Intro Journals Winners: Poetry

Selected by Leona Sevick

• “Whale Soup”
  Katie Amundsen, Wichita State University
  Mid-American Review

• “When I was Little I Punched My Brother and Called It a Love Tap”
  Paige Leland, Grand Valley State University
  Tahoma Literary Review

• “Kid”
  Alizabeth Leake, Brigham Young University
  Iron Horse Literary Review

• “The Fossil”
  Erika Mueller, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  Colorado Review

• “Lover the Lord Has Left Us”
  C.T. Salazar, The MFA program at Mississippi University for Women
  Tampa Review

• “The End Road Work Sign Reminded Me that Most Things Cease to Exist”
  Maria McKee, Grand Valley State University
  Puerto del Sol

• “Venice, Baja California”
  Gabriel Rubi, San Diego State University
  Hayden’s Ferry Review

• “Hunger”
  Marcus Jamison, Old Dominion University
  Quarterly West

Honorable Mention

• “Drowning Girl (after Lichtenstein)”
  Daphne Tredore, University of Memphis

•  “Larva”
  Avery Taylor, Brigham Young University

• “Postcard from Los Angeles”
  Hannah Dow, University of Southern Mississippi Center for Writers

• “Baltimore [...]”
  Jessica Harris, American University

• “Beste”
  Molly Likovich, Salisbury University

• “Hummingbirds”
  Sarah McCall, Old Dominion University

• “I’m writing on your birthday”
  Peyton Prater, University of Arizona

• “My Mother Sent Cards”
  Natalie Homer, West Virginia University

Intro Journals Winners: Fiction

Selected by Brendan Kiely

• “South of Eight”
  Derrick Jefferson, American University
  Tahoma Literary Review

• “Night Moves”
  Renée Branum, University of Montana
  Tampa Review

• “Honeysuckle Prince”
  Quintessa Knight, Georgia Southern University
  Hayden’s Ferry Review

• “Breakers”
  Jessica Fokken, Oklahoma State University
  Quarterly West

Honorable Mention

• “Hit Us Again Why Don’t You”
  Patrick Font, University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing and Translation

• “The Bronze Star”
  Gabriel Calle, Adelphi University

• “Agua Infinita”
  Carmella de los Angeles Guiol, University of South Florida

• “Glacier”
  Noelle O’Reilly, Ohio State University MFA Program in Creative Writing

Intro Journals Winners: Creative Nonfiction

Selected by Benjamin Busch

• “My Cartographies”
  Rachel Toliver, Ohio State University MFA Program in Creative Writing
  Mid-American Review

• “How to Get to Heaven from Colorado”
  Dana Chellman, Colorado State University
  Iron Horse Literary Review

• “Daughter Tongue”
  Kathleen Blackburn, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Colorado Review

• “Re-entry”
  Jennifer Watkins, Georgia College
  Tampa Review

Honorable Mention

• “Every Convenience for the Most Discriminating: Excelsior Springs, MO, According to Its Hotels”
  Dylan Pyles, Kansas State University

• “The Highboy”
  Richard Saltzberg Florida Atlantic University

• “Tribal Law”
  Fatmire Ahmetti, New Jersey City University

• “Running Days”
  Thomas Dai, University of Arizona