2006 Writing Awards and Selections Chosen for Print

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Tom Jackson is the winner of The Metropolitan’s 2006 Prize for Student Writing, a 4.5 credit hour tuition remission, sponsored by the Metropolitan Community College Foundation. The first runner-up is Jessica Shimerdla. The second runner-up is Christina Garrison.

The Dream by Tom Jackson
Two Motorcycles by Karen Kozak
Stinging March Snow by Karen Kozak
Potter's Field by Christina Garrison
For L.3# (he melts my pride with his apathy) by Jessica Shimerdla
corpse pose. by Jessica Shimerdla
The Ethics of Using Digitally Altered Photographs in Photojournalism by Carol McCabe
Magnifico's Secret Name by A.J. Bernhagen
Cover art: Very New Topographic Series Numbers 11 and 7 by Cliff Boler

Additional selections by promising writers:

Bikers: Modern-day Cowboys or Ruthless Outlaws? by Lyle Hart
Father of Lights by A.J. Bernhagen
Phoenix by Jake Perrigo
Without a Saddle by Luis Jaco