The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded Eric Puchner an Arts and Letters Award in Literature.  This award honors exceptional accomplishment in any genre.

Retired Writing Seminars' professor, Stephen Dixon, won a 2014 O. Henry Award for his short story "Talk." Read the story in the Baltimore Sun.

Lisa Yoskowitz at Disney-Hyperion has bought world English rights to Rahul Kanakia's debut YA novel Enter Title Here, at auction.

Mary Jo Salter, an accomplished poet and the Krieger-Eisen­hower Professor in and co-chair of the Writing Seminars, is one of 204 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 2014 class includes some of the world's premier scholars, scientists, writers, artists, and civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders.

Alessandra Bautze, a double major in the Writing Seminars and Film and Media Studies, delves into the topic of school shootings with her Provost's Undergraduate Research Award project, the 12-minute film "What Sophie Saw." The script dates back to a screenwriting class she took in 2012.

Read an interview with Colm Tóibín, who read from his ninth novel, The Testament of Mary, on April 3 as part of the JHU President's Reading Series.