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| All works on this website belong solely to the authors and artists who created them. Do not use or reproduce anything without permission from the KarMel Scholarship. |
| A Few of the 2004 KarMel Scholarship Submissions |
| Come read a few of the submissions we received from this year's scholarship! Enjoy! - Karen and Melody |
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| Comments, feedback or questions? Please email us at: karmelscholarship@gmail.com |
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| Jessica Armestead-Loges |
| Some teenage romance issues and emotional complications don't change much no matter gender. |
| Poems |
| Jacquelyn |
| Depicts a variety of woman who have left impacts on me in various different ways. |
| Brittany Bayn |
| About being confused, but knowing that everything will be okay. |
| Anonymous |
| Encouraging people who are GLBT to simply be who they are regardless of anyone or anything else.. |
| Charlene Carroll |
| Poem about pride. |
| Nneka Chukwuelue |
| About knowing who you are as a person and believing in the vaildity of your love despite what ...(cont) |
| Nneka Chukwuelue |
| About the confusion and loneliness one experiences when trying to come out and asking for help. |
| Jessi Hall |
| Describing to a friend how "spreading the word" about her orientation hurts her deeply. |
| Alexandra Harris |
| Revealing the emotional unrest of someone who has recently fallen in love with her best friend. |
| Jennifer Kepley |
| About some of the things a gay guy has to go through. |
| Jessi Hall |
| Description of my first PRIDE Festival. |
| Barb Klein |
| Emotional piece of writing about teenage repression. |
| Michael Kostelnik |
| About professing a forbidden love. |
| Anonymous |
| Coming out poem to dad. |
| Lynsey Lobdell |
| About my girlfriend, that my mother treats as a daughter. |
| Kristena McCaig |
| About what I am strugglin with accepting my sexuality. |
| Kristena McCaig |
| About two lovers' secret. |
| Tanya Matthews |
| About healing and movingon after a breakup. |
| Detailing my mental struggle with society over my being transsexual. |
| Nickolas McDaniel |
| Anonymous |
| About the love that walked into my life.. |
| Lorraine Mossbrooks |
| Stephanie Myers |
| About how it feels to be bi. |
| Coming out against resistance. |
| Dominique Pszyk |
| An experience I had with a girl at a party. |
| Christina Roark |
| Anonymous |
| Plea to those who can marry, asking them not to. |
| In response to those horrible gender binary boxes. |
| Anonymous |
| My journey through self-discovery as a gay teen. |
| Lisa Thompson |
| Dedicated to the transgendered love of my life. |
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| Created By |
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| Ernie Amaya |
| This is an allegory, which is highly symbolic of a man's struggle to find himself. |
| Bendi Barrrett |
| Two men experience a chance encounter in a parking garage |
| Amelia Bitely |
| A little girl discovers her mother is a lesbian. |
| Mickie Blair |
| Showing hope resides in my heart that I will one day find the lady I wish to spend the rest of my life with |
| Jacqui Casiano |
| An 18 year old boy trying to live his life with an older man . |
| A story of 2 dogs falling in love and confronting the question of "If homosexual love is against nature.. |
| Cecilia Clarizio |
| A mother coming out to her 4 children. |
| A gay boy, his lover, a hospital and a song. |
| Amy Dachenbach |
| A bisexual teenaegr goes to a new school and discovers the GSA. |
| Jacqui Casiano |
| Amy Dachenbach |
| Anonymous |
| A play about two young lovers who cannot e together because of societies stereotypes and family hatred. |
| Anonymous |
| A play challenging gender roles and imbedded heterosexual notions within society |
| A tale of a young girl who meets a young fairy and falls in love. |
| Tan Pham |
| What if the whole world is gay and heterosexual people need to come out? |
| A lesbian dealing with her partner's abusive ways. |
| Samantha Ronich |
| Trans-gender antics for all. |
| Elizabeth Ochoa |
| Cassaundra Thompson |
| Erin Wilhelm |
| A boy's relationship. |
| A college student goes to hear his nice but intresting Uncel Fred give a speech |
| Ashley Williams |
| A scared gay man who is stuck in a stereotypical straight world |
| Anonymous |
| Shari Levine |
| Deals with LGBT issues. Princess and Knights. |
| Anonymous |
| The effects of the conflict between sexuality, religion and family for a young teenager. |
| Steven Harbaugh |
| 3 separate profiles of different individuals who are members of teh LGBT community and another minority |
| The need for the legalization of gay marriages. |
| Kody Trauger |
| Article written to school newspaper on how I felt. |
| Emily Gardner |
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| Created By |
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| Shannon Anderson |
| Photo |
| Gay Marriage |
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| Sheena Clark |
| Essay |
| Allison Coker |
| Essay |
| Aresha Dickens |
| Collage |
| Genevieve Egger |
| Comic |
| Jessica English |
| Scrapbook |
| Emily Gardner |
| Editorial |
| Rocky Khamken |
| Essay |
| Barbara McGiven |
| Scrapbook |
| Jessica Negron |
| Essay |
| Anonymous |
