2025 TACW Student Winners

The Texas Association of Creative Writers is pleased to announce this year's student winners, nominated by their teachers in the previous academic year.

• Undergraduate Fiction: Danny Young, “Cowboys,” nominated by Jim Sanderson, Lamar University

• Graduate Fiction: Allison Grace Harmon, “Past Prutzman Street,” nominated by Jim Sanderson, Lamar University

• Undergraduate Poetry: Amaya Gauche, “When It Falls Too Black,” nominated by Steven Moore, Abilene Christian University

• Graduate Poetry: Avery Castillo, “Discovering a Vocabulary,” nominated by Emmy Perez, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

• Undergraduate Creative Nonfiction: Roy Gomez, “Otter,” nominated by Robin Carstensen, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

• Graduate Creative Nonfiction: Allison Grace Harmon, “New Years,” nominated by Jim Sanderson, Lamar University

We’d also like to thank this year’s judges: Stephen D. Gutiérrez (Fiction), Clarissa Riojas (Non-Fiction), and J.D. Smith (Poetry). We appreciate the time and care they took in reviewing our students’ works.

                   For a list of this year's student winners, see our blog.

                  Scheduled winners for this panel will be announced soon.