claire he ♡ 何浩玥

Claire He is a poet and speculative fiction writer enamored with longing, lost opportunities, and language. She is a student at Columbia University and a U.S. Presidential Scholar.Her work has been published in The Penn Review, Gigantic Sequins, and Eunoia Review and is forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal. An alumna of the Iowa Young Writers' Studio and Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, she has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Pulitzer Center, the National Council of Teachers of English, Bennington College, Ringling College, Hollins University, Polyphony Lit, the National Poetry Quarterly, and Bow Seat.

honors

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ2024ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals, 10 Gold Keys, 6 Silver Keys, 2 Honorable Mentions, American Voices Nominee • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
3rd Place in Genre Stories • Ringling College Storytellers of Tomorrow Writing Contest
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ2023ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ7 Gold Keys, 1 Silver Key, 2 Honorable Mentions • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
2nd Place • Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest
Finalist • Pulitzer Center Fighting Words Contest
Runner-Up • Write the World Poetry Competition
Honorable Mention in Literary Stories • Ringling College Storytellers of Tomorrow Writing Contest
Spring Issue National Winner, Out Like a Lamb Best of IssueNational Poetry Quarterly
Runner-Up • NaNoWriMo Novel Excerpt Contest
First Class Distinction • National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing
Honorable Mention in Non-Rhyming PoetryWriter's Digest Writing Competition
Poetry FinalistGigantic Sequins Summer Contest
Distinguished Honorable Mention • Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest
FinalistPolyphony Lit Fall Contest

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ2022ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤNational Student Poets Program Semifinalist, 3 Gold Medals, American Voices Medal, 5 Gold Keys, 2 Silver Keys, 2 Honorable Mentions • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Finalist • Bennington Young Writers Awards
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ2021ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ1 Gold Key, 3 Silver Keys, 1 Honorable Mention • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

publications

"nutrition facts for a bride"Salt Hill Journal, forthcoming October 2024
"Cambrian Autopsy"Gigantic Sequins, forthcoming
"Flight Analogy"The Lumiere Review, forthcoming
"classical conditioning"Eunoia Review, January 2024
"POSTHUMAN | POSTHUMOUS"The Penn Review, January 2024

experience

Iowa Young Writers' Studio • Fiction under Jeffrey Xiong, 2024
Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program • Poetry under Mark Kyungsoo Bias, 2024
Sewanee Young Writers' Conference • Fiction: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fabulism (Short Fiction Through a Fantastic Lens) under Misha Rai, 2023
Kenyon Young Writers Online Workshop • under K.E. Ogden, 2023
Yale Young Writers' Workshop • Fiction under Lara Ehrlich, 2023
Interlochen Arts Camp • Playwriting under Reina Hardy, Poetry under Sasha Debevec-McKenney, 2023