Innovate is honored to announce ACC’s 2022-23 winners of the League for Innovation Student Literary Award.
Short Stories
1st Place: “Necromancy” by Seth Maloney
2nd Place: “Valkyrie Squadron: The Box of Anubis” by Seth Maloney
3rd Place: “Yellow Raccoon: Very Mellow” by Seth Maloney
Honorable Mention Short Stories
“Mirror, Mirror” by Joshua Wagner
Poetry
1st Place: “The Next Morning In Fruita” by Shannon Williams
2nd Place: “The Man with the Gun (Inspired by the movie American Son)” by Brandon Clear
3rd Place: “my heart is a jar of worms at my friend hannah’s birthday party, 2009” by Daniel Walton
Honorable Mention
“The Color of Helpless” by Shannon Williams
“Kari” by Zebedee Arshad
“Forgive Him” by Katheryn Pharr
First place winners in Short Story and Poetry will compete with community college students across the nation for cash prizes. Winners will be published in the League’s Literary Journal. We wish Seth and Shannon luck in the national competition!
Congratulations to our winners! Thanks to the creative team behind Innovate (especially Ysella Fulton Slavin and Wade Allen) and to our panel of readers. Most of all, thanks to our talented students!
