Monthly Archives: August 2020

Omer Friedlander wins Sonora Review Contest, judged by Rebecca Makkai

Even more good news from Omer Friedlander (Fiction ’19), who recently won the Sonora Review fiction contest for his story “Scheherazade and Radio Station 97.2 FM”!   Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, had this to say about Omer’s writing: “Scheherezade and Radio Station 97.2 FM has magic […]

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura wins Slapering Hol Chapbook Prize

We’re so excited to announce that Aaron Caycedo-Kimura (Poetry ’20) has won the Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition! His chapbook Ubasute will be published in March 2021. Aaron says, My chapbook collection Ubasute is about my parents who have both passed away, my father in 2011 and my mother in 2015. These poems keep them […]

Stacy Mattingly publishes essay in Lit Hub

Stacy Mattingly (Fiction ’11) has published an essay in Literary Hub about Bosnia and Herzegovina, friendship, and literary collaboration, among other things. Stacy first visited the Balkans as a Global Fellow and later founded a writers’ collective there, for poets and prose writers working in Bosnian/Croatian/ Serbian and English. She continues to work with writers in the region. […]

Ben Jackson wins second place in American Short(er) Fiction contest

Ben Jackson (Fiction 2018)  published a story in American Short Fiction!  “Karst” won second place in ASF’s American Short(er) Fiction contest.  Ben says that the story emerged from his relationship with his grandmother.  Read “Karst” (or hear Ben read it) here. Congratulations, Ben! Ben Jackson’s writing has appeared in the London Review of Books, American Short Fiction online, the […]