MDC News

Miami, FL. Oct. 26, 2017 – Miami Dade College (MDC) students apply their creative writing, photography and design skills to produce nationally-recognized literary magazines at various campuses. This year, the literary magazines staff and their dedicated faculty advisors celebrate winning multiple state, regional and national awards and recognitions.

A complete list of awards (by publication):

Café Cultura, Hialeah Campus
Gold Circle awards, Columbia Scholastic Press Association (National)
1^st Place, Humor Writing – “The Exclamatory Statement” by Arvayah Rozier
2^nd Place, Photo Illustration – “Anonymous” by Andy Lopez

Florida College System Publications Association (State), Division A.  
3^rd Place, Two-Page Spread – Yarien Suarez
3^rd Place, Design – Yarien Suarez
3^rd Place, Editing – Hannia Santisteban

Estuaries, Homestead Campus
Community College Humanities Association
Honorable Mention, Photography – “Spice” by Audrey Deleon

Florida College System Publications Association, Division A
1^st Place, Artwork-Individual, Angel Quintana
1^st Place, Two-Page Spread Design, Joshua Gonzalez
1^st Place, Design, Sean Collazo
2^nd Place, General Excellence
2^nd Place, Nonfiction, Cristina Burciaga
2^nd Place, Artworks, Charlise Montrope
2^nd Place, Contents Page, Joshua Gonzalez
2^nd Place, Staff Page, Irwin Carajal
3^rd Place, Fiction, Souan Uy
3^rd Place, Photography, Audrey Deleon

Miambiance, Kendall Campus
Gold Circle Awards, Columbia Scholastic Press Association
3^rd Place, Humor, Izabella Felpeto, “Yeya’s Gril”
Certificate of Merit, Photography, Edian Ibarrola

Community College Humanities Association
2^nd Place, Magazines from Large Colleges: Southern Division
2^nd Place, Artwork/Southern Division – “Sitting in Despair” by Dyron Gabriel Lafuente
Honorable Mention, Creative Nonfiction/Southern Division – “The Feminine Aspect” by Jennifer L. Weiner

Florida College System Publications Association
2^nd Place, Cover by Octavio Fernandez
2^nd Place, Staff Page by Marcos Tzvetanov

Urbana, InterAmerican Campus
Community College Humanities Association
2^nd Place, Short Stories, “Consensually Immoral” by Darlin Gonzalez Jimenez

Florida College System Press Association, Division B
Inner Circle Award, Guisell Gomez
1st Place, Nonfiction, Guisell Gomez
1^st Place, On the Spot Film Review Content, Mariantonieta Chavez
1st Place, Photo, Luka Bilbao
1st Place, Art, Rey Jaffet
2^nd Place, General Excellence Award
2^nd Place, Artwork, Rey Jaffet
2^nd Place, Poetry, Guisell Gomez
2^nd Place, Editing, Guisell Gomez
2^nd Place, Contents Page, Darlin Gonzalez Jimenez
3^rd Place, Poem, Tess Cusidor
3^rd Place, Photography, Darlin Gonzalez Jimenez, Mariantonieta Chavez, Luis Prieto
3^rd Place, On the Spot Photography Contest, Mariantonieta Chavez

Axis, North Campus
Pacemaker Award finalist, Literary Arts Magazine, Two-Year Institution, Associated Collegiate Press
Pinnacle Award finalist, Two-Year Literary Magazine of the Year, College Media Association

Community College Humanities Association
2^nd Place, Creative Arts Magazine

Florida College System Publications Association, Division B
1^st Place, Cover, Kino Binsworth Robinson III
1^st Place, Contents Page, Kino Binsworth Robinson III
3^rd Place, Poetry, “Household Denial” by Kaitlyn Menendez, “Threads” by Alexa dePablo and “The Poet” by Joshua Buron

Metromorphosis, Wolfson Campus
Community College Humanities Association
Poetry, Jerron Feaster, “A poem for Tact”
Creative Non-fiction, Rafael Arana, “Simple, Sweet…”

Florida College System Publications Association, Division B
1^st Place, Best Photography
1^st Place, Best Art Works
3^rd Place, Nonfiction Riane Roldan
3^rd Place, Photo Salua Rivero