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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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“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

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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

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“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

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2020
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“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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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.

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