Each year, Redwood Literary Magazine invites eighth graders at Berkeley public middle schools
to submit pieces for publication in our May issue.
Emerging Writers are guided through the revision process by experienced Redwood writers.

2025 Emerging Writers

Leelu Cordella
Big

Sawyer Flett
Behind the Scenes

Jasmina Salokhiddin Kizi
The Time Capsule Bet

Zarya Kobata
To My Cat Sparks

Sir-Remy Maldonaldo Jr.
Kingdom Hidden in the Fields

Shaima Nasser
Beloved Community

Selah Park-Manoff
Phoenix

Kira Poursohi
Does the Sky Feel, Too?

Kathryn Zaragoza-Aaron
They Say the Multiverse is Real

2024 Emerging Writers

​Leen Alammar
Snowy Day Poem

Adeline Limieux ​
The Cry of the Cipher

Caitlin Simonds
The Moon and the Doe 

Isabel Song-Chin ​
Musical Key​
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Moral Alysse Walker ​
Sunset Outside

2023 Emerging Writers

Lei Lani Daniel
Note Buddies

Alston Kavanagh
Depository

Alaysha Thompson
The Story of the Night

2022 Emerging Writers

Sophia Bevis-Lipton
when time ran out

Sylvia Burns
All That's Left

Maya Dang
Calina's Story

Cruz Foster
It Takes a Village

Penelope Kershaw
Relic

Samantha Lopatin
Masked

Max Mardesich
As Far as the Eye Can See

Penelope Purchase
Packages

Jamaica Rodriguez
You See Me?

Haley Willem
On the Bench by the Sea

2021 Emerging Writers

Ori Boozaglo
My Daily Bus Ride

Zael Johnson
Giraffes and Spacetime

Soline Loeffler
Among the Stars

Divya Sachdeva
Full Scholarship

Shiva Swaminathan Strickland
Whirlwind

2020 Emerging Writers

Luka Henrie-Naffaa
Fighting for You

Lucia Segovia Merlos
The Ones Who Pay

Gwendolin Weber-Stover
I Must

Special thanks to the English teachers and librarians at Berkeley public middle schools!