Polly Atwell (MFA '02) just sold her first novel, titled Wild Girls, to Scribner's. They intend to bring it out in the summer of 2013.
MFA News
September 30, 2011
Rickey Laurentiis McGhee (MFA ’13) Work Forthcoming
A finalist for the 2011 National Poetry Series and poems forthcoming in Callaloo.
September 28, 2011
Professor Carl Phillips to Participate in Academy of American Poets Annual Poets Forum
Professor Carl Phillips will be participating in the Academy of American Poets Annual Poets Forum this October in New York. The Poets Forum is a three-day event exploring the ever-changing landscape of contemporary poetry in America.
August 30, 2011
Third-Year Fellow Marni Ludwig Receives Chapbook Fellowship
Marni Ludwig had her chapbook titled Little Box of Cotton and Lightning selected by Susan Howe for the 2011 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship.
August 25, 2011
MFA Program Rises In PW Rankings: Now a Top-Ten Program
From 16th in 2011 to 9th in 2012
We are now one of the top ten MFA programs in the country according to Poets & Writers. In addition, in the rankings for poetry we have moved from 10th to 8th in the rankings, and in fiction from 18th to 9th.
August 10, 2011
Upcoming MFA Program Readers Announced/New AWP Ad
The 2011-12 Visiting Hurst Professors and readers have been announced and they are: (Fall) Hurst Professor Aleksandar Hemon, Hurst Professor Lucie Brock-Brodio, Cole Swensen, Rebecca Brown; (Spring) Briane Teare.
May 25, 2011
Colin Bassett (MFA '10) Published in Barrelhouse
May 13, 2011
Kerin Sulock (MFA '12) Publications
Kerin Sulock was named a finalist for the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry offered by the journal CutBank, and has poems forthcoming in CutBank 75 and Shampoo.
May 11, 2011
Wash U Ranked 6th by USA Today For Undergraduate Creative Writers
USA Today, in conjunction with College Degree.com, has listed Washington University in St. Louis as one of the top 10 colleges for undergraduate writers.