Congratulations to the fifty emerging poets selected by Natalie Diaz for Best New Poets 2017. We’re thrilled about this list, and you should be, too.
Special congratulations are in order for Christina Im, whose Adroit poem “Meanwhile in America” was selected for inclusion in this year’s anthology. Christina is a Korean-American writer and high school senior (!) from Portland, Oregon. She was named a 2017 YoungArts Finalist in Writing (Poetry), and her fiction and poetry have appeared in The Adroit Journal, The Blueshift Journal, Strange Horizons, and Words Dance, among others. In addition, her work has been recognized by Hollins University, the Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose, Princeton University, and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Christina joins Ian Burnette and Moriah Cohen as contributors to Best New Poets from The Adroit Journal.
We’re also completely over the moon to share that Adroit poetry mentorship students—and fellow high school seniors (!)—Aidan Forster and Lily Zhou have been selected for inclusion. As high school seniors, Christina, Aidan, and Lily are officially the youngest contributors to Best New Poets in the history of the series.
We’re cheering (loudly) for all twenty-one Adroit writers selected for Best New Poets 2017:
Alfredo Aguilar
Contributor
Eloisa Amezcua
Mentor
Mary Angelino
Contributor
Fatimah Asghar
Contributor
Kai Carlson-Wee
Contributor
Leila Chatti
Previous Poetry Reader
Jameson Fitzpatrick
Contributor
Aidan Forster
Contributor & Mentorship Student
M.K. Foster
Contributor
Roy Guzmán
Contributor
Christina Im
Contributor & Mentorship Student
Tyler Kline
Contributor
Julia Kolchinsky-Dasbach
Contributor
Kara Krewer
Contributor
Edgar Kunz
Contributor
Paige Lewis
Mentor
M’Bilia Meekers
Contributor
Xandria Phillips
Contributor
Osel Jessica Plante
Contributor
Keith Wilson
Contributor
Lily Zhou
Contributor & Mentorship Student
