Blackwater Review Contributors Honored
5/2/2012
Forty-seven student writers and artists were recently honored by Northwest Florida State College with selection of their work for inclusion in the 2012 Blackwater Review – a college publication which encourages student writing, art, and creative life by providing a showcase for meritorious work. All content in the college's annual literary and artistic journal is produced by NWFSC students. The competitive selection process drew more than 400 entries this year. The 2012 issue of the Blackwater Review journal is available for purchase for $5 in the college bookstores on the Niceville and Fort Walton campuses and at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries.
Recognized for the selection of her work to appear on the cover of the journal was Jaime Diffee of Fort Walton Beach (photo attached), for her work "Tolype Velleda" – which was also recently awarded first place in the two-dimensional art category of the Arnie Hart Juried Student Art Exhibition. Katie Rendon Kahn of Destin won the Blackwater Review Editor's Prize for writing this year.
For more information about the Blackwater Review see www.nwfsc.edu/BWR.
NWFSC students published in the Blackwater Review include:
Crestview: Sarah Brown, Stephanie Crow, Talia Davila, Gracie Flores-Broome, Kendall Gray, Oscar Gutierrez, Sandy Heffernan, Selyna Moczary, Michele Moore, Tiffany Santner, Mike Serpa, Gabriel Silva, Roxanne Soja, Audrey Webb, Heather Willard, Jesse Woody;
DeFuniak Springs: Andrea Herrington, Victoria Mahaffey;
Destin: Paul Michael Graves, Diana Jernigan, Katie Rendon Kahn;
Freeport: Mary Ann Reavis and Rebekah Thorgaard ;
Fort Walton Beach: James Birdsong, Mary Ann Crabtree, Jaime Diffee, Maria Morekis, Cierra Robbeloth;
Mary Esther: Emily Heasley;
Miramar Beach: Sandra Zimmermann;
Niceville: JoAnne Bartley, Louann Brechler, Ryan Fisher, Ciarra Garza, Nathan Jerome, Kristen Keller, Madelyn Mancera, Emily Parsons, Alexander Sorlie, Rachel Reese, Judie Wren;
Santa Rosa Beach: Amberley Carter, Michael Craig, Jessica Nguyen, Sarah Stewart;
Valparaiso: Alex Hencinski, Verena Mellein.
PHOTOS ATTACHED: Jaime Diffee, of Fort Walton Beach, with her artwork "Tolype Velleda" selected to appear on the cover of Blackwater Review, the college's literary journal (photo attached).