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 ...
George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Watershed Lit and Mason’s University Libraries in presenting the Fall 2024 Visiting Writers Series. Writers will meet for afternoon workshops with students from Mason’s MFA program in creative writing and will then participate in programs that...
Kyoko Mori is the author of three nonfiction books (Yarn; Polite Lies; The Dream of Water). The title essay from her book, “Yarn,” was selected for The Best American Essays 2004, and Polite Lies was short-listed for PEN’s Martha Albrand Nonfiction Award. She has also published novels (Barn Cat; Sto...
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...
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...
