The Lit 2020

Guitar, Central Park…John Puga

Fiction

The Bickering Mule…Raki Jordan (1st place)
Golden Cage…Carolyn Merino (runner-up & Faculty Judge Grand Prix winner)
Primp and Polish…Suzzette Jimenez (runner-up)
Where To Go Dancing One Night, Alone in the City…Michael McGuire (runner-up)
Jumper…Berniya Dudley
How To Starve Yourself…Leslie Munoz-Reyes
A Doll’s Tea Party…Destiny Rosales

Poetry

Ain’t I African?…Raki Jordan (1st place)
Sneaker on a Landline…Raki Jordan (runner up)
A Tanka To the Birds That Visit Me During Corona…Tamra Cosby (runner-up)
INTROspective…Tamra Cosby
Saturn’s Return…Iris Alufohai
Daydreaming — COVID Inspired…Diana Athena
Reunion Dinner…Caiwu Chen
Suitcase…Jason DeMartino
Staple Food…Tenzin Diki
A Night of Rock n’ Roll…Melany Tapia

Creative Nonfiction

Pretty Girl…Nicolle Jaramillo (1st place)
From 13 to 30…Diana Athena (runner-up)
Saudade…Destiny Quiles (runner-up)

Dramatic Writing

Mi Lupita…George Webster (1st place)
Primary Longing…Vivian Ortiz (runner-up)

Visual Art

Guitar, Central Park

John Puga (1st place)

Spring

Jasmine Chan (runner-up)

An employee from a bar picking up his last check after being laid off

Steven Cortes (runner-up)

Mandala and Flowers,

Knight,

& Balance

Ivan Estevez

FEEL FREE TO BE YOURSELF REGARDLESS OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS

Christie Laurent

Before Corona Happened — Untitled 4

Dewa Wiryawan

New Media

The Letter

Raymond Rashard Louther (first place)

Time

Christian Cardona (runner-up)

CoronaBird

Nabil Hussein (runner-up)

2020 Masthead

With special thanks to our Faculty Judges

Professors Allia Abdullah-Matta, Carrie Conners, Tom Fink, Jayashree Kamble, Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, Jason Schafer, Chris Schmidt, Naomi Stubbs, Laura Tanenbaum, & Liena Vayzman.

2020 Edition