2018 General Editor

Dave Essinger, University of Findlay

Intro Journals Winners: Poetry

Selected by Mary Biddinger

• “Landscape with Sharp Rocks”
  Mary Maroste, Western Michigan University
  Mid-American Review

• "My Daughter Forgets to Lock the Door"
  Lorie Parker Matejowsky, University of Central Florida, MFA program
  Tahoma Literary Review

• “The only reason I unpacked was the insomnia”
  Anne Livingston, Grand Valley State University
  Iron Horse Literary Review

• "The Cicadas"
  Brian Clifton, University of North Texas, MA program
  Colorado Review

• "Emarginate”
  Liza Flum, University of Utah
  Tampa Review

• "Beyond Understanding"
  Heather Myers, West Virginia University, MFA program
  Puerto del Sol

• "What Came Looking for Me"
  Kevin Reese, Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop
  Hayden’s Ferry Review

• "Blue Collar Brown"
  Anuradha Bhowmik, Virginia Tech
  Quarterly West

Honorable Mention

• "Eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos at Mom's Grave"
  Jessica Tanck, University of Illinois, MFA program

• “Wild Cactus”
  Jordan Bissell, American University

• “Abrash”
  Kat Neis, College of Wooster

• “Headwaters”
  Catie Young, Colorado State University

• “& The Dirt”
  Samantha Bryan, University of Alabama

• “In the Public Restrooms”
  Brooke Petersen, San Diego State University, MFA program

• “Nature Lessons: Tibet-Butler Preserve”
  Emma Reinhardt, University of Central Florida, MFA program

• “Before Garrison Keillor”
  Lisa Buckton, Vermont College of Fine Arts, MFA program

Intro Journals Winners: Fiction

Selected by David James Poissant

• "Separation Agreement”
  Jason Nafziger, University of Illinois, MFA program
  Tahoma Literary Review

• "Three Boys from Felton High School Go to War”
  Allyson Hoffman, University of South Florida, MFA program
  Mid-American Review

• "Glossary for a Miscarriage”
  Emily Dyer Barker, University of Utah
  Hayden’s Ferry Review

• "Phlogiston"
  Sheldon Costa, Ohio State University, MFA program
  Quarterly West

Honorable Mention

• "River through a Half-Burnt Woods”
  Elsa Nekola, University of Mississippi, MFA program

• "A Part of Some Eighteen”
  Mariana Samuda, Chapman University

• "Bird of New York”
  Peyton Coffman, Hendrix College

• "Listening to Birds”
  Heather De Bel, University of Maryland

Intro Journals Winners: Creative Nonfiction

Selected by Michele Filgate

• “9:47”
  Emily Harnden, Colorado State University
  Puerto del Sol

• "The First Time”
  Brenda Taulbee, San Diego State University, MFA program
  Iron Horse Literary Review

• "On Worry”
  Erica Berry, University of Minnesota, MFA program
  Colorado Review

• "The Horizon Has a Way of Disappearing”
  Jennifer Key, University of Mississippi, MFA program
  Tampa Review

Honorable Mention

• “White Sedans”
  Paul Van Dyke, Normandale Community College, AFA program

• “Our Matriarch, the Monster”
  Ross Gormley, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, MFA program

• “Skinned”
  Kristie Johnson, Georgia College

• “The Opposite of Hallelujah”
  Hannah Hindley, University of Arizona