Intro Journals Project
The Intro Journals Project is a literary competition for the discovery and publication of the best new works by students currently enrolled in AWP member programs. Program directors are invited to nominate students' works, which are selected for publication in participating literary journals, including Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Mid-American Review, Puerto del Sol, Quarterly West, Reed Magazine, and Tampa Review.
2021 General Editor
Dave Essinger, University of Findlay
2021 Intro Journals Project Winners
Intro Journals Winners: Poetry
Selected by Karen Craigo
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“Autotomy”
J.P. Grasser
University of Utah Creative Writing Program
Colorado Review -
“Dear Make-Pretender”
Andy Sia
University of Mississippi MFA Program
Puerto del Sol “Pandemic Haircuts”
Cassandra Caverhill
Bowling Green State University
Reed Magazine-
“What’s Inside”
Nathaniel Ricketts
Penn State BAMA in Creative Writing
Tampa Review -
“Blueshift”
Jon Elofson
University of North Carolina Wilmington’s MFA Program in Creative Writing
Hayden’s Ferry Review -
“Which One”
Skye Jackson
University of New Orleans
Reed Magazine -
“Would I Rather Soften”
Ae Hee Lee
University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Creative Writing
Mid-American Review -
“I Want To Write A Poem About My Hometown”
Sydney Vogl
University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program
Iron Horse Literary Review
Honorable Mention
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“Talk to Me About the Deer”
Nick McDonald
University of Nebraska at Omaha “A Recipe for Bread Pudding”
Zoe Dudack
College of Wooster“Ode to ‘Unknown African Doll’ at the Orlando Museum of Art”
Jada Reyes
University of Central Florida“Terminal Velocity”
Tegan Murrell
University of Alabama MFA Program“Self-Portrait as My Grandpa’s John Deere Hat”
Eileen Winn
Florida Atlantic University MFA“the boys with dead mothers become better with time”
Skye Jackson
University of New Orleans“We All Wanted an Argonaut Husband”
Katie McMorris
Purdue University MFA“the boy thinks about other boys”
Ben Wenzl
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Intro Journals Winners: Fiction
Selected by Mary Grimm
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“The Most Ordinary Thing”
Mia Yanosy
University of Connecticut
Iron Horse Literary Review “The Blood Kettle”
Danielle Harms
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mid-American Review“Pumpjack”
Steven Vineis
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Hayden’s Ferry Review
Honorable Mention
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“Phooka Road”
Keith Enterante
San Diego State University “Ain't No Glory for Billy”
Rebecca Wood
University of Alaska Fairbanks MFA Program“The Gas Station”
Chloe McConnell
St. Lawrence University“Younger”
Shane Inman
New Mexico State University“Bhopal, 1984”
Samia Ahmed
Old Dominion University MFA Program
Intro Journals Winners: Creative Nonfiction
Selected by Athena Dixon
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“The Loneliest One”
Nick Castro
University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program
Puerto del Sol -
“Gift”
Jonathan Winston Jones
Northwestern University
Quarterly West -
“I Never See Her Anymore”
Emily Standlee
University of Missouri Kansas City MFA Program in Creative Writing
Tampa Review -
“The Sky is a Liar Being Blue”
Ashlee Beals
University of New Orleans
Reed Magazine
Honorable Mention
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“Jaeger Lecoultre”
Chaeyeon Park
Creative Writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -
“Second-Hand Smoke”
Savanna Bader
Hendrix College -
“Maude to Annie”
Nicole Pendleton
University of Central Florida -
“Build Yourself a New Body”
RaJon Staunton
Marshall University