The Writing Seminars congratulates Richie Hofmann (MFA Writing Seminars 2014) on the publication of his debut poetry collection, Second Empire, by Alice James Books. Second Empire is the winner of […]
News & Announcements Archive
Poem by Dora Malech Chosen for The Best American Poetry 2015
The Writing Seminars congratulates faculty member Dora Malech, whose poem “Party Games” was selected by Sherman Alexie for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2015. “Party Games” first appeared in […]
James Arthur Chosen as 2016 Fulbright Scholar
Writing Seminars faculty member James Arthur has received a U.S. Scholar Award from the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission. From January through June of 2016, Arthur will be the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar […]
MFA Class of 2017 Selected
The faculty and staff of the Writing Seminars are pleased to welcome our incoming class of MFA students, who were chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants. Fiction: Ralph Hubbell […]
Andrew Motion Wins 2014 Ted Hughes Award
The Writing Seminars is delighted to share the news that Andrew Motion, soon to join the Department as a Homewood Professor of the Arts, has received the 2014 Ted Hughes […]
Dora Malech Selected for Engaged Faculty and Community Fellows Program
Writing Seminars faculty member Dora Malech has been awarded an Engaged Faculty Fellowship by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Social Concern. The Fellowship, which includes support for a graduate assistant, […]
Sir Andrew Motion joins The Writing Seminars
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Sir Andrew Motion will join the department as a Homewood Professor of the Arts in July 2015. Poet Laureate of the United […]
Eric Puchner Wins Jeannette Haien Ballard Writer’s Prize
Eric Puchner, Assistant Professor in the Writing Seminars, has won the 2015 Jeannette Haien Ballard Writer’s Prize, a $25,000 annual prize given to “a young writer of proven excellence in […]
Writing Seminars Faculty Honored in 2015 Poets’ Prize Competition
Mary Jo Salter, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in the Writing Seminars, has received the $3,000 Poets’ Prize for her book Nothing by Design, published in 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf. David Yezzi, […]
Writing Seminars Graduate Matt Morton Wins the Wabash Prize for Poetry
Matt Morton (MFA Writing Seminars 2014) has been chosen by Bob Hicok as the winner of the 2014 Wabash Prize for Poetry for his poem “Windfall.” Of “Windfall,” Hicok writes, […]