
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.
2022 General Editor
Dave Essinger
2022 Intro Journals Project Winners
Poetry
Selected by Susan Moeller
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“I Dream of Dressing Your Altar with Slaughtered Meat”
KJ Janeschek
University of Alaska, Fairbanks MFA in Creative Writing
Mid-American Review -
“How to Make Tamales”
Andrew Acuna
Eastern Washington University
Tampa Review -
“Hunter's Moon”
Sam Burt
Bowling Green State University
Colorado Review -
“notes on assimilation III”
N.L. Shompole
Pacific University MFA in Writing
Tampa Review -
Triptych: House
Kanika Ahuja
Purdue University MFA
Puerto del Sol -
“Hail Mary at the Hour of Our Deaths”
Maggie Wolff
University of Central Florida MFA Program
Reed Magazine -
“Volunteering at an Alzheimer’s Unit”
John Kneisley
Colorado State University
Quarterly West -
“Homestead”
Zach Simon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Creative Writing
Hayden’s Ferry Review -
Convent of the Sisters of Divine and Perpetual Sorrow
Luke Smith
University of Montana
Iron Horse Literary Review
Honorable Mention
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“Doc”
Albert M. Sotelo
Pasadena City College Creative Writing Program -
“1956 Inaugural Echo Park Model Yacht Race”
Claire Christoff
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Creative Writing -
“Amateur Entomology”
Kate Gargo
University of Denver -
“A Cabin in the Forest”
KJ Janeschek
University of Alaska, Fairbanks MFA in Creative Writing -
“Khalil Hawi’s Neighbor”
Joud Haidar
St. Olaf College -
“Epistle for the Woman, No Longer a Nun”
Rachel Hynds
Penn State BA/MA Program in Creative Writing
Fiction
Selected by Cliff Garstang
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“Will You Please Bring It Back To Me”
Laura Dzubay
Indiana University MFA Program
Mid-American Review -
“King of the Hill, Top of the Heap”
Serenity Marshall
Old Dominion University
Quarterly West
Honorable Mention
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“Travelers”
Eimile Campbell
Minnesota State University, Mankato -
“The Pity”
Anna Noone
Saint Mary’s College -
“Lead Poisoning”
Kale Hanson
Temple University -
Renuncia
Gerardo Lamadrid Castillo
UC Davis -
“The Two and the Three”
Sruthi Narayanan
University of Minnesota -
“The Vandal”
Kiera Wolfe
University of Maryland MFA Program in Creative Writing
Creative Nonfiction
Selected by Rebecca Moon Ruark
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“Starfish: A Paean to Those Who Cannot Breathe”
Elizabeth Bolton
University of Alaska, Fairbanks MFA in Creative Writing
Puerto del Sol -
"If You Weren’t There"
Sandy Robertson
San Diego State University
Colorado Review -
“Yes/No: Conversations with My Son”
Kara Melissa Sharp
Antioch University MFA in Creative Writing
Tampa Review -
“Etymology of King County Family Court”
Summer Wrobel
University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA
Iron Horse Literary Review -
“El Velorio: An Elegy”
Jerilynn Aquino
Oklahoma State University
Reed Magazine
Honorable Mention
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“Bloodline”
Moriah McStay
University of Memphis -
“Truth”
Veni Fields
ODU MFA -
“Case No. 4262”
Cicily Bennion
University of North Texas