Alumni News

Ellen Weeren offers A Reason To Write

Ellen Weeren offers A Reason To Write

Over the last decade, Ellen Weeren, BA ’90 and MFA ’19, has been run­ning the Facebook group A Reason to Write, serving a community of more than 750 writers at all stages of their careers with news, opportunities, and regular doses of motivation—and more recently, she’s taken that mission from the virtual world into the real one.

Leeya Mehta Receives the Faculty Member of the Year Award

Leeya Mehta Receives the Faculty Member of the Year Award

Each year, the George Mason University Alumni Association celebrates the achievements of alumni at the annual Celebration of Distinction awards program. The Alumni Association recognizes alumni for their outstanding professional achievements and service to the university, and honors the achievements of alumni from each school, college, and affinity chapter.

Visiting Nonfiction Writer Mako Yoshikawa

Visiting Nonfiction Writer Mako Yoshikawa

Mako Yoshikawa is the author of the memoir, Secrets of the Sun, published in 2024 and called “incandescent…gorgeous” by Booklist and “deeply felt, eloquent” by Michiko Kakutani.

Five Questions with MFA alum Danielle Cadena Deulen

Five Questions with MFA alum Danielle Cadena Deulen

MFA alum Danielle Cadena Deluen's latest poetry collection, Desire Museum, is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry. She looks back on her time at Mason and her writing career so far.

Helon Habila Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

Helon Habila Earns Lifetime Achievement Award

The Kaduna Books and Arts Festival has honored Mason creative writing professor Helon Habila with the KabaFest Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the festival's opening ceremonies on Thursday, April 25.

Two MFA Alums Featured in Tarot Card Decks

Two MFA Alums Featured in Tarot Card Decks

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.