Louis submitted a poem titled “The Engineer of Dreams,” which explores dreams as a metaphysical landscape shaped by fragments of daily life and reflections from the subconscious. He wrote the piece while enrolled in Professor Tulin Tosun’s SCLA 101 course (Transformative Texts I), part of Purdue’s Cornerstone program.

His poem has been submitted for publication in the Cornerstone Review, the program’s official journal.

This year’s contest drew more than 180 submissions from students in SCLA 101 and 102 courses across Purdue.