2022 Past Competitions
Nov 1 – Dec 16 2022
“Please with me, close your eyes and imagine the world as it should be.” – Maria Ressa
1st Place $6,000
Marco Lorenzetto
California, USA
Big Bang
2nd Place $3,000
Sara Ussher
Finland
Against All Odds
3rd Place $1,000
Clarissa Rubin, Elena Liu, Evelyn Wang
New York, USA
Trust Me
Finalists
Amanda Zheng
New York, USA
Idol
Cara Flores Mays
Guam
Where the Gågu Trees Grow
Catherine Rogers
England
As It Could Be
Erica Birch
Tennessee, USA
Imagine the Water Cycle
Izzy Russo
Pennsylvania, USA
Tethered
Katie Parsons
New York, USA
Wig
Ricky Greenspan
New York, USA
Love Implies
Rima Fe
Virginia, USA
LOVE | TRUST | PEACE
Ziaul Huque
Bangladesh
Happiness Without Identity
Sep 1 – Oct 16 2022
“I don’t want to be fabulous anymore. I’m vulnerable.” – Luca Artioli / photographer
1st Place $6,000
Tianqi Chen
New Jersey, USA
In
2nd Place $3,000
Nicole Paulette Parsons
Colorado, USA
Blue Blazes
3rd Place $1,000
John Olawale
Nigeria
Class of four
3rd Place $1,000
Luca Angioi, Sara Conte
Italy
The Courage To Be
3rd Place $1,000
Zach Rapoport
Israel
Break Dance
Finalists
Clarissa Rubin
New York, USA
Eden
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
You Lack
Jingyi Joyce GE
Hong Kong
Do(n’t) Say Future
Jutta Hassinen
Finland
What is real
Marco Lorenzetto
California, USA
Harmony
Shuainan Yang
New York, USA
Circle of life: Missing sock
Sophie Griffiths
Pennsylvania, USA
More Than Me
Jul 1 – Aug 16 2022
“The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.” – Julia Cameron / The Artist's Way
1st Place $6,000
Nina Porter & Kar Part
California, USA
Analog Art
2nd Place $3,000
Haiyun Gao
California, USA
Instructions of Happiness
3rd Place $1,000
Katie Parsons
New York, USA
Sweet Tooth
Finalists
Asma Mohamed
Spain
Joy
Connie Roberts
Tennessee, USA
Two’s Company
Jae Kim
Texas, USA
Breeze
Liyu Lin
Texas, USA
Eager for Rain
Rachel Chung
Virginia, USA
To Savor This Moment
Sara Ussher
Finland
Do you see it?
Tianhui Wang
New York, USA
4:61PM
Theodore Brun
United Kingdom
Father & Daughter
Ziaul Huque
Bangladesh
Happiness Without Identity
May 1 – Jun 16 2022
“I love editing. Editing is quite a peculiar role-job-skill because if you do it well, nobody knows you exist.” – Margaret Busby
1st Place $6,000
Clarissa Rubin
New York, USA
Judgements
2nd Place $3,000
Laurie Lea
New York, USA
Bright Light Inside
3rd Place $1,000
Sara Ussher
Finland
In the Hands
Finalists
Albano Ribeiro
Portugal
Little Mirrors
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
It’s Your Turn Now
Dyedra Morrissey
United Kingdom
Poem about you
Elizabeth & Rachel Chung
Virginia, USA
Our Inheritance
John Olawale
Nigeria
Placenta
Mar 1 – Apr 16 2022
“They stayed true to their values of personal responsibility, duty, honor, and faith.” – Tom Brokaw / The Greatest Generation
1st Place $6,000
Tiffany Thompson, Spencer Aubrey
North Carolina, USA
Soul of the Nation
2nd Place $3,000
Sara Ussher
Finland
Human(ity)
3rd Place $1,000
Rachel Chung
Virginia, USA
Feast of Belonging
Finalists
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
I Wish I Was Stevie Wonder
Inta Antunes
Latvia
The Baltic Way
Jenn Bostic
Tennessee, USA
Before Us
John Olawale
Nigeria
Fueling the Future
Jutta Hassinen
Finland
Hope
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Bangladesh
Wounds Inside
Samuele Marzi
Italy
From Father to Son
Shanley McConnell
United Kingdom
My Great Grandfather
Xixi Yu
California, USA
Glory Lies Upon Them
Jan 1 – Feb 16 2022
“Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.” – Georgia O'Keeffe
2nd Place $3,000
Suzy Lavy
Israel
Truth, Justice and Best Friends
Finalists
Akinyemi Jeremiah
Nigeria
Psittabelle
Albano Ribeiro
Portugal
Elixir of Trauma
Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
Proverbial Journals
Gracie Moses
Tennessee, USA
tough love
Melayna Stuckey
Michigan, USA
The Lonely Bunny
Sofia Miller
Mexico
The reach out
Tiffany Thompson
North Carolina, USA
Gratitude for Friendship
Virginia Christman
North Carolina, USA
Seeing Stems
Yaron Meyer
Israel
The Dance of Time
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