LIZ IRVIN

is a massachusetts-based poet and medical student.

selected works and awards 

"First Patient" Second Place in the 21th Annual Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Prize (2025)

• Published in The Interstitium 

"East Palm Avenue, 2025" Honorable Mention in the 21st Annual Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Prize (2025)

"Two True Stories" First Place in the 20th Annual Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Prize (2024)

• Published in Psychiatric Times, December 2024 

• Featured in Worcester Medicine, Fall 2024 

"Pathophysiology” Thimble Literary Magazine, March 2024

• Second Place in the 42nd Annual William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition (2024) 

• Also featured in Journal of Medical Humanities, July 2024

“Metaphysical Exam” Burningword Literary Journal, January 2024. 

“Have you ever” Neologism Poetry Journal, November 2023. 

“Seasick: Lessons in Human Anatomy from Hyman Bloom’s The Hull (1952)” Hektoen International, April 24, 2023. 

"dysbiosis" Honorable Mention for the 41st Annual William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition (2023)