Creative Writing Program News

Dr. Jake Syersak

Creative Writing Program Graduate Jake Syersak Awarded Translation Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Creative Writing Program 2019 doctoral graduate Jake Syersak, a poet and translator, has been awarded a translation grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, to support his translation from the French of Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine's The Unearther.

Shoulders-up photograph of LeAnne Howe with a pink jacket. She has short black hair.

Professor LeAnne Howe cited as "one of Native America’s greatest writers and theorists"

Book on Professor LeAnne Howe Receives Rave Reviews from Top Journals 

Nathan Dixon Wins Thirteenth Annual Short Fiction Prize

Nathan Dixon of the Creative Writing Program has been selected as the winner of the annual BOA Short Fiction Prize. Read more about this exciting news from BOA Editions, Ltd. below:

Christina Wood

Christina Wood Receives Writer of Note Grant

UGA Creative Writing Program Ph.D.

Holly and her dog, banjo

Holly Haworth wins 2023 Robert B. Silvers Foundation grant

Creative Writing Program graduate student, Holly Haworth has won the prestigious 2023 Robert B. Silvers Foundation grant for her upcoming book. The Robert B. Silvers Foundation is a charitable trust established at the bequest of the late Robert B.