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The Bolt Fall 2013 Contest Winners
First Place Tie:
Powerless by Gabrielle Kambur
This Very Breath by Daniel Wallock
Second Place:
Islands of Her Making by Shaan Aslam
Third Place Tie:
We As People No Longer Have Control by Jennifer Gonzalez
The Life I Had Been Through by Khanh Walkup
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The Battle With The Snow by David Acevedo
No One Listened by Leslie Bank
Cirque Du Humanité by Peter Chen
You’ve Been Sleeping by Anonymous
Love Of The Game by Dylan Hogle
My Tattoo’s Story by Jeremy Hugoo
Life Is Like A Puzzle by Reginald Malla
The Media by Krutika Puntambekar
The Spot by Benjamin Michael Saubolle-Camacho
There She Was, 8.2 Pounds And 21 Inches Long by Hira Shah
Human Target by Michael Marlin White
Masthead
Editorial Team
Thomas Barajas
Kriselle Bulaoro
William Cass
Chloe Chandler
Peter Chen
Yvonne Gonzalez
Reginald Malla
Leah Mieso
Brian Tang
Annie Vuong
PR & Marketing
Leah Mieso
Reginald Malla
Photos & Illustrations
Kriselle Bulaoro
Faculty Advisor
Nico Peck, MFA
Bolt Logo Design
Peter Max Lawrence
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to the Spartan Bookstore, The SJSU Writing Center, The Communication Studies Department Faculty & Staff, The SJSU COMM Center, and especially Roxanne Cnudde, Victoria Rodriguez, Dr. Stephanie Coopman, Dr. Kathleen McConnell, and Dr. Anne Marie Todd for making The Bolt possible.
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I am so proud of you! Love it and know that others will as well. Keep it up, Leslie! Your cousin Linda Moberg.
I am so proud of you Leslie. Your writing is really wonderful. Keep it up! This is your cousin Linda, Aunt Lillian’s daughter. Will look forward to more from you in the future.