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Danielle Alyse Basford Writing Prize Open to Graduating Seniors in The Writing Seminars
Danielle Alyse Basford Writing Prize Open to Graduating Seniors in The Writing Seminars We are pleased to announce the 10th year of the Danielle Alyse Basford Writing Prize, a $1,000 […]
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Dora Malech and Gabriella Fee Win 2021 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize
The Writing Seminars is thrilled to announce that current M.F.A. candidate Gabriella Fee and Dora Malech won the Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize from Saturnalia Books for their co-translation of […]
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Aleyna Rentz, M.F.A. ’19, Named 2021 St. Lawrence Book Award Finalist
The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Aleyna Rentz’s was named a finalist for The St. Lawrence Book Award for her short story collection, The Land of Uz. Black […]
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Two luminaries—a cosmologist and a poet—contemplate our place in the universe
Writing Seminars faculty member Andrew Motion engages with Adam Riess from Physics in wide-ranging discussion ahead of upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Amy Lynwander Wins 2021 District Fray + The Inner Loop Creative Writing Contest
The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Amy Lynwander, has won the 2021 TILxDF Writing Contest for her nonfiction piece, The Many Afterlives. The winning entries will be published […]
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Samuel Cheney, MFA ’19, Awarded the Tickner Fellowship
The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Samuel Cheney has been awarded awarded the Tickner Fellowship at Gilman School from 2021-2023. Gilman School, an independent boys’ school, awards the […]
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Deirdre Danklin, MFA ’19, Wins The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Deirdre Danklin, MFA ‘ 19, has won The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. Established in 2001, The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize highlights one […]
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Kate Keleher, MFA ‘ 21, Wins Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to Kate Keleher who won the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award for the 2020-21 Krieger School’s Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Advising Awards. Some of the comments about Kate’s […]
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Danielle Evans Wins 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize
Congratulations to Danielle Evans, the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Recipient! Awarded by the New Literary Project (formerly the Simpson Literary Project), the Prize annually honors a midcareer author of […]