Dear Readers,
Thank you for visiting the Illinois Central Review! I hope you enjoy the writing in this second issue as much as I do.
It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve as the founding editor of this literary magazine for students at Illinois Central College for the past year. The writers featured in this issue showcase a diverse range of imagery, language, humor, sadness, trauma, and love in their work.
In addition to the writers featured in this issue, I want to recognize the students who won the Illinois Central College Writing Contest, hosted by Student Life in spring 2022:
Creative Writing (Prose)
1st Place: Adia Jordan for “Imagine Trying to be Perfect”
2nd Place: Makayla Palm for “The Game Maker”
3rd Place: Abigail Gilles for “Life of Lies”
Poetry
1st Place: Teagan Osborn for “Bound to the Town”
2nd Place: Robert Gailliaert for “Rectangle”
3rd Place: Taegan Knetzer for “My Haiku”
Documented Research
1st Place: Robert Gailliaert Jr. for “Causes of the Great War”
2nd Place: Grace Walenta for “Hair Discrimination”
3rd Place: Taegan Knetzer for “Federalism”
Paul Simon
1st Place: Victoria Wiggin for “When Life Gives You Lemons”
Thank you again for reading. If you are a student at Illinois Central College and want to submit your writing for consideration, the deadline for the next issue is December 1, 2022.
In writing,
Melissa Grunow
Associate Professor, English