
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.
2023 General Editor
Dave Essinger
2023 Intro Journals Project Winners
Poetry
Selected by Jennifer Moore
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“Ghost Eulogy”
Sara Verstynen
Northwestern University
Reed Magazine -
"Sadie”
Shannon Moran
University of Missouri-Kansas City MFA program in Creative Writing and Media Arts
Hayden’s Ferry Review -
"Visiting a Friend on a Snowy Night”
Chengru He
University of Utah Creative Writing Program
Colorado Review -
“Three Days After My Mom Starts Hospice, My Son Can't Sleep”
Angela Voras-Hill
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Creative Writing Program
Mid-American Review -
Countdown
Carrie Johnson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quarterly West -
“Etymology of a Meal”
Veronica Silva
University of Central Florida Creative Writing MFA
Iron Horse Literary Review -
“14 Minute Sonnet”
Grace Smith
West Virginia University MFA in Creative Writing
Puerto del Sol -
“Equinox”
Brian Czyzk
University of North Texas
Tampa Review
Honorable Mention
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“Some Wound of Color”
Nate Metz
Santa Clara University -
“Letters from Atlantis”
Daniel Barton
University of Illinois at Chicago -
“upon viewing Hunt’s Scapegoat (1856)”
Savannah Moix-Rogers
Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop -
“Hurricane Season"
Chelsea Hill
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -
“A Smile is not a convincing argument”
Monir Gholamzadeh Bazarbash
Purdue Creative Writing Program -
“Kylix”
M. Sage Flint
Central Washington University -
“Apophatic Poem”
Jennifer Loyd
Texas Tech University -
“Blood & Guts”
Charlotte Smith
St. Olaf College
Fiction
Selected by Gwen Kirby
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“A Vanishing”
Blake Chernin
Purdue Creative Writing
Iron Horse Literary Review -
“Deborah Forever”
Kasey Peters
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Hayden’s Ferry Review -
“For Someone”
Madeline Simms
University of Alabama
Quarterly West -
“Wisdom Teeth”
Liina Koivula
Eastern Washington University MFA Program
Puerto de Sol
Honorable Mention
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“Stranger”
Jake Zawlacki
Louisiana State MFA Program -
“Old Queens”
Steven Archer
University of Central Florida Creative Writing MFA -
“My Girlfriend the Wax Specialist”
Victoria Hulbert
University of Mississippi MFA Program -
"Mythologies and Fruiting Bodies"
Sasheene Denny
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Creative Writing Program
Creative Nonfiction
Selected by Sonya Huber
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“Hair”
Ciara Alfaro
University of Minnesota MFA Program in Creative Writing
Mid-American Review -
"Lost Wingman”
Laura Joyce-Hubbard
Northwestern University
Reed Magazine -
“The Archer”
Jacob M. Hall
Texas Tech University
Colorado Review -
“Ṣọkọyọ̀kọ̀tọ̀”
Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
University of Alabama
Tampa Review
Honorable Mention
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“Queer Paranoia at the Dua Lipa Concert”
Kurt Ostrow
The Ohio State University MFA Program in Creative Writing -
“My Problem Was I Didn’t Leave Him”
Allison Field Bell
University of Utah Creative Writing Program -
“What Blood Remembers”
Akira Ritos
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Creative Writing -
“Your Lovely Gaza”
Tayma Al-Astal
Marshall University