• ABOUT

    BIOGRAPHY

    Corey J. Boren is a recent UVU graduate and Oreo aficionado. Corey served as Editor-in-Chief of Touchstones in Fall 2021. He currently has eighteen Wikipedia tabs open.

     

     

     

     

     

    ACCOLADES

    Button Poetry:

    2020 Chapbook Contest Longlist (tiresias, my lover, and i)

     

    Touchstones: UVU's Journal for Literature and Art: 

    1st Place Poetry Fall 2022 ("sonnet in which you, howard carter, unbury me", awarded by Lisa Hiton)

    1st Place Prose Spring 2020 ("L (OCD) V E", awarded by Fred Arroyo)

    1st Place Poetry Spring 2019 ("the day janis joplin joined the 27 club i prayed for my brother's soul", awarded by Jenny Molberg)

    2nd Place Prose Fall 2020 ("Question #1988", awarded by Natanya Ann Pulley)

    2nd Place Prose Fall 2019 ("3:33", awarded by Claire Åkebrand)

    3rd Place Poetry Spring 2022 ("vera writes a poem", awarded by Ae Hee Lee)

    3rd Place Poetry Fall 2020 ("March 4, 2020", awarded by Ashley Finley)

     

    Warp & Weave:

    3rd Place Prose Spring 2019 ("naamah station")

  • FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

    30 North:

    Volume 17, 2021 - Inquiry #1988; señor corona

     

    The Allegheny Review:

    2021 issue - last train to paradise

     

    Angel City Review:

    Issue 10, 2021 - obsessions; bumble profile

     

    Better Than Starbucks:

    Volume 7 No. 2, 2022 - his confession

     

    Blue Marble Review:

    Issue 19, 2020 - welcome to the happy valley

     

    Essais:

    Volume 11 No. 2, 2021 - We Knew Everything, and We Knew Nothing: Ecology and the Lacanian Real in Annihilation

     

    Last Leaves Magazine:

    Issue 2, 2021 - legacy, driving south on interstate 15; inheritance

    Issue 4, 2022 - orem boulevard; momento mori

    Issue 5, 2022 - solar eclipse; poem excluding forgiveness

     

    Prodigal Press:

    2024 - gaza, i want to see your birds

     

    Riggwelter:

    Issue 28, 2020 - genesis

     

    Touchstones:

    Volume 22 Issue 2, 2019 - the day that janis joplin joined the 27 club i prayed for my brother's soul; a multiplicity of steel; his death began on a coney island pier

    Volume 23 Issue 1, 2019 - 3:33; all hallow's eve: a tragedy in three acts
    Volume 23 Issue 2, 2020 - L(OCD)VE; he still thinks about it sometimes; let them eat mcdonalds
    Volume 24 Issue 1, 2020 - March 4, 2020; saturday night. living room. no plans.

    Volume 25 Issue 2, 2022 - vera writes a poem; Orange County Blues

    Volume 26 Issue 1, 2022 - sonnet in which you, howard carter, unbury me; i become nonverbal in the parking lot

     

    Utah Lake - Reflections on a Living Landmark:

    2023 - clarence thomas releases his concurrent opinion on our honeymoon

     

    Warp & Weave:

    Volume 17 Issue 2, 2019 - naamah station
    Volume 18 Issue 1, 2019 - The Architect's Lament

    Volume 18 Issue 2, 2020 - God Bless

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