The Adroit Journal
est. 2010
The Adroit Journal publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, reviews, and art that live between the land and the sky. The journal also hosts an online summer writing program for high school writers. Recognized or featured by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Poets & Writers, The Paris Review, Best American Poetry, Best American Essays, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, Teen Vogue, and NPR, the journal was founded by Peter LaBerge in November 2010, during his sophomore year of high school.
Image: “Satire” by Naeyeon Clara Hong, Issue Twenty-Four.
The Adroit Journal is where we go when we want to know what the kids are reading.
THE PARIS REVIEW
Explore Recent Adroit Issues
Recent issues of The Adroit Journal have featured such poets and writers as Aria Aber, Kenzie Allen, Ruth Awad, Mary Jo Bang, Catherine Barnett, Rick Barot, Jaswinder Bolina, K-Ming Chang, Shira Erlichman, Shangyang Fang, Annelyse Gelman, Garth Greenwell, Esther Lin, Robert Wood Lynn, Randall Mann, Nate Marshall, Shane McCrae, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Matthew Olzmann, Richard Siken, Ocean Vuong, Niall Williams, and Emily Jungmin Yoon, among many others. What are you waiting for?! Dive in!
Image: “Astute” by John Osgood, Issue Thirty-Two.
Apply for Adroit’s Award-Winning Online Mentorship Program
What do established poets, writers, and change-makers Darius Atefat-Peckham, Lukas Bacho, Nathan Blansett, Stephanie Chang, Kaya Dierks, Sabrina Guo, Kathryn Hargett-Hsu, Rosie Hong, Eileen Huang, Kara Jackson, Jessica Kim, Daniel Liu, Rhiannon McGavin, Sarah Fathima Mohammed, Meghana Mysore, Meghna Pramoda, Gayatri Rajan, Maya Salameh, Sahara Sidi, Amanda Silberling, Talin Tahajian, Katherine Vandermel, Lucy Wainger, Charity Young, and Claire Zhou have in common?
They all got their starts in The Adroit Journal’s premiere summer mentorship program for high school writers. Applications are open to high school writers across the world in February or March of each year. Click to learn more below, and discover what leads our writers—from Davidson Fellow, to National Student Poet, to Presidential Scholar, to Forbes 30-Under-30—to dazzling heights.
Chat with Your Favorite Author for Adroit’s Pages
The Adroit Journal is thrilled to offer a continuous stream of new interviews and reviews on the Adroit blog, and even more thrilled to make the opportunity to interview or review available to all readers. From Carmen Maria Machado, Brian Teare, and Danez Smith to Victoria Chang, Arthur Sze, and Natalie Diaz, you’ll be inspired to write like never before!
Image: “Astro” by Deandra Lee, Issue Twenty-Nine.