2023 Submissions

CYA Awardees

Presidential Award

Creative Artist Award

Exceptional Award

Categories

Creative Writing

Music Composition

Music Performance

Performance Art

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For Keeps

I create my art as a way to destigmatize my identity as an African American & Latinx female spoken word poet and artist.

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I'm not the girl I wish to be

The poem I wrote was originally a poem for my English class.

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I'm Good

Exploring and expressing my creativity impacts my life by allowing me to show others who I am in an artistic manner.

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Pipes

“Pipes” is a very short flash fiction about a person with OCD that can’t stop washing their hands because they feel like there is disease all over them.

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Row Sham Bo

I wanted to write something creative and funny.

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Currents

I don’t really have a process for art. When I have a thought, I write it out.

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Blue Velvet

Writing either takes me a few days or a few months to complete. Sometimes I get a complete plot thought of and the whole story flows into sentences.

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(Not) For Sale

(Not) For Sale is a haunted comedy about what happens when a disgruntled teenage ghost decides that she'll do anything in her power to protect the house she died in, and how her hauntings have affected the poor real estate agent tasked with selling the property.

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Interstellar Main Theme by H. Zimmer

As a self taught pianist, my artistic process many times involves the intake of material that will serve as inspiration for my creative output.

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Illusion

I created "Illusion" on a software program called Ableton.

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I Don't Know What I Wanna Do

I made this song to be a part of our band’s (@comp.ound_fracture) first studio album (work in progress). I composed and recorded every part of the song (except the drums, I composed that with MIDI).

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War Zone

I always try to experiment with unique ways to begin a piece of music, whether it's beginning with an irregular time signature, a catchy and unique rhythm or ostinato, or a mysterious and brooding entrance.

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How to Lover

I write, produce, and sing my own songs.

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Swingset Drifting

The swings have always been my primary choice of a playground activity.

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Morrows Flower

Be inspired first, then create.

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Bring Me Back

This piece "Bring Me Back" is an improvisation I did back when I was dealing with grief of someone I loved.

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Moon

I have loved music all my life, and I study piano, guitar, voice, and multiple other instruments.

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Lost Direction

This song is one I wrote and recorded for a project in 2020.

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Winter Song

I wrote this song in 8th grade. It was the first song I made on piano and it's changed a lot the more I played it.

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Winter's Ballad

I created this piece with a simple concept in mind: winter. But as the piece began to develop, I started exploring the intensities, depths, contrasts, and the inherent magic of this season.