Grad Decade: 2010s

Nate Elias ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) was interviewed about his book, The Reincarnations, by alum Alex Thurnher for the Skylight Books podcast and by Fear No Lit.

Julia Caroline Knowlton ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) read her poetry at an event for the Georgia Poetry Society. Her poem, “January Ars Poetica,” was published in One…

Jose Hernandez Diaz ‘15 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had his poem, “Almost Buried,” published in Poem-a-Day, four poems published in Chiricú Journal, and his poems, “Making Tamales with…

Erica Charis-Molling’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) chapbook, “How We Burn,” was a finalist for the 2020 Orison Chapbook Prize.

Melissa Greenwood’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “The Stain,” was nominated for Best Small Fiction by Meow Meow Pow Pow.

Alex Simand’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) piece, “How to Write Through a Pandemic,” was nominated for Best Small Fiction by Meow Meow Pow Pow.  

Gabriella Souza Emmett ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) received the Carlisle Family Scholarship to attend the Community of Writers Fiction Workshop in the summer of 2021.