Shonda Buchanan ’10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was awarded a California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Buchanan is the author of five books, including the award-winning memoir, Black Indian. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Oxfam…
Consuelo Flores Has Play Featured in One-Act Festival
Consuelo Flores ’06, ‘08 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) is a writer member of the Fierce Backbone Theatre Company. Her play, “Imperfect Lives,” is featured in their one-act festival, Think &…
Jessica “Jess” Ballen
MFA in Creative Writing candidate Jessica “Jess” Ballen was named managing editor of submissions for Lunch Ticket, the literary magazine from Antioch’s MFA community. Ballen, who started contributing to Lunch…
Antioch MFA Honored for “Outstanding Screenwriting Training” on 25 Best Film Schools List
Antioch University’s MFA in Creative Writing has received the honor of being named one of MovieMaker’s 25 Best Film Schools for 2023, with the magazine recognizing it as one of three standouts for the category of Outstanding Screenwriting Training, alongside Emerson College and UCLA.
MFA Program Highlights Alumni in Magazine & Media Section of AWP
Antioch’s MFA Program in Creative Writing recently touched base with three alumni who have achieved recognition for their work in the first half of 2023 and asked them: what did…
Consuelo Flores ’06, ‘08
Consuelo Flores ’06, ‘08 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) was showcased in a KCET story on the 50th Anniversary Biennial Paper Fashion Gala & Runway Show which featured 13 designs of…
Arielle Silver ’16
Arielle Silver ’16 (Los Angeles, MFA), adjunct faculty in the Los Angeles Undergraduate Studies Department, joined the team at The SONA Foundation, which develops programs, resources, and grants to support…
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne ‘22
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne ‘22 (Online, UGS), a candidate in the MFA in Creative Writing program, had her nonfiction piece, “The House That Zillow Built,” published in the seventh volume of…
S5 E9: Creative Writing Offers a Chance to Take Yourself Seriously
It can be hard to find time and emotional space within our busy lives to sustain a creative writing practice. At the same time, writing offers a key space to process and make sense of our experiences. Navigating the writing life is a productive challenge, says this week’s guest Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, the Chair of the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing.
What a Proud Jew Wants Others to Know About Jewish American Heritage Month
When I had my brother on the phone a few months ago, he asked me out of the blue if I was proud to be Jewish. I told him, of course, I was. My first book of poetry, which hadn’t been released yet, would be titled Kosher, a title that I chose to pay homage to my Jewish roots (despite not keeping kosher during my meals).
Antioch Spotlight: MFA in Creative Writing Alum Leslie Lehr
Many writers dream of having their book developed into a TV show. For Leslie Lehr, a 2005 alum of the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing, this dream is coming true. Her 2021 memoir A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me… and You was optioned by HBO Max Comedy.
Best Of: Victoria Chang on Literary Citizenship
Victoria Chang, the prominent poet and Antioch MFA core faculty is a longtime advocate for “literary citizenship”—she says we ought to create writing worlds full of collaboration, generosity, and mutual…