MFA in Writing News

whiting awards Williams, Greenidge Win Whiting Awards

Visiting faculty member Phillip B. Williams has won a Whiting Award for his debut book of poems, Thief In The Interior. MFA faculty member Kaitlyn Greenidge won for her debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman.

Isabel Rose Rose MFA ’97 Pens Moving Letter in Support of Transgender Rights

Harper’s Bazaar published an open letter to Ivanka Trump written by Isabel Rose MFA ’97. In it, she shares the story of her transgender daughter, Sadie, and urges the first daughter to consider from her perspective the issue of transgender students being allowed to use the bathroom of their choice. 

Harper’s Bazaar
Teresa Fazio Rolling Stone Article Marine Vet Fazio MFA ’18 on Misogyny in the Military

An essay by Marine veteran Teresa Fazio MFA ’18 in Rolling Stone magazine addresses the problem of “toxic masculinity” in military culture—which, she says, has normalized gender shaming, sexual harassment, and even assault. 

Rolling Stone
Caron's "The Handler" Wins Prize Caron's "The Handler" Wins Prize

Amber Caron MFA '16 has won a PEN/ Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her story "The Handler," originally published in Southwest Review. 

PEN America
"A Traveler's Memoir" Returns in Paperback "A Traveler's Memoir" Returns in Paperback

The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia, by award-winning author Alden Jones MFA '01, will be re-released in paperback in March. 

The University of Wisconsin Press