Community Connection Third Annual Poetry & Prose 2013
DECEMBER 2013 ILLINOIS TENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATS NEWSLETTER: SLAM EDITION COMMUNITY CONNECTION THIRD ANNUAL POETRY & PROSE 2013 LITERARY EDITION OUR 2013 POETRY + PROSE SLAM WINNERS First Prize, Poetry First Prize, Prose Topiltzin Gomez, Waukegan High School, Ulises Acosta, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, “Red Eye Lullaby ” “The Man in the Dark Corner” Second Prize, Poetry Second Prize, Prose Nathali Ibarra, Waukegan High School, Jennifer Cornejo, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, “Above My Head” “Something Lovely Wicked and True” Third Prize, Poetry Third Prize, Prose Alejandro Martinez, Waukegan High School, Josue Pasillas, Waukegan High School, “We Both Reached for the Gun” “A Sunny Summer Day” Honorable Mention, Poetry Honorable Mention, Prose Manuel Gutierrez, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Gilberto Colin, Waukegan High School, Prep, “From Where?” “Fitting In” Honorable Mention, Poetry Honorable Mention, Prose Michelle Hinojosa, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Abrianna Matus, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, Prep, “Dreamers Dilemma” “That Old Nightmare” Honorable Mention, Poetry Honorable Mention, Prose Jenny Nolasco, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, “Dream Catcher” Bianca Uribe, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, “Untitled” Honorable Mention, Poetry Sahely Rivera, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, “Ocean of Dreamers” Slam participants pose with Judge Judy Tepfer 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Winners .............................................................. 2 A View from the Audience, Part 1 .........................................
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