And the Winners Are...
Nurses tell great stories! We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020-2021 UNMC College of Nursing Creative Writing Awards.
They were selected from 61 entrants from all 5 campuses and all degree programs in the College of Nursing, who wrote great stories, poems and songs and who made this such a difficult contest to judge. Many thanks as well to all our faculty and external judges who made this possible!
Congratulations to these six Award winners, eight Honorable Mention, and 9 additional Publication Awards: all will be printed in the Creative Writing Awards Publication coming soon.
Creative Writing Awards ($2,000 Award)
| James Vermilion | 2020: noun /twen(t)-twen(t)/ Definition: Diversity; Adversity. |   |
| Nick Swan | Being the Diversity. | |
| Laurie Sewell-Muller | Chronicles of a Community Mental Health Nurse: Tuesday Afternoon | |
| Haile Buggi | From Cocoon to Butterfly | |
| Abbey Klein | The Color of Pregnancy | |
| Anne Lano | Where Are You Frooooooom? | |
Creative Writing Honorable Mention ($400 Award)
| Porcelain Shaw | A simple question and a chance to Be |
| Grant Fabry | Eternity |
| Stephanie Clark | I know you |
| Elizabeth Burks | Learning Patients |
| Zeinab Alazri | Let's Share the Treasure |
| Timothy Constant | Pieces of Me |
| Bri Banaag | Serenity in Solidarity |
| Jasmine Jallen | Two Years Ago |
Creative Writing Publication Award
| Carolyn Hanus | A Walk |
| Anna Nelson | Birth: The Miracle that Transcends Diversity |
| Laurie Sewell-Muller | Chronicles of a Community Mental Health Nurse: Tuesday Morning |
| Shaun Warkentin | Drinking Down the Sun |
| Lauren Struble | El Fantasma |
| Emily Blanchard | I Am Here To Take Care Of You |
| Justin Graham | Male Nurse Haiku |
| Shayna Kruse | Midwest Nurse in 2020 |
| Cara Dolezal | This Is Their Story |