Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/28/2017		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. [BCEI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
3033 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, SUITE 300		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 2,339,651
I
See Footnote (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC
3033 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, SUITE 300
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416		     X    
WHITEBOX GENERAL PARTNER LLC
3033 EXCELSIOR BOUELVARD, SUITE 300
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416		     X    

Signatures

WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC /s/ Mark Strefling Whitebox Advisors LLC Chief Operating Officer 05/03/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
WHITEBOX GENERAL PARTNER LLC /s/ Mark Strefling Whitebox Advisors LLC Chief Operating Officer 05/03/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) The Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share is directly owned by the following entities in the following amounts: Whitebox Asymmetric Partners, L.P. owns 574,479 shares; Whitebox Relative Value Partners, L.P. owns 273,993 shares; Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, L.P. owns 883,607 shares; Whitebox Credit Partners, L.P. owns 176,077 shares; Whitebox GT Fund, L.P. owns 60,007 shares; Pandora Select Partners, L.P. owns 280,155 shares; Whitebox Institutional Partners, L.P. owns 91,333 shares (together, the "Private Funds"). The Common Stock may also be deemed to be beneficially owned by (a) Whitebox Advisors LLC by virtue of its role as the investment manager of the Private Funds, and (b) Whitebox General Partner LLC by virtue of its role as the general partner of the Private Funds.
 
Remarks:
Whitebox Advisors LLC and Whitebox General Partner LLC (together, the "Reporting Persons") disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of these securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

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