And the Winners Are...
Nurses tell great stories! We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022-2023 UNMC College of Nursing Creative Writing Awards.
They were selected from 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. All will be printed in the Creative Writing Awards Publication coming soon.
Creative Writing Awards ($2,000 Award)
| Kirsten Hepburn | "Resume Compressions" |  |
| Cynthia Lopez Tiznado | Everything! | |
| Lauren Longacre | Just One Braid | |
| Amanda Converse | Crumbled Walls | |
| Cassandra VanOeveren | Nurses Make a Difference | |
Honorable Mention ($125 Award)
| Wesley Steward | Who Are You to Judge? |
| Lou Lambley | Stories to Break Barriers |
| Dominic Gliko | (Trans)cend |
| Kass Kisker | Yellow |
| Abbey Klein | Values > Politics |
| Chloe Hammond | White Powder |
| Abigail Heather | The Refugee |
Publication Award
| Rose Kaup | A Reason to Care |
| Kyle Elmore | Healing with Compassion |
| Ashley Lewis | Bad News in Two Languages |
| Rasila Soumana Hama | I am "just a Nurse" |
| Kaylee Moore | Requested Service: Companionship |
| Amber Headley | I Don't Care |
| Andy Lim | Let's Talk |
| Rinda Elmore | A Walk in Their Shoes |
| Ashley Hernandez | The New Patient |