The Creative Writing concentration is designed for students who wish to devote a considerable portion of their work in English to the writing of poetry or fiction (or both). Students fulfill the requirements for this concentration by taking four writing courses, ideally including either the Advanced ...
Scott W. Berg is an author, journalist, and professor of nonfiction writing. He has published three books of narrative history--Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C., and 38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Fronti...
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 Complete SWC Guidelines Here 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...
Two MFA alums, Tara Laskowski (MFA ‘05) and Kevin Binder (MFA ’22), have been featured in writing-style tarot card decks—The Literary Tarot and The Science Fiction Tarot. Tarot cards, which originated from the mid-15th century, are small cards that come in a deck of 78 that are said to have divinato...
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...
