The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Rachael Clifford has won first place in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers for her story, “What the Year Will […]
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Joanna Pearson, M.F.A. ’09, Publishes Third Book in Third Genre
Dr. Joanna Pearson, a psychiatrist with two Johns Hopkins degrees, a 2009 M.F.A. in poetry and a 2010 M.D., has had her third book, Every Human Love, a collection of short stories, published […]
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Sydney Doyle, M.F.A ’18, and Armen Davoudian, M.F.A. ’19, Awarded Tennessee Williams Scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference
The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Sydney Doyle and Armen Davoudian have received Tennessee Williams Scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. In the spirit of Sewanee’s literary community, […]
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Aleyna Rentz, M.F.A. ’19, Wins First Place in the Pleiades Realistic Fiction Contest
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Aleyna Rentz has won the R.M. Kinder Award for Realistic Fiction for her story, “Cottonmouth”. She will receive $1,000 and publication in […]
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Rachael Clifford, M.F.A. ‘ 18, Awarded Cave Canem Fellowship, Residency at the Mastheads, and Artist Award from Maryland State Arts Council
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Rachael Clifford was awarded a Cave Canem Fellowship. In addition, she was selected as a 2019 Writer-in-Residence at the Mastheads in Pittsfield, […]
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Samuel Cheney, M.F.A. ’19, and Jalen Eutsey, M.F.A. ’18, Awarded Scholarships to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Samuel Cheney and Jalen Eutsey received scholarships to attend the Summer Workshop Program at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Jalen […]
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Brad Leithauser’s Book The Promise of Elsewhere Featured on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Fred Armisen guesses the plot of Brad Leithauser’s The Promise of Elsewhere using only the book’s cover.
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Matt Morton, M.F.A. ’14, wins 2018 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize
Congratulations to Writing Seminars graduate Matt Morton (MFA 2014) on winning the 2018 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. His manuscript will be published by BOA Editions. Matt Morton holds a BA […]
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Alice McDermott wins France’s Prix Femina for best foreign novel of the year
Novelist Alice McDermott has been awarded the Prix Femina, France’s award for the best foreign novel of the year. McDermott, a professor in the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, was recognized for her book The Ninth […]
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Michael Lavers, MFA ’10, Wins Tampa Review Prize
The University of Tampa Press is pleased to announce that poet Michael Lavers, of Provo, Utah, has won the seventeenth annual Tampa Review Prize for Poetry for his collection of […]