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Honum in AGNI

2009-11-06T09:34:00.000-08:00

Chloe Honum's poem "Come Back" is the in the current issue of AGNI.

Ashley McHugh, rock star

2009-11-06T09:32:00.001-08:00

Ashley McHugh has received the Morton Marr Poetry Prize for her poem "Into These Knots." The prize includes publication in the Southwest Review and a check for $1,000.

Also this week, two of Ashley's poems — "Wedding Anniversaries" and "Church of the Annunziata, 1760" — were accepted for publication in a future issue of the Pebble Lake Review.

Williams forthcoming in 42opus

2009-10-19T08:58:00.000-07:00

Johnathon Williams's poem "Stillwell, Oklahoma" has been accepted for publication in 42opus. Williams is a fourth-year student in the program.

Williamson wins Perigree Poetry Prize

2009-10-07T11:47:00.000-07:00

Corrie Williamson, a first-year student in the program, has won the Perigree Poetry Contest for her poem "The Seed Jar." The prize includes a $300 award and publication in the next issue.

McHugh forthcoming in The New Criterion

2009-10-02T07:16:00.000-07:00

Ashley McHugh's poem "Shepherd Road" has been accepted for a forthcoming issue of The New Criterion. Ashley is a third-year student in the program.

Stephen Elliot reads Tuesday

2009-10-01T22:12:00.000-07:00

Stephen Elliot, author of The Adderall Diaries, will read from the book Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Giffels Auditorium. Read a recent interview with Elliot at Flavorwire, or check out one of the many positive reviews the book has garnered at Bookslut.

Williams forthcoming in Tar River Poetry

2009-09-28T07:52:00.000-07:00

Johnathon Williams's poem "The Christian Motorcycle Association Arrives for its Annual Rally Outside Mena, AR" has been accepted for publication in Tar River Poetry. The poem is slated for the Spring issue. Johnathon is a fourth-year student in the program.

Peterson selected as finalist for FlatmanCrooked Prize

2009-09-17T08:19:00.000-07:00

Josh Peterson, a first-year student in the program, was selected as a finalist for the FlatmanCrooked Prize for his short story "Love Apocalypse."

McHugh forthcoming in Birmingham Poetry Review

2009-09-16T09:49:00.000-07:00

Five sections of Ashley McHugh's sonnet sequence "Cairns" have been accepted for publication in Birmingham Poetry Review:

"I. Jack"
"IV. 'Grace that taught the heart to fear'”
"XI. Revival, May 2008"
"XIII. 'Bandages hide the place where each is living'”
"XVIII. 'And anger, and the idea of love'"

Ashley is a third-year student in the program.

McHugh forthcoming in Measure

2009-08-31T08:29:00.000-07:00

Ashley McHugh's poem "A Letter from Iceland" has been accepted for a forthcoming issue of Measure. McHugh is a third-year student in the program.

Williams published at The Morning News

2009-08-25T07:05:00.000-07:00

Johnathon Williams's essay "A Taste for Flesh" can be read online at The Morning News. Johnathon is a fourth-year student in the program.

Rudnitsky poetry prize opens Sept. 1

2009-08-19T12:42:00.000-07:00

Female poets who have yet to publish a book should check out the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize, which opens for submissions on Sept. 1.

Nickol awarded artist fellowship

2009-08-17T12:27:00.001-07:00

Ben Nickol has won a 2010 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council. Nickol is a third-year fiction writer in the program.

Williams selected for Best New Poets 2009

2009-08-03T11:07:00.000-07:00

Johnathon Williams's poem "Dirge" has been selected for Best New Poets 2009 by guest editor Kim Addonizio. The anthology, which features the work of 50 emerging poets, will be published in October. Johnathon is a fourth-year student in the program.

Honum awarded Ruth Lilly Fellowship

2009-07-28T10:20:00.000-07:00

Fourth-year student Chloe Honum has been awarded a 2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. Honum was one of five poets selected to receive the award, which comes with a prize of $15,000 and publication in Poetry Magazine. Honum's work will be featured in the November issue.

Congratulations, Chloe!

Honum named as finalist for the 2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowships

2009-07-19T21:19:00.000-07:00

Third-year student Chloe Honum has been named as a finalist for the 2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowships.

McHugh forthcoming in Sixth Finch

2009-07-19T21:17:00.000-07:00

Ashley McHugh's poem "Ars Poetica" has been accepted for the fall issue of Sixth Finch. McHugh is a third-year student in the MFA program.

Mullholland receives Coughlin-Lawrence Fellowship

2009-07-19T21:15:00.000-07:00

Meaghan Mulholland recently received the Coughlin-Lawrence Fiction Fellowship to the Solstice Summer Writers' Conference at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill MA. The fellowship covers full room and board at the conference. Mullholland is a third-year student in the MFA program.

Honum forthcoming in the Bellingham Review

2009-07-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

Chloe Honum's poem "Ballerina, Released" was selected as Runner-up by judge Paulann Petersen for the 49th Parallel Award in Poetry from the Bellingham Review. The poem will be published in a future issue. Honum is a fourth-year student in the program.

Be the first kid on your block to read The Adderall Diaries, by Stephen Elliott

2009-06-20T09:43:00.000-07:00

Steve Elliott is a pretty famous guy. Most know him as the best man at Geoff and Padma's wedding. Others know him as a hard-luck poker player. And a few know him as the author of terrific books like Happy Baby, A Life Without Consequences, and My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up. However you know him, you should know that he has a new book coming out in the fall, called The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder, written almost entirely under the influence. And he's willing to mail YOU an advance copy.

Of course, there's a catch. Read the details here.

Williams forthcoming in Unsplendid

2009-05-29T04:15:00.000-07:00

Third-year student Johnathon Williams's poem "Sapphics for a Dead Porn Star" has been accepted for a future issue of Unsplendid.

McHugh forthcoming in Able Muse

2009-05-22T12:08:00.001-07:00

Second-year student Ashley McHugh's poem "From Tuliptrees" has been accepted for a forthcoming issue of Able Muse.

McHugh forthcoming in Memorious

2009-05-04T12:14:00.000-07:00

Second-year student Ashley McHugh's poem "Deer Hunting" has been accepted by Memorious.

Ashley has also just received a full scholarship to attend the West Chester University Poetry Conference this summer, where she's enrolled in Dana Gioia's Master Class.

Honum wins scholarship

2009-04-21T16:10:00.000-07:00

Third-year poet Chloë Honum has won a full tuition scholarship to attend the New York State Summer Writer's Institute.

NYRB Reviews Brock's Pinocchio

2009-04-21T08:47:00.000-07:00

The current issue of The New York Review of Books contains a nice review, by Tim Parks, of Geoff Brock's recent translation of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio:

[Collodi's] achievement here was to tap into the zany spirit of Tuscan humor to deliver a Pinocchio who swings alarmingly between lies and candor, generous sentiment and cruel mockery, good intentions and zero staying power. Geoffrey Brock's accomplishment in his excellent new translation is to get that spirit across in English.