News & Announcements Archive

MFA Alumni, Grasser and Wahmanholm, Win Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize

Huge congratulations to Writing Sems alumni J.P. Grasser (MFA ‘14) and Claire Wahmanholm (MFA ‘11), 1st and 2nd place winners of The Academy of American Poets first-ever Treehouse Climate Action Poem […]

The Writing Seminars Announces 2020 Student Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2020 Student Award Winners!

J.P. Grasser, MFA ’14, Wins Frontier Poetry’s 2019 OPEN

J.P. Grasser, MFA ’14, Wins Frontier Poetry’s 2019 OPEN

Congratulations to Writing Seminars alumnus, J.P. Grasser, for winning the $5000 prize in Frontier Poetry’s 2019 OPEN. JP’s poem will be published on April 1st.

Danielle Evans Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

Danielle Evans Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Danielle Evans has been awarded a Creative Writing Fellowship in prose by the National Endowment for the Arts. The work Evans submitted […]

Mary Terrier, M.F.A. ’17, Receives Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2020

Mary Terrier, M.F.A. ’17, Receives Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2020

The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Mary Terrier has won an Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2020.  The grant will support the completion of a novel and a […]

Rachael Uwada Clifford, M.F.A. ’18, Receives Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2020

Rachael Uwada Clifford, M.F.A. ’18,  Receives Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2020

The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Rachael Uwada Clifford has won an Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2020.  The $31,500 grant will support the completion of Clifford’s first […]