aurelia kembel-rodriguez

word nerd, creative writer, editor

University of Southern California - 2024-2027

Presidential Merit Scholarship

BA Creative Writing

Kenyon Online Young Writers Workshop - 2023

Iowa Online Young Writers Workshop - 2023

Novel Research & Promotion with Professor Sara Sligar, University of Southern California - 2025

Novel Writing with award-winning author Francisco X. Stork - 2024

Authenticity Reader and Editor for Francisco X. Stork - 2023

Poetry with nationally-recognized poet Professor Lisa Zimmerman, University of Northern Colorado - 2023

Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards, Honorable Mention - 2024

Scholastic National Gold Medal in Poetry - 2024

Scholastic National Honorable Mention in “Writing Portfolio” - 2024

Scholastic Western Region-at-Large Honorable Mention in Poetry - 2024 (received thrice)

Denver Women’s Press Club Scholarship - 2024

Scholastic Western Region-at-Large Honorable Mention in Poetry - 2023 (received twice)

Women Writing the West High School Writing Contest - 2023

State Independent Finalist in National Endowment for the Humanities Poetry-Out Loud - 2023

Scholastic National Gold Medal in Novel Writing - 2022