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Martheaus (Mark) Perkins, a first-year MFA poetry student who graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX, is this year's recipient of the $1000 Robert Raymond Scholarship.
Mark's application was selected in a round of blind judging late last semester. Judges were Claudia Ca...
Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible has been a staple of the public-school curriculum for decades. Miller’s play is most often approached as a commentary on McCarthyism (i.e., the “hunt” for communists) undertaken in the United States in the mid-20th-century. In this course, we will explore other ...
DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2024WINNERS ANNOUNCED: MAY 3, 20242024 JUDGES: SEE BELOWGMU Rinehart Fiction Award | $500
GMU Rinehart Nonfiction Award | $500
GMU Rinehart Poetry Award | $500
Prolific in the early 20th century, Mary Roberts Rinehart was referred to as the "American Agatha Christie." In 1983,...
Deadline April 1, 2024 at 12pm noon
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2024 SWC Judges' Bios
GMU Rinehart Fiction Award | $500
E.A. Aymar’s recent Anthony Award-nominated thriller, When She Left, will "appeal to fans of Elmore Leonard…with high-stakes violence tempered by humor and disarmingly sympat...
2023 WINNERS
GMU Rinehart Fiction Award | $500 | Judge: Okezie Nwoka
Winner: Brenna R. Fuhr ("Blessed are the Meek")
"For using exceptional skill in craft to tell the story of the most vulnerable among us: children."
Honorable Mention: Bodie L. Fox ("Gas Station Gospel")
"For reminding us that...
Six George Mason University students were awarded $500 each as winners of this year’s Spring Writing Contests. The contests are an annual tradition presented by the English Department’s Creative Writing Program.
Winners included Brenna R. Fuhr for "Blessed are the Meek" (GMU Rinehart Fiction Award j...