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Holly Mason Badra recently published a multi-genre anthology showcasing the work of contemporary Kurdish women and nonbinary writers living all over the world. Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora (The University of Arkansas Press, 2025) was recently featured in The Kurdistan Chronicle and elsewhere. 

Stillhouse Press serves as a real-world laboratory that allows students to apply, in immediate practical terms, the skills and concepts they're learning in the classroom. Read what former and current students who have worked with the press have to say about how their work at Stillhouse has sharpened their skills and prepared them for their careers.

Grace Wood, a BFA candidate graduating in 2026, was named Senior of the Year by the College of Humanities and Social Science in November 2025.

Upstart Crow is a literary podcast affiliated with Watershed Lit Radio. We recently got the chance to interview the hosts, William Miller, Ken Budd, and Jennifer Disano.

Recent fiction graduate Jaime Goh, MFA '25, won the "International" category of the British Virgin Island Lit Fest Writing Competition! Her winning story, "Deposits," will be published in the Beacon in the coming weeks.

The Incarcerated Writers Project (IWP) is an initiative of phoebe journal to provide feedback to creative writers who are incarcerated. Maya Gudapati and Katey Funderburgh, the current co-coordinators of IWP, discuss their work and experience with the organization.