Diane Gottlieb ‘19

Diane Gottlieb ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had a piece, “Put Karen to Bed,” published in The Manifest-Station and “Dead Man’s Float” appeared in Longridge Review. Her essay,…

Leonora Simonovis ‘20

Leonora Simonovis’ ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) Study of the Raft was selected by judge Sherwin Bitsui as the winner of the 2021 Colorado Prize for Poetry. The…

Tim Cummings ‘18

Tim Cummings’s ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) debut novel, Alice the Cat, will be published by Regal House in 2023.

Robert Morgan Fisher ’14

Robert Morgan Fisher’s ’14 (Los Angeles, MFA) piece, “Pipe Dream Paste,” 2021 Great American Fiction Contest Second Runner-Up, appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. His story, “Extremity,” was a finalist for the…

Khadijah Queen ‘06

Khadijah Queen ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) was listed as one of Essence’s “20 Poets You Should Know” for national poetry month. Queen’s latest book of poetry Anodyne was…

Jessica Emerson McCormick ‘10

Jessica Emerson McCormick ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) will be serving as Executive Director of the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation. She has worked in Jewish organizations, municipal…

Gwynne Garfinkle ‘06

Gwynne Garfinkle’s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel, Can’t Find My Way Home, will be published by Aqueduct Press. 

Lisa Croce ‘18

Lisa Croce ‘18 (Los Angeles, BA in Liberal Studies) began her new role as a fiction editor at Variant Literatur piece. Her piece “Piano Forte” was published in Sentience Literary Journal. 

Kim Stoker ‘17

Kim Stoker’s ‘17 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poem, “Pitch the Baby,” from Folio of Poetry by Korean American Women Poets, appeared in Pleiades. Stoker’s poem, “Ibyanga, Segyehwa,” was…

Kimberly Ellingson ‘20

Kimberly Ellingson ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) was accepted into the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s PhD program in Creative Writing. Her poem “Sparrow Haibun,” was published in Lost Balloon….

John Treat ‘20

John Treat ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA) was named a finalist in the 18th Annual Saints and Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival Poetry Contest and Fiction Contest. This is the first time…

Eric Steineger ‘10

Eric Steineger’s ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poem, “Sylvia, Becoming,” was published in The Shore.