05/20/2026
Congrats to .city (April Lim ) debut poetry collection, JOSS PAPER as the winner of the DVAN ( ) and Texas Tech University Press ( ) Open Submissions Call. April’s manuscript, JOSS PAPER was judged and selected by Mai Der Vang.
Look out for JOSS PAPER in 2027! 💐💐💐
April Lim is a Teochew-Cambodian American writer from Houston, TX. April has received fellowships and scholarships from Tin House, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, The Watering Hole, and elsewhere. Her work has appeared in Palette Poetry, The Margins, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in Poetry, and was a Fulbright Research Fellow in Cambodia. She currently resides in Dallas, TX, where she organizes Dallas Luck Club, a writing club for Asian Americans.
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📸: Graphic of April Lim with text poetry open call 2026 selection, JOSS PAPER forthcoming 2027 via DVAN and Texas Tech University Press.
Second slide is a description of the themes and subject matter JOSS PAPER details in April’s debut poetry collection via DVAN and Texas Tech University Press.
Third slide is a portrait of April Lim
