Tidepools Magazine announced this week the winners of the 2021 art and writing contest.
“Thank you to all who were fearless enough to contribute your creative works,” Tidepools staff said in a press release. “We received so many quality submissions, we wish we had space to publish them all.”
Editors are still reviewing submissions for inclusion in the 2021 issue, they said, so those not named winners may still be selected for publication.
Tidepools Magazine has been published annually at Peninsula College for more than 50 years and features original fine art, digital art, photography, poetry, short prose, and music created by residents of the North Olympic Peninsula. The magazine is typically run and edited by Peninsula College students with support from the Associated Student Council, the Peninsula Daily News and The Buccaneer.
Teams of judges included local artists, writers, photographers, musicians, and educators from the community and who volunteered their time to select winners.
The newest issue is slated for release in May and will be available in local bookstores across the Olympic Peninsula.
“We’re excited about the possibility of holding an in-person awards ceremony this June; details are forthcoming,” Tidepools staff said.
2021 Tidepools Magazine winners
Adult Art & Digital Art — 1. “HeArt Installation” by Kari Hardin; 2. “Flow” by Tabitha Pindell; 3. “Peruse” by Ken Dry
Adult Photography — 1. “Cline Spit Kayaker” by Steven Jones; 2. “Lake Crescent Reflections” by Dann May; 3. “Frog in Bloom” by Al Phillips
Adult Poetry — 1. “A Visit to Bubba” by Nan Toby Tyrell; 2. “During a Festival for Patron Saints in Romania” by Donna Morris; 3. “Homeless” by Connie Kinyon
Adult Prose — 1. “Forever Days” by Stephen Workman; 2. “Miss Kitty’s Fraud – 1892” by Mary-Ann Miller; 3. “Argument” by Kristan Mabrey
PC Student Art & Digital Art — 1. “Self-Portrait” by Sophia Mahan Buonamici; 2. “Around the Rocks the Rugged Rascals Run” by Sophia Mahan Buonamici; 3. “The Kraken” by Angela Miller
PC Student Photography — 1. “Dragonfly in Midair” by Emily Matthiessen; 2. “The Pond Crowd by Emily Matthiessen; 3. “Morning Haze” by Angela Miller
PC Student Writing — 1. “Blinker” by Emily Loucks; 2. “Loss” by Lillian Eyl; 3. “Hevel” by Emily Loucks
Music — 1. “Light of Day” by Kayohti; 2. “Someday” by Pharaoh & Valentine; 3. “Jenna” by Katie Cobb
Youth Art 0-9 — 1. “Shipwreck Under the Sea” by Veronica Shaefermeyer
Youth Art 10-13 — 1. “Alien Art” by Ewan Mordecai-Smith
Youth Art 14-17 — 1. “When I Close My Eyes” by Liberty Lauer
Youth Writing 0-9 — 1. “Sugar Rush” by Anouk Atwater
Youth Writing 10-13 — 1. “Sacrifice” by Noah Isenberg
Youth Writing 14-17 — 1. “Autumn Reflection” by Liberty Lauer.
