
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 student work, and winners will be selected for publication in participating literary journals: Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Mid-American Review, Puerto del Sol, Quarterly West, Reed Magazine, and Tampa Review.
Entries must be uploaded to our Submittable portal by program directors. Nominations for the 2024 contest are open from October 1–December 1, 2023. Programs must have an active AWP membership for their nomination to be considered. For more information, email awp@awpwriter.org.
Learn about our 2024 judges.
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
Hayden’s Ferry Review -
"Visiting a Friend on a Snowy Night”
Chengru He
University of Utah
Colorado Review -
“Three Days After My Mom Starts Hospice, My Son Can't Sleep”
Angela Voras-Hills
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mid-American Review -
"Countdown"
Carrie Johnson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quarterly West -
“Etymology of Meal”
Veronica Silva
University of Central Florida
Iron Horse Literary Review -
“14 Minute Sonnet”
Grace Smith
West Virginia University
Puerto del Sol -
“Equinox”
Brian Czyzyk
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 University -
“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 University
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 del Sol
Honorable Mention
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“Stranger”
Jake Zawlacki
Louisiana State -
“Old Queens”
Steven Archer
University of Central Florida -
“My Girlfriend the Wax Specialist”
Victoria Hulbert
University of Mississippi -
"Mythologies and Fruiting Bodies"
Sasheene Denny
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Creative Nonfiction
Selected by Sonya Huber
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“Hair”
Ciara Alfaro
University of Minnesotag
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 -
“My Problem Was I Didn’t Leave Him”
Allison Field Bell
University of Utah -
“What Blood Remembers”
Akira Ritos
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -
“Your Lovely Gaza”
Tayma Al-Astal
Marshall University