APRIL YU
teen writer
April Yu is a fourteen-year-old writer from New Jersey with an affinity for language, running, and human anatomy. Her work is published in or forthcoming from Peach Mag, The Lumiere Review, Milk Candy Review, The Aurora Journal, FEED, and more, and has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Ethos Literacy, and Ringling College of Art and Design. She is a graduate of the Alpha Workshop for Young Writers.
SELECT PROSE
2023.
◦ "heatmap" – FEED Mag, forthcoming
◦ "among the violets" – Londemere Lit, forthcoming
◦ "Snowy Birthrights" – Ethos Literacy, Short Short Story Contest Honorable Mention
2022.
◦ "Miracle Baby" – Four Palaces Publishing, 2022 Fiction Anthology Contest
◦ "To Saturn and Back" – Milk Candy Review
◦ "Jack-and-Janette" – The Lumiere Review
↪ previous version in The Incandescent Review
◦ "Wild Girl" – Hallowzine
◦ "Roulette" – Lit. 202
◦ "Before I Go" – Five South
SELECT POETRY
2023.
◦ "kindness (n.): a stone of hope" – Ginosko Literary Magazine, forthcoming
◦ "midnight cravings" – Peach Mag, forthcoming
2022.
◦ "candlewax & cherry fire" – Hand Picked Poetry
◦ "here comes the queen" – Mid-Heaven Magazine
◦ "crickets, tell me that" – The Collidescope
↪ republished in Aôthen Magazine & The Metaworker Literary Magazine
◦ "i met an angel and forgot the rest of the sky" – Aurora Journal, Surrealism Poetry Contest Honorable Mention
◦ "blue-light kisses" – Unstamatic Mag
◦ "& beautiful" – Ice Lolly Review
AWARDS
Gold Key in Science Fiction & Fantasy | Scholastic Writing Awards, Alliance for Young Writers
Silver Key in Poetry | Scholastic Writing Awards, Alliance for Young Writers
2nd Place in Genre Fiction | 8th Annual Storytellers of Tomorrow Contest, Ringling College of Art and Design
International Prose Finalist | Metamorphosis Writing Contest, SeaGlass Literary, Coexist Lit Magazine, Global Youth Review
Honorable Mention | Surrealism Poetry Contest, The Aurora Journal
Honorable Mention | Short Short Story Contest, Ethos Literacy
EXPERIENCE
Work.
◦ private English tutor for elementary and middle school students
◦ book reviewing internal co-director, The Young Writer's Initiative
◦ associate editor, Neverland Lit
◦ prose reader & editor, Heartbalm Lit
◦ prose reader & editor, Cloudscent Journal
◦ general editor, The Trailblazer Review
◦ staff contributor, Cloudy Magazine
◦ email manager, Londemere Lit
Interviews.
◦ being a teen writer – Pens to Palms, forthcoming
◦ two questions about "To Saturn and Back" – Milk Candy Review
◦ my teen writing journey – Young Eager Writers
Education.
◦ Alpha Young Writer's Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2022)
◦ NJTeen Arts Creative Writing course (2022)
Events.
◦ middle and high school writing workshop presentation – The Trailblazer Review x Youth4Arts, forthcoming
◦ "a definitive guide to this (how to love or lose a child)" reading – Alpha Workshop for Young Writers w/ Tamora Pierce