Bungard Art and Literature Contest Winners
Source/Author: Raffi Darrow, Ebytes Editor
April 28, 2016
This week, five Shorecrest Preparatory School Upper School students were recognized for exceptional writing and art. Each year, students are asked to submit poetry, short fiction and digital copies of visual art to "Riptides," the Upper School's literary magazine. This year, however, the students did not know that their submissions would also be recognized with an award and a prize of a giftcard to Barnes & Noble. We are grateful to Mr. Norman Bungard for sponsoring the contest.
Mr. Bungard, an involved citizen of St. Petersburg, was on our Shorecrest campus last fall for a Guardian ad Litem meeting. Mr. Bungard has been a Guardian for many years and he is also deeply involved with Habitat for Humanity among other local organizations. During his time on campus, Mr. Bungard enjoyed reading last year's copy of the literary journal. He decided he wanted to support and inspire our students by funding a contest focused on discussing social justice or military support through the arts. He made a donation to Shorecrest to support this even though he has no direct connection to the school.
Winners of the Bungard Art and Literature contest were:
Winners of the Bungard Art and Literature contest were:
Poetry: Taylor Anne N; runners up: Charlotte L and Alex H
Visual Arts: Sylvia S; runners up: Chase F and Taylor Anne N
Short Fiction: Alex H
Below is the winning poem by senior Taylor Anne N, editor of "Riptides."
Below is the winning poem by senior Taylor Anne N, editor of "Riptides."
Ferguson
The castle is tumbling down
O – for you are not made of stone
But you were made of blood and bone
and the protests to the
power above, placed the weight
of the world on your shoulders
And this weight was ignored
by the ones with the power
so you cried out to let your agony be known
They only contributed to the silence
and they only contributed to the silence
Thus you grew stronger
with this weight on your back
your rage and your hatred
added fuel to your fire
You knew what you wanted
and you knew this treatment was wrong
The horrid thing is...
they did, too.
