Local authors, artists and songwriters earned top prizes last week as part of the 2022 Tidepools magazine contest, an annual event celebrating local art, photography, writing and music.
“As usual, the submissions this year did not disappoint, and we wish we had space to publish every entry,” Tidepools representatives said.
“Our community is fortunate so many creative individuals call the peninsula home. Your enthusiasm and support for the arts have made publication of Tidepools possible for more than five decades.”
Sequim-area first place winners were Elyse Kim (Youth Art, ages 10-13) and Kari Hardin (Adult Fine Art & Digital Art).
The 58th issue is slated for release in June and will be available in local bookstores across the Olympic Peninsula, they said. Details about the launch party and awards ceremony will be announced soon.
Tidepools Magazine has been published annually at Peninsula College for more than 50 years and features original fine art, digital art, photography, poetry, short prose and music created by residents of the North Olympic Peninsula in Clallam and Jefferson counties. The magazine is run and edited by Peninsula College students with support from the Associated Student Council, the Peninsula Daily News and The Buccaneer.
2022 Tidepools contest winners include:
Youth Division
• Art ages 0-9 — 1. “The Screaming Sheep” by Abigail Heistand, Port Angeles; 2. “Baby Yoda” by Ivan Heistand, Port Angeles; 3. “Speaking Power” by L.G.W., Port Angeles.
• Art ages 10-13 — 1. “Shroomy Things” by Elyse Kim, Sequim; 2. “Seafoam Feeling” by D.E.W., Port Angeles; 3. “Pringle and Me” by Anouk Atwater, Port Angeles.
• Art ages 14-17 — 1. “Golden Gate from Alcatraz” by Abby Sanford, Port Angeles.
• Writing ages 10-13 — 1. “The Lighthouse’s Domain” by Noah Isenberg, Port Townsend.
• Writing ages 14-17 — 1. “Buried Truths” by Maryrose Halberg of Port Angeles.
Peninsula College Student Division
• Fine Art & Digital Art — 1. “Accelerated” by Emily Spink, Port Angeles; 2. “Wolfsbane Cure” by McKenzie Nelson, Port Angeles; 3. “Phantasmagoria” by Aziliz Dupont-Huin, Port Hadlock.
• Photography — 1. “Living in a Bubble” by Courtney Smith, Port Angeles; 2. “Alpine Perspective by Courtney Smith, Port Angeles; 3. “Romanesco” by Anson Wallenfang, Port Angeles.
• Writing — 1. “Empty-is” by Anson Wallenfang, Port Angeles; 2. “Baseball is Fine” by Kenneth Flaherty, Port Townsend; 3. “Shared Experience” by Carolynn Pype, Port Angeles.
Adult Categories
• Fine Art & Digital Art — 1. “Fisher Kings” by Kari Hardin, Sequim; 2. “Violinist Point of View” by Madeline Bryant, Sequim; 3.” Northern Lights” by Virginia Sheppard, Sequim.
• Photography — 1. “Sunset at North Beach” by Patrick J Johnson, Port Townsend; 2.” Lake Crescent Sunset” by Thomas Hightower, Port Angeles; 3. “Praying Mantis on Dandelion Seed Head” by Saundra Catiis, Sequim.
• Poetry — 1.” You Want to Write Nature Poetry” by Angela Mordecai-Smith, Port Angeles; 2. “Autumnal” by Sharon Gilmour, Port Angeles; 3. “December, Port Angeles, WA” by Bruno Rescigna, Port Angeles.
• Prose — 1. “Vision Quest in a ‘63 Valiant” by Katherine Kennedy, Port Angeles; 2. “A Retirement Party” by Pete Barthell, Sequim; 3. “Samuel Explains the Box” by Stirling Hall, Sequim.
• Music — 1. “Nebula 86” by Dokatah Cole, Forks; 2. “Stoplight (Mtn. Blue”) by Anson Wallenfang, Port Angeles; 3. “When I Think about West 12th Street” by Anouk Atwater, Valen Atwater, Senator Atwater, Malik Atwater and Vivian Wai, Port Angeles.
”Living in a Bubble” by Courtney Smith of Port Angeles, took first place in the 2022 Tidepools contest’s Photography category (Peninsula College Student Division).
