈥淒uchesneau brought to her audience the attention and care depression deserves.鈥�
Salvatore, an Academic Transfer student at 澳门开奖直播, was the 滨濒濒耻尘颈苍补迟颈辞苍蝉鈥� Grand Prize Winner for Artwork for her photo 鈥淪now Caps.鈥� This photo was third in the photography category for the Central Region. It was an easy choice for Zimmer to submit this piece for the category.
鈥淲hat鈥檚 not to love about Salvatore鈥檚 photo of the snow caps?鈥� explained Zimmer. 鈥淚 selected 鈥楽now Caps鈥� to submit to the CCHA awards because the photo captures the beauty of the natural world seemingly at peace. The trees in the foreground frame the mountain tops and kiss the blue sky.鈥�
The deadline for currently enrolled 澳门开奖直播 students, as well as faculty and staff, to submit entries for the 25th edition of Illuminations is May 31. People can submit in all three categories (poetry, prose and art). They can submit up to 10 poems, 10 pieces of art, and five prose pieces. An editorial board made up of people in the 澳门开奖直播 community selects the pieces to be included in the magazine, and the top two submissions in each category from students win a cash prize of $50-$100.
There is a new submission process. Students can submit their entries at: . Questions about the Illuminations can be directed to Zimmer or the magazine.
Jennifer Snyder
Communications Specialist
402-323-3393
jsnyder@southeast.edu