2015 Intro Journals Project Winners
Intro Journals Winners: Poetry
Selected by Philip Metres
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“City Resident”
Simon Neely, St. Mary’s College of California MFA in Creative Writing
Colorado Review “When Asked How Many, I Didn’t Know”
Austin Anderson, Oregon State University—Cascades, Low-residency MFA in Creative Writing
Iron Horse Review“Thank You When I’m an Axe”
Emily Skaja, Purdue University MFA program
Mid American Review“Ancestor”
Rajiv Mohabir, The University of Hawai’I at Manoa
Quarterly West“To Delete, Press Seven”
Joshua Flaccavento, SUNY Buffalo
Artful Dodge“Sinus Amorous”
Benjamin Voigt, University of Alabama
Tampa Review“Blackout”
Abigail Kerstetter, Colorado State University
Hayden’s Ferry Review“She Shipped Her Cock Priority”
Joseph Gordon, University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program
Puerto Del Sol
Honorable Mention
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“Party Crashers”
Hannah Dow, Center for Writers, University of Southern Mississippi “The Daughters of Le Vallée des Singes”
Raye Hendrix, Auburn University Creative Writing Program“Spike, Javelin, Harpoon”
Cait Weiss, The Ohio State University MFA Program in Creative Writing“Oh, Io”
Alison Thompson, Miami University Creative Writing Program
Intro Journals Winners: Fiction
Selected by Erin McGraw
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“No One Can Tell You What to Keep”
James Clark, Stephen F. Austin State University
Iron Horse Review “The Seven Deaths of the Family Contreras”
Molly Olguin, The Ohio State University MFA Program in Creative Writing
Quarterly West“The Hyphenates of Jackson County”
Theodore Wheeler, Creighton University MFA in Creative Writing
Artful Dodge
Honorable Mention
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“The Narrators”
Joshua Sheridan, The College of Saint Rose MFA in Creative Writing “Hobophobia”
Alysandra Dutton, Hiram College“Goshen Pass”
Michael Alessi, Old Dominion University MFA Creative Writing Program“Acolytes”
Brett Puryear, University of Montana MFA In Creative Writing“Big House”
Matthew Cherry, University of Central Oklahoma“Ruminations of a Withered Apple Sapling”
Charlie Sterchi, Auburn University
Intro Journals Winners: Creative Nonfiction
Selected by Sue William Silverman
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“Inside the Chönyid Bardo”
Jan Becker, Florida International University MFA Program
Colorado Review “A Gathering of Then and Now”
Melissa Matthewson, Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA/Writing Program
Mid American Review“Nausicaa”
Emily Geminder, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Tampa Review“How to Write A War Poem”
Micah Fields, University of Montana
Hayden’s Ferry Review“A Matter of National Security”
Jason Harrington, University of Mississippi
Puerto Del Sol
Honorable Mention
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“First Kiss”
Katie Zeitz, Goddard College BFA Program in Creative Writing “No-see-ums”
Jan Bindas-Tenney, University of Arizona Creative Writing MFA Program“epigraph : in response to circles”
Angelica Maria Barraza, Naropa University Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics