Gregory Djanikian was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and came to the United States when he was eight years old. He has published seven poetry collections, the latest of which is Sojourners of the In-Between (CMU Press). His work appears in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Boulevard, Poetry, Southern Review, and TriQuarterly, among others. Until retiring, he was the longstanding Director of Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, where he greatly enriched both the Adroit Journal as well as its staff of emerging writers.
We’d like to recognize and encourage the gift of such support by offering it ourselves, to six writers in need of affirmation and support. In honor of Greg’s contribution to emerging student and non-student writers at Penn and around the world, we recognize six emerging poets as Gregory Djanikian Scholars in Poetry each year.
The deadline for the 2020-2021 Djanikian Scholars opportunity was December 18, 2020. Click here to learn more about our 2021 Gregory Djanikian Scholars in Poetry, or simply scroll down!
About Djanikian Scholars
We annually recognize six emerging student or non-student poets as Gregory Djanikian Scholars. All emerging writers who have not published full-length collectionsare eligible (regardless of age, geographic location, or educational status), and are encouraged to submit. Writers with forthcoming debut full-length collections are eligible so long as collections won’t appear earlier than March 2021.
Gregory Djanikian Scholars receive $100 and publication of their portfolios of poems in a future issue of the Adroit Journal. Finalists will be awarded copies of Greg’s latest collection, Sojourners of the In-Between, and a list of semifinalists determined by the editors will be released with results.
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions may include up to six poems (max of ten single-spaced pages). Simultaneous submissions, previously published submissions, and submissions recognized by outside organizations are accepted, provided that a) a full catalogue of publication history for enclosed poems is included in the submission and b) at least one poem in the submission remains unpublished. Submitters should promptly add a note to their entry on Submittable if work disclosed as unpublished is accepted elsewhere.
Writers are welcome to additionally submit enclosed work to the Adroit Prizes as well as through our general submission portal, though we are not currently open to general submissions. We are also happy to consider revisions of work previously submitted to the Adroit Prizes, to the Djanikian Scholars opportunity, or through the general submissions portal (including work currently in progress or work that has recently received an editorial decision). Finally, please note that each writer may not send more than one entry per year for Djanikian Scholars.
As mentioned above, all emerging writers who have not published full-length collectionsare eligible (regardless of age, geographic location, or educational status), and Gregory Djanikian Scholars will receive $100 and publication in a future issue of the Adroit Journal. Finalists will be awarded copies of Greg’s latest collection, Sojourners of the In-Between, and a list of semifinalists determined by the editors will be released with results.
To accommodate this while offering free online issues, we have set a non-refundable submission fee of $9. If you require financial assistance, you may submit a fee waiver with this form. Due to fee waivers’ processing time, fee waivers will only be accepted until December 15th, 2020 at 11:59 pm EST. (Please note that the deadline to submit fee waivers has now passed.)
Please direct any questions to editors@theadroitjournal.org.
Jari Bradley, of Madison, Wisconsin Donte Collins, of Minneapolis, Minnesota Jane Huffman, of Iowa City, Iowa L. A. Johnson, of Santa Monica, California Natasha Rao, of Brooklyn, New York Brandon Thurman, of Fayetteville, Arkansas
Finalists
JD Debris, of Jersey City, New Jersey Jai Hamid Bashir, of Salt Lake City, Utah Ghinwa Jawhari, of Brooklyn, New York Jacob Lindberg, of Victoria, Minnesota Hannah Perrin King, of Cool, California Rob Shapiro, of New York, New York
Semifinalists
Kemi Alabi, of Chicago, Illinois Austin Araujo, of Bloomington, Indiana S. Erin Batiste, of Brooklyn, New York Armen Davoudian, of Stanford, California Victoria C. Flanagan, of Madison, Wisconsin Sam Herschel Wein, of Chicago, Illinois Karisma Price, of New Orleans, Louisiana Gaia Rajan, of Andover, Massachusetts Daniel Schonning, of Fort Collins, Colorado Courtney Faye Taylor, of Kansas City, Missouri Joshua Tvrdy, of Raleigh, North Carolina Lydia Wei, of North Potomac, Maryland
Bryan Byrdlong, of Ann Arbor, Michigan Steven Duong, of San Diego, California Sara Elkamel, of Brooklyn, New York Matthew Gellman, of Brooklyn, New York Ae Hee Lee, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gabriella R. Tallmadge, of Murrieta, California
Finalists
Imani Davis, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chelsea B. DesAutels, of Minneapolis, Minnesota Jacob Lindberg, of Victoria, Minnesota Zach Linge, of Tallahassee, Florida Emily Lee Luan, of Brooklyn, New York Sahar Romani, of Jackson Heights, New York
Semifinalists
Jessica Abughattas, of Altadena, California Kiran Bath, of New York, New York Daniel Barnum, of Columbus, Ohio Stephanie Chang, of British Columbia, Canada Amanda Gunn, of Cambridge, Massachusetts C.X. Hua, of Brooklyn, New York Hannah Perrin King, of Cool, California Max McDonough, of New York, New York
Gabrielle Bates, of Seattle, WA Bernard Ferguson, of Brooklyn, NY Aidan Forster, of Greenville, SC Dan Kraines, of Brooklyn, NY Alycia Pirmohamed, of Edinburgh, Scotland Leslie Sainz, of Lewisburg, PA
Finalists
Hannah Perrin King, of Brooklyn, NY T. J. McLemore, of Boulder, CO Chad Morgan, of Chicago, IL Avia Tadmor, of New York, NY
Semifinalists
Threa Almontaser, of Raleigh, NC Antonio de Jesús López, of East Palo Alto, CA Kathryn Hargett, of Birmingham, AL Kaja Rae Lucas, of Laurel, MD John Paul Martinez, of Madison, WI Evan McGarvey, of Dallas, TX Megan Denton Ray, of Chattanooga, TN Lauren Schlesinger, of Oak Park, IL Seth Simons, of Walnut Creek, CA Jess Smith, of Lubbock, TX Rushi Vyas, of Brooklyn, NY
K-Ming Chang, of Bronxville, NY Robin Estrin, of Santa Cruz, CA Paige Lewis, of Tallahassee, FL Brandon Melendez, of Cambridge, MA Michael M. Weinstein, of New Haven, CT Keith S. Wilson, of Chicago, IL
Finalists
GradyChambers, of Philadelphia, PA Aidan Forster, of Greenville, SC Shelley Wong, of Long Beach, CA
Semifinalists
Alex Chertok, of Dryden, NY Lyrik Courtney, of Decatur, GA Kate Gaskin, of Montgomery, AL Matthew Gellman, of Brooklyn, NY Alycia Pirmohamed, of Scotland Joey Reisberg, of Towson, MD