| Drawing |
| Rochelle Price |
| Personal Statement |
| Anonymous |
| Poem |
| Christopher Wilson |
| Collage |
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| Created By |
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| Anonymous |
| Poem |
| Gay Pride |
| Charlene Carroll |
| Poem |
| Michael Conway-Semensi |
| Drawing |
| Alexandra Harris |
| Poem |
| Theresa Lebraglio |
| Special Art |
| Kaleena Martinez |
| Special Art |
| Michael Jay Myers |
| Photo |
| Tasha Parker |
| Photo |
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| Justin Senoll |
| Special Art |
| Anonymous |
| Special Art |
| Jaymee Weissman |
| Photo |
| Christopher Wilson |
| Collage |
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| Brittany Bayn |
| Editorial |
| Coming Out |
| Amelia Bitely |
| Fictional Story |
| Anonymous |
| Personal Story |
| Jacqui Casiano |
| Fictional Story |
| William Ching |
| Essay |
| Nneka Chukwuelue |
| Poem |
| Cecilia Clarizio |
| Fictional Story |
| Jason C. |
| Personal Story |
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| Sarah Cohen |
| Photo |
| Dean Cooper |
| Picture |
| Marcos Duran |
| Video |
| Matthew Dy |
| Screenplay |
| Heather Dias |
| Special Art |
| Anonymous |
| Play |
| Barb Klein |
| Poem |
| Tanya Matthews |
| Poem |
| Lorraine Mossbrooks |
| Poem |
| Stephanie Myers |
| Poem |
| Trianh Nguyen |
| Personal Story |
| Anonymous |
| Personal Story |
| Erin Wilhelm |
| Fictional Story |
| Ashley Williams |
| Personal Story |
| Anonymous |
| Fictional Story |
| Kody Trauger |
| Editorial |
| Emily Teachout |
| Essay |
| Title |
| Created By |
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| Julie Davenport |
| Fictional Story |
| Transgender |
| Jess Dugan |
| Comic |
| Nickolas McDaniel |
| Personal Story |
| Anonymous |
| Personal Story |
| Anonymous |
| Drawing |
| Christina Roark |
| Poem |
| Samantha Ronich |
| Fictional Story |
| Lisa Thompson |
| Poem |
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| Lynsey Welmers |
| Drawing |
| Magdalen Zinky |
| Fictional Story |
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| Type |
| Catherine Buell |
| Slideshow |
| Bi-Sexual |
| Kerriann Clinton |
| Drawing |
| Amy Dachenbach |
| Fictional Story |
| Jessica Kim |
| Personal Story |
| Stephanie Myers |
| Personal Story |
| Anonymous |
| Personal Story |
| Tashina Reynolds |
| Personal Story |
| Anonymous |
| Poem |
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| Created By |
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| Kimberly Clavecilla |
| Comic |
| Family/Friend of Gay Person |
| Jessica Kim |
| Personal Story |
| Adrianne Klein |
| Personal Story |
| Becky Teman |
| Personal Story |
| Lisa Thompson |
| Poem |
| Sophie Gatfoyle |
| Personal Story |
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| Title |
| Kelly Moscolo |
| Personal Story |
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| Ernie Amaya |
| Fictional Story |
| Love |
| David Arevalo |
| Painting |
| Jessica Armstead-Loges |
| Poem |
| Brittany Bayn |
| Poem |
| Jacquelyn |
| Poem |
| Nicole Antolin |
| Poster |
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| Title |
| Cathy Baxter |
| Comic |
| Asa Benally |
| Drawing |
| Deborah Burnett |
| Drawing |
| Jacqui Cassiano |
| Fictional Story |
| Sarah Cohen |
| Photo |
| Anonymous |
| Poem |
| Mickie Blair |
| Fictional Story |
| Nneka Chukwuelue |
| Poem |
| Adrien Cooper |
| Personal Story |
| Amy Dachenbach |
| Fictional Story |
| Terrell Crawford |
| Poem |
| Carla Deasy |
| Photo |
| Monica Escobar |
| Drawing |
| Anonymous |
| Personal Story |
| Barbara Davis |
| Painting |
| Anonymous |
| Photo |
| Shilo Jorgensen |
| Photo |
| Anonymous |
| Poem |
| Jessi Hall |
| Poem |
| Michael Kostelnik |
| Poem |
| Heather Kyker |
| Fictional Story |
| Chrystal Layton |
| Poem |
| Shari Levine |
| Fictional Story |
| Lynsey Lobdell |
| Poem |
| Karen Lee |
| Photo |
| Kristena McCaig |
| Poem |
| Quyen Ngo |
| Drawing |
| Anonymous |
| Fictional Story |
| Anonymous |
| Personal Story |
| Laine Vandal |
| Picture |
| Magdalen Zinky |
| Fictional Story |
| Anne Stringer |
| Picture |
| Created By |
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| Sensual |
| Steven Cochrane |
| Drawing |
| Brittany Cordero |
| Photo |
| Angela Daniels |
| Drawing |
| Julianne David |
| Drawing |
| Anonymous |
| Drawing |
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| Title |
| Angela Daniels |
| Drawing |
| Drawing |
| Anonymous |
| Photo |
| Julianne David |
| Anonymous |
| Photo |
| Alexia Leal |
| Picture |
| Anonymous |
| Drawing |
| Personal Story |
| Dominique Pszyk |
| Poem |
| Anonymous |
| Anonymous |
| Drawing |
| Rebecca Schoch |
| Photo |
| Peter Reitz |
| Drawing |
| Created By |
| Type |
| Allison Coker |
| Essay |
| Unique Idea |
| Kaleena Martinez |
| Special Art |
| Jeremie Rujanawech |
| Special Art |
| Anonymous |
| Special Art |
| Jamie Wilkinson |
| Essay |
| Kristin Hall |
| Personal Story |
| Title |
| Justin Senoll |
| Special Art |
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| IMPORTANT: We were NOT able to showcase all the outstanding works we received this year due to the overwhelming 1,100 submissions from 700 applicants . We selected a good representation, of the works we received, for everyone to enjoy reading. - Karen and Melody |