Hear from the winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Reflection Competition at a reception Friday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Kelvin Smith Library.
This year, the competition was open to different forms of expression, including poetry, short story, art and photography. Faculty, staff and students from ϳԹ and Cuyahoga Community College submitted their works, showing the diversity of thought and creativity within the community.
The first place winners will receive $300 and a copy of Dr. King’s last book, Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community?
Second place winners will receive a $50 gift certificate. Honorable mention recipients will have their work displayed and are invited to read and discuss their work at the reception.
Refreshments will be served.
by Feb. 22.
The MLK Reflection Competition and celebration are made possible through the generous support of campus and community partners: The Cleveland Humanities Collaborative, the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Voices from the Village, Cleveland Playhouse, the 2017 MLK Celebration Planning Committee, Kelvin Smith Library, The Office For Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs
Winners
Student category:- First place, written expression: Nailah Mathews, poetry, ϳԹ
- Second place, written expression: Christopher Cannon, poetry, Cuyahoga Community College, East Campus
- Honorable mention, written expression: Fadi M. Assaf, poetry, ϳԹ
- First place, non-written expression: Ishita Gupta, photography, ϳԹ
- Honorable mention, non-written expression: Anmol Nigam, photography, ϳԹ
- First place, non-written expression: Matthew Shiffler, photography, ϳԹ
- Second place, written expression: Vincent Briley, essay, Cuyahoga Community College, Metropolitan Campus
- Honorable mentions, written expression: Ann Marie Stock-Ghazy, essay, ϳԹ, and Keisha Davenport, essay, Cuyahoga Community College
