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News & Announcements Archive
Dora Malech and Gabriella Fee’s Translation Among PEN America Literary Award Longlists
The Writing Seminars congratulates Dora Malech and Gabriella Fee whose co-translation made the longlist for the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation category.
Bruce Snider Awarded 2023 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Bruce Snider received a 2023 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Hopkins Review Takes Home CELJ Phoenix Award
Congratulations to The Hopkins Review, winner of the 2022 Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial and Design Achievement!
Marc Lapadula, playwright and screenwriter, dies at 62
A senior lecturer in The Writing Seminars from 1991 to 2013, Lapadula created and ran Johns Hopkins’ screenwriting program. His influence lives on through his creation of the screenwriting program at Hopkins and the lasting impact he had on his students.
Emma Shannon, BA ’20, Wins the PEN/Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
Emma Shannon was selected as a winner of the PEN/Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.
Aleyna Rentz, M.F.A. ’19, Wins Pushcart Prize
The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Aleyna Rentz’s story, “The Land of Uz” has won a Pushcart Prize.
Writing Seminars Professor and Graduate Student Receive 2021-22 Krieger School Excellence in Teaching Awards
Dora Malech and Dom Guida among winners of 2021-22 Krieger School Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Writing Seminars Majors Develop Marketing Campaign for Real Simple Magazine
Two Writing Seminars majors, Alyssa Kattan and Eben Woo, spent the semester developing and implementing an integrated marketing campaign for REAL SIMPLE—the magazine and lifestyle brand.
Gina Apostol, MA ’88, receives Rome Prize in literature from the American Academy in Rome
Congratulations to alumna Gina Apostol, MA ’88, who won a 2022-2023 Rome Prize in literature, awarded by the American Academy in Rome.