Creative Writing Program News

Aruni Kashyap

Aruni Kashyap selected as a 2024-2025 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University—also known as Harvard Radcliffe Institute—is one of the world’s leading centers for interdisciplinary exploration.

Reginald McKnight

Reginald McKnight selected to judge the 75th National Book Awards for Fiction

The National Book Foundation has announced the 25 judges for this year's awards including Hamilton Holmes Professor Reginald McKnight. 
Nneoma Ike-Njoku

Creative Writing Program's Nneoma Ike-Njoku described as 'incredibly exciting new talent'signs novel with Scribner

Scribner has signed Nneoma Ike-Njoku’s The Water House, a “thrilling twist” on the gothic novel. Upon acquiring the UK and Commonwealth rights, publishing director at Scribner Sophie Missing shared: 

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2024 Virginia Rucker Walker Poetry Prize Winners

The Creative Writing Program is delighted to announce this year’s Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize winners. Out of the 24 applicants, one winner and two honorable mentions were selected by alumna Julia Anna Morrison.

Dr. LeAnne Howe

Professor LeAnne Howe Delivers Plenary Talk at The 50th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies