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1st Place for BLAM’s fourth Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Diversions of Persons" by Jack Roumain '24.

2nd Place for BLAM’s fourth Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Disconnected" by Beni Sarreal '26.

3rd Place for BLAM’s fourth Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Untitled" by Gabe Aguirre '26.

Love & Hate

1st Place for BLAM’s fourth Writing Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to Duncan Viscum '24:

We You & Me Do you really love me? Because I love you, That should mean something right? You say you love me, But somehow I don’t believe you, Actions speak louder than words And right now You act like you hate me You would rather be anywhere but by my side Those 3 words are said too much But not meant Somehow, Someway You sucked the meaning right from them I once loved you And I could never hate you But I hate what you did to me What you continue to do to me How could all my love turn to hate? All this hate, with no bridge big enough To bridge the gap you made.

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2nd Place for BLAM’s fourth Writing Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to Vincent Laba '26:

The gaping hole, miles across, stretched to where the other side was barely visible. Important gifts, experiences, and events slowly sink into the deep murky waters at the bottom. Just barely visible, another figure can be seen on the other rim. They pause momentarily and look back across and down into the chasm as if harboring some regret. The figure appears to shout something imperceptible and starts to move to cross the gap but the distance is too large. As if by mutual agreement, both begin to depart. The sinking continues until nothing is visible but a murky surface with fog starting to form over it. The edges of the chasm slowly collapse as the chasm grows until the other side is gone from view. Any connection between the sides has long since disappeared. The many years it took to form the bridge disappear in mere seconds with a sudden change. Over time the water might drain to allow some crossing but for now, the gap is impenetrable for both sides.

Gap

3rd Place for BLAM’s fourth Writing Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to Jacob Leuer '24:

The loss of life can create the biggest gap. The clock of society keeps on ticking, And yet, a piece is missing. A piece that was vital to your smile, A piece that was someone you knew, A piece that is now gone, blown away. That gap will never really be filled, Like dark matter in space, the gap cannot be seen, But it is there.

1st Place - BLAM Google Form Writing Contest

1st Place for BLAM’s Google Form Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to Andrew Montz '26:

"Hello, Bleeople Blopple Glorbin glop glibble gobble glarm. Fleeble flobble flarm zeeple zobble zarp. Deeble dobble dop blorbin bobble blop zeep zoop zap. beeple bopple blop glarple larple lop zoop flap flop? "

2nd Place - BLAM Google Form Writing Contest

2nd Place for BLAM’s Google Form Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to Domenic Paluscio '24:

"Hello! Do you speak English? You don't, ok... *&@^%#^$*!@#$^^!%@%#@@*#&^!!$#&&%^$&&#^@*&$^&^#**@&&@*$^#*@#&#^&#."

3rd Place - BLAM Google Form Writing Contest

3rd Place for BLAM’s Google Form Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to Santiago Sanchez '25:

"I'm so happy you guys finally escaped Area 51!"

1st Place for BLAM’s third Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Lil Alien" by Jack Roumain '24.

2nd Place for BLAM’s third Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Zeones" by Yared Garcia-Ayon '24.

3rd Place for BLAM’s third Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Aliens in black" by Armando Dorado '28.

Spaced Out

1st Place for BLAM’s second Writing Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Spaced Out” by Ransom Kaul ‘24

How can a space be so empty

and yet so full?

You were told it would be black,

but blinding, starry rays shine over all.

You were ensured silence,

but Aquarius, Aquila, and Areis just can’t seem to

shut up.

It should be dark.

It should be mute.

It should be empty.

You should be down there

running,

and yet you’re up here,

Floating

Remember your training.

In-and-out.

Stay cool.

Open the hatch.

Do the job.

Fix what’s broken.

Close the hatch.

Grasp the tether.

Get to the ship.

A mechanical sanctuary in a desert of mute, dark death.

Reach safety.

Turn around.

Just one more look.

What do you think?

Are you impressed?

That great blue and green pearl doesn’t look like much

surrounded by this black abyss.

In the end, I guess we are all just

out here,

Floating

When does it end?

2nd Place for BLAM’s second Writing Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “When does it end?” by Cristian Valdovinos Cervantes '27

Space

What is space?

Is space the thing that I lack when I'm alone?

When I sit in my room

Thinking.

I have no choice

I'm jailed by my thoughts

In the battle I’ve fought

Over and over, even though I know

I've lost.

Is it the thing I crave to not have

Sitting surrounded by “friends”

That only care for contests

Why do I keep breaking myself to fit in?

To fit in a space.

So is that it?

Something I have to fit into?

I keep changing myself to be accepted

To be the expectation to set the curve,

But then I fail to preserve,

The one thing that made me unique

Me.

Is it the thing I crave for?

When the pressure is too much

And the world is the judge

When the standard is high

And you try hard but all you just want to do is

Undo…

Undo the damage

Undo the stress

Undo the broken pieces of

Me…

But

There will come a time

Where I hold the key

To all the problems I see.

Where my cage is broken

from the things that are not spoken.

Where I can use command Z to undo

The broken pieces of

Me.

Sands of Paradise

3rd Place for BLAM’s second Writing Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Sands of Paradise” by Jacob Lopez ‘25

The glowing, golden light

lowering beneath the horizon.

Drops of sweat rolling down your face,

red skin peeling off your neck.

Grains of sand between the creases of your shorts.

Strands of seaweed caught in your hair.

Toes touching salty water,

coldness running through your veins.

The perfectly placed towers of sand

washed away by waves.

1st Place for BLAM’s second Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Bake-Kujira” by Jack Roumain '24

2nd Place for BLAM’s second Art Contest of the 2023-2024 school year goes to “Lake Pensive” by Alex Johnson ‘26

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