Hola Everyone! I hope you are all well. It has been an exciting semester. I’m stoked to recap and I also want to wish everyone a happy and successful 2020. I was super honored to have a poem of mine that originally appeared in Sugar House Review appear on Verse Daily. I want to thank the following journals for publishing my poems recently: The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Copper Nickel, Poet Lore, The Southampton Review, South Carolina Review, Atlanta Review, Plume Poetry, Tahoma Literary Review, Potomac Review, Poetry South & summerset review. I was also fortunate enough to garner three Pushcart noms. I am also so excited to share these amazing student accomplishments:

Ellery Beck had poems accepted by Sugar House Review, Crab Creek Review, Gulf Stream, Slipstream and Broadkill Review. She also read for the Potomac Review winter issue launch!

Caroline Chavatel had poems accepted by Poetry Northwest & Smartish Pace. She also was invited to Nortwest Missouri State to read from her award-winning chapbook!

Lisa Compo had poems accepted by Santa Clara Review & New Mexico Review. She is also now a reader for Baltimore Review!

Charlotte Covey had poems accepted by Puerto del Sol, Poet Lore, Quiddity International Journal, Arkana, Ellipses & Yes, Poetry. She also was nominated for two Puschcarts! She is now a reader for River Styx!

Emma DePanise had poems accepted by Passages North, Waccamaw, Cider Press Review & summerset review. She did a guest blog post on reading monograph poetry collections for Superstition Review. She is also now an assistant poetry editor at Sycamore Review!

Lilia Dobos had poems accepted by The Shore Poetry.

Jordan Durham won the Construction Magazine poetry contest!

Molly Likovich had a story taken by Automata Review. She also is the founder & editor of Elephant Ladder!

Gillian Lynch had poems accepted by Asterism & The Shore Poetry.

Jeremy Rock had poems taken by New Mexico Review & The Shore Poetry.

Taylor Schaefer had poems accepted by Poetry South, Santa Clara Review & The Shore Poetry.

Noor Shahzad had a poem accepted by Pittsburgh Poetry Review.

Alex Thomas had poems accepted by Cherry Tree & The Common Ground Review.

Renae Tucker had an essay accepted by Permafrost.

Adam Weeks had poems accepted by Poet Lore, Slipstream, Broadkill Review & Runestone.

Terin Weinberg had poems accepted by Split Rock Review & Swamp Ape Review. She will also have poems featured in the Rewilding anthology!

Haley Winans had poems accepted by Slipstream, Red Cedar Review & The Shore Poetry.

I am so proud of all of them and so grateful to get to work and learn with such amazing talent and fine people. I hope 2020 brings the best for everyone!

High Fives,
John