Associate Professor Eric Puchner’s new novel, Dream State, was released this week. Among the book’s fans is Oprah Winfrey, who has chosen Dream State as next month’s Book Club pick. […]
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Richie Hofmann Named National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that Richie Hofmann, MFA ’14, is one of 35 writers selected to receive a 2025 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000. This year’s […]
Olakunle Ologunro, MFA ’24, Receives Elizabeth George Foundation Grant
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Olakunle Ologunro, MFA ’24, has been awarded an Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2025. The grant will support the completion of a […]
Join us for a Celebration of the Life, Literature, & Legacy of John Barth
Memorial & Brunch Sunday, April 6, 2025 (Johns Hopkins University Alumni Weekend) 10 am – 12 pm Mason Hall Auditorium (Memorial) & Foyer (Brunch), Homewood Campus 3101 Wyman Park Dr, […]
Joyce Carol Oates Prize longlist includes alumni Jami Attenberg and Porochista Khakpour
Writing Seminars alumni Jami Attenberg and Porochista Khakpour have been longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize by New Literary Project (NewLit). The annual $50,000 award honors “a mid-career author […]
History Through Poetry
A new exhibition at the Homewood Museum features the work of students in Prof. Dora Malech’s First-Year Seminar course, “Bringing the Past to Life with Poetry.” The class, a collaboration […]
Louise Erdrich, MA ’79, on the Today Show
The Mighty Red, the newest novel by Louise Erdrich (MA ’79), was selected as the Today show’s October book club pick. Erdrich appeared on the program to answer questions from […]
Samuel Cheney Named a 2024 National Poetry Series Finalist
Samuel Cheney (MFA ’19) has been named a Finalist for the 2024 National Poetry Series for his debut manuscript, BELIEVERS. The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and […]
Six MFA Poets Selected for The Best American Poetry 2024
The poems of six graduates of the Writing Seminars’ MFA program have been included in this year’s volume of The Best American Poetry. Poems by Christopher Childers, Armen Davoudian, Gabriella […]
Fulbright Grants Awarded to Two Writing Seminars Alumni
Recent Writing Seminars graduates Gabriella Fee (MFA ’22) and Sophia Berkey (BA ’24) have been awarded 2024 Fulbright grants. Fee has won a Study/Research Award to Italy, where she’ll spend […]