The 18th volume of the annual literary magazine, produced by the 2023 Young Emerging Writers Interns, featuring some of the best writing by writers under the age of 20 anywhere in the U.S.
THE ATLAS 18 / Young Emerging Writers 2023 Interns and Staff
The 2023 Young Emerging Writers
NATALIE AUKEE | NATALIA BADILLO | ALYJAH ARAE CARTER | SEAN CHEN | PHOEBE FULLER | ZAFIRAH HASSAN | MOON HAYES | ANAVAH JONES | AYDEN KELLEY | LYN KRESS | YIJIA (LINDA) LIN | IMANI LOPEZ | ESTHER WINDT | D.W.M. | MISHKA MOHAMED NOUR | LOLA NAKASHIMA-BROOKE | REYHAN ONDER | LAH PAW | WYETH PLATT | JACKSON RANDLEMAN | MARGIL SANCHEZ CARMONA | RACHEL SORENSEN | MARY GRACE STOCKDALE | AUDREY WILLIAMS
YEW Program Director/Editorial Director: Ryan Collins
Assistant Program Director/Editor-in-Chief: Erica Eastland
Assistant Program Director/Managing Editor: Sarah Elgatian
Workshop Leaders/Assistant Editors: Zach Blair, Sam Bruner, Melissa Conway, Charly Heber-Spates, Htoo Htoo, Janey Locander, Natalia Matlag, Ava Miller, Larissa Pothoven
Cover Image: “To Bee Or Not To Bee” by Reyhan Onder
Cover Design and Layout: Sam Bruner
Page Design and Interior Layout: Sam Bruner and Erica Eastland
Our most sincere thanks to our sponsors/grantors for their generous support of the 2023 Young Emerging Writers Internship Program and The Atlas 18: the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, the Scott County Regional Authority, Modern Woodmen of America, Illinois Humanities, the CD Wiman Memorial Trust, the Melvin McKay Charitable Trust, the Rock Island Public Library, and Rozz-Tox.
Our gratitude, respect, and love to the following: the Midwest Writing Center Board of Directors, Committees, Staff, and Volunteers; the Rock Island Public Library; Sophia Best, Ben Miller, and Anne Pierson Wiese, Visiting Writers; Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, Rebecca Wee, Jesus “Chuy” Renteria, Kali White VanBaalethe, the David R. Collins Writers’ Conference 2023 Faculty; Timothy Curry, founder of the YEW Program; Sarah Elgatian and Erica Eastland, Assistant Program Directors; Zach Blair, Sam Bruner, Melissa Conway, Charly Heber-Spates, Htoo Htoo, Janey Locander, Natalia Matlag, Ava Miller, Larissa Pothoven, Workshop Leaders; and all the friends and family of the 2023 Young Emerging Writers for their care, dedication, and support to make this program, and this magazine, possible.
Pre-orders for the 18th volume of The Atlas literary magazine, produced by the 2023 Young Emerging Writers Interns, are available now! Copies will ship starting Friday, August 18.
Featuring some of the best writing by writers under the age of 20 anywhere in the country, The Atlas is the annual publication of the Young Emerging Writers Summer Internship Program. All sales go to support the Young Emerging Writers and youth writing programs at the Midwest Writing Center.
Join us on Thursday, August 17 at Rozz-Tox for The Atlas 18 Release Party, featuring readings by this year’s YEW Interns – event is free and open.
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