The Competitions - IAM Encounter 10

Short Film Jitensha

A bicycle dismantled…a life retrieved. | www.jitenshamovie.com Upcoming Festival Screenings: Sedona International Film Festival, the Davis Film Festival, the Method Fest, the Florida Film Festival and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film ...

Juried Poetry Winner Bryan Steel

Bryan Steel, born in Orland, Florida, is a carpenter, poet, and musician who lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri. He draws inspiration from his time spent living in Alabama and Mexico and from his family history, which includes both pastors and thieves. He has taken some poetry courses at Washington University ...

Juried Fiction Winner Claudine D’Angelo-Dotzman

Ms. D’Angelo-Dotzman is a NJ writer and educator. In both these roles she demonstrates her commitment to the importance of creativity in the hearts and minds of people and their communities. She holds Bachelors of Arts degrees in English Literature as well as Spanish Language and Literature from Binghamton ...

Juried Non-Fiction Winner Casey Downing

Casey Downing is a staff writer for Curator Magazine and also North American Regional Director of World Youth Alliance, a youth run NGO advocating for global human rights and international development. He graduated with his MA in English and spent the next several years writing and teaching at various locations in the ...

Juried Music Winner David H. Davies

David Horace Davies received a DMA in Composition in 2007 from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where he studied with Dennis Kam, John Van der Slice and Robert Gower. Prior to his time at UM, he studied composition and conducting with Mark Hijleh and piano with Robert Galloway at Houghon ...

Juried Music Winner Sean McClowry

Sean McClowry is a musician with a multifaceted career as a composer, singer/songwriter, and producer. Sean’s music fits into two genres: pop singer/songwriter and modern classical music. He is currently working on a solo CD for American Modern Recordings featuring his classical compositions for double bass, ...