Andrew Romriell
Author, speaker, and writing instructor with five years’ experience teaching college-level courses in creative nonfiction, fiction, information literacy, and English composition. Published writing can be found in literary journals such as Brevity, New Delta Review, Great River Review, South 85 Literary Journal, and more. Passionate and adept at creating a thriving atmosphere in which diverse writers’ talents are supported, seen, and valued.
Education
The Ohio State University
MFA, Creative Writing (2024)
Utah State University
M.S, Literature & Writing (2021)
Thesis Committee: Elissa Washuta, Lee Martin
Thesis Chair: Dr. Jennifer Sinor
Thesis: Becoming Bare: A Memoir
Utah State University
B.S., English (2018)
Dean's List, Cum Laude, English Honors Society
Publications
Creative Nonfiction
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2019
2018
“I Know My Body Tried to Save Me,” Brevity, Issue 73 (forthcoming).
“Piercing: A Schematic,” Great River Review, Issue 68: 2021-2022.
“Transcendence,” Thrive125.
“The Becoming,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“A Re-established Poetic Dictionary of the Voiceless,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“Craving,” Mangrove Literary Journal. Issue 12.
“Gracious Ruin,” South 85 Literary Journal, Fall/Winter.
Short Fiction
2022
2021
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2020
2018
2017
“Dessert Sushi,” New Delta Review, Issue 13.1.
“Alchemic-like: 16 Ways to Look at Transformation,” 15 Bytes: Artists of Utah.
--- Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“An Easy, 10-Step Guide to Painting Addiction,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“Infectious,” Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal, Edition 7: Spring 2017/Fall 2018.
“Just a Little Broken,” TINGE Magazine, Issue 13.
Poetry
2021
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2020
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2018
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2017
“For the Boy at the Parade,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“In Spring, After She Calls Me,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“Let Go,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“Whiskey-dick,” Beyond Queer Words: Poetry Anthology.
“3a.m. Considerations,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“I Like to Sweep,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“When He Asks: How are You?” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“Another Unending,” Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal, Edition 7: Spring 2017/Fall 2018.
“Funeral Prayer,” Peculiar: A Queer Literary Journal. Volume 3, Issue 1 (#4).
“Painting a One-Night,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“The Pulp on Which We Write,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
“Release,” Sink Hollow, Creative Writing Contest Edition.
Reviews & Articles
2021
2020
2019
“Plundered Beliefs,” NewPages Blog, 10 April 2021.
“‘Night Sky with Exit Wounds’ by Ocean Vuong," New Pages Blog, 8 January 2020.
"Of Writing, Teaching, and Tutoring: Banishing the Presence of the Inner Critic in the Writing Center,” Utah State University Libraries: Digital Commons, Writing Center Analysis Papers.
Teaching
2022-2024
Graduate Teaching Associate
The Ohio State University
Instructor of Record for multiple courses at an R1 university. Designed courses and curriculum from scratch, including the development of syllabi, lessons, assignments, readings, and rubrics. (ask MaryKatherine about summer thing) Taught and mentored writers in creating, editing, and publishing their work from start to finish, building and maintaining professional relationships.
2023 Autumn Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing
2023 Summer Introduction to Fiction Writing (online)
2023 Spring First-Year English Composition and Information Literacy
2022 Autumn First-Year English Composition and Information Literacy
Summer 2023
Creative Nonfiction Instructor
Young Writer's Workshop
Mentor teenage writers as Creative Nonfiction Instructor for the 2023 Young Writers Workshop, OSU’s full-scholarship, weeklong, in-residence writing program
2019-2021
Graduate Instructor
Utah State University
Instructor of Record for seven courses over a two-year period; created cohesive and adaptive learning experiences through COVID-19 by teaching face-to-face, hybrid, and asynchronous/synchronous online courses.
2021 Spring Intermediate Writing (2 courses - online)
2020 Autumn Intermediate Writing (2 courses – hybrid)
2020 Spring Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (2 courses)
2020 Autumn Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (2 courses)
Autumn 2019
Guest Instructor
Weber State University
In both Introduction to Writing Short Fiction and Introduction to Writing Poetry, led writing workshops focused on the inclusion of diverse voices within creative works.
Grants, Awards, and Honors
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Vandewater Poetry Prize, The Ohio State University.
Finalist, Hybrid Writing Contest, CRAFT Literary.
First Prize: Creative Nonfiction Book, Utah Original Writing Competition.
University Fellowship, The Ohio State University.
Finalist, Writers’ League of Texas Manuscript Contest.
Diversity Award, Utah State University.
First Prize: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, & Art, Sink Hollow Creative Writing Contest.
Honorable Mention: Creative Nonfiction Essay, Utah Original Writing Competition.
Kenneth W. Brewer Creative Writing Award.
Ty and Nan Booth Endowment.
First Prize in Creative Nonfiction; First in Art; Second in Fiction; and Third in Poetry, Sink Hollow Creative
Writing Contest.
Ralph Jennings Smith Creative Writing Endowment.
Second Prize: Creative Nonfiction Essay, Utah Original Writing Competition.
First Place: Poetry, Sink Hollow Creative Writing Contest.
Invited Readings, Presentations, and Panels
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2018
2017
2017
Reader, UOWC Awards Ceremony, Salt Lake City UT, November 2022.
Reader, THRIVE@125, The Printed Garden, Sandy UT, April 2022.
Panelist, “‘I Exist’: Queer Heroism in Pop Culture Narratives,” Utah State University Research Symposium, Logan UT, March 2021
Reader, Helicon West, Logan UT, March 2021.
Reader, South 85 Journal/Converse College reading series, San Antonio TX, March 2020
(Cancelled due to COVID-19).
Reader, Helicon West, Logan UT, June 2020.
Reader, UOWC Awards Ceremony, Salt Lake City UT, November 2018.
Panelist, “Defense Against Dark Arts: Addiction Representation Scifi/Fantasy Worlds," Utah State University Research Symposium, Logan UT, March 2017.
--- Utah State University English Symposium, Logan UT, April 2017.