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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Fenoglio Scott A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. [BCEI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Finance & Planning (Last) (First) (Middle) 410 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 1400 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/09/2019 (Street) DENVER, CO 80202 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/09/2019   M(1)   2,598 A $ 0 31,039 D   Common Stock 01/09/2019   F(2)   754 D $ 23.55 30,285 D   Common Stock 01/09/2019   F(3)   4,711 D $ 23.55 25,574 D   Common Stock 01/09/2019   F(3)   325 D $ 23.55 25,249 D   Common Stock 01/09/2019   D   5,084 (4) D $ 0 20,165 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Shares

$ 0

01/09/2019

M(1)

2,598 (5)

(6)

(6)

Common Stock

2,598

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Fenoglio Scott A 410 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 1400 DENVER, CO 80202			SVP, Finance & Planning

Signatures

By: Roberta L. Louis, attorney-in-fact For: Scott A. Fenoglio		01/11/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents distribution of Issuer common stock upon partial vesting of performance stock units awarded on May 16, 2018. The partial vesting is based on the number of days during the applicable performance period that recipient remained employed by Issuer and on an assumed target level of performance by Issuer, in accordance with the terms of the Performance Stock Unit Agreement.
(2)	Represents shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon vesting of performance stock units.
(3)	Represents shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon vesting of restricted stock units.
(4)	The securities were forfeited to the Issuer upon Reporting Person's termination of employment with the Issuer.
(5)	Each performance stock unit represented a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer common stock.
(6)	The performance stock units awarded vested on January 9, 2019.

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