Literary Arts: Writing
The following awards were made for the Wasatch IronPen/UltraPen Marathons, managed by the Salt Lake Community College’s Community Writing Center located at the Main Library.
Poetry:
- Youth Winner: Kellen Hunnicut for “The Dragon’s Heart”
- Adult Winner: Trish Hopkinson for “Unlikely Companions”
- Adult Honorable Mention: Rachel White for “Forsaken Lake Haibun, 2024”
Creative Nonfiction:
- Winner: Justice Morath for “A Local Thought”
Fiction:
- Youth Winner: Cairo Evans for “Inheritance”
- Adult Winner: Matt Bateman for “The Lake Road”
- Honorable Mention: Brooks Briggs for “The Chair”
Ultra Pen:
- Winner: Laura Summerfield for “Agua not Fresca,” “Weren’t We the Salt in the Lake?”, and “Island Living Room”
- Honorable Mention: Grey Bateman for “This Is Home”
Literary Arts: Performance
Poetry Slam Invitation
- Youth Individual Poetry Slam: 1st: Evan Van Leuven, Bountiful, Utah (three-time champion)
- Adult Individual Poetry Slam: 1st: Johnny Swoopz, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Team Invitational Poetry Slam: 1st: Ghost Phantom, Phoenix, Arizona (two-time champion)
