Sarah Matthes (MFA 2019) was named Graduate Prizewinner of the 2019 Andrew Julius Gutow Poetry Prize for her poem 613 Mitzvot. Read the poem here.
MCW Alum Sarah Matthes Wins 2019 Gutow Poetry Prize
Event: An Evening with Lauren Groff
6PM Thursday, October 10, 2019 Harry Ransom Center Tell us you’re coming on Facebook We are thrilled to have Lauren Groff for a reading at the Ransom Center on October 10th. She is the author of numerous books including Fates and Furies, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle …
MCW Alum Lara Prescott Profiled in NYTimes
Lara Prescott (MFA 2018) was profiled in The New York Times about her forthcoming book, The Secrets We Kept Knopf (2019). Read the profile here.
Screening: Running with Beto with MCW Alum and Director David Modigliani
6PM Friday, September 20, 2019 Texas Union Theatre Facebook Event Documentary director and Michener Center alum David Modigliani will be in attendance for a screening of his film Running with Beto. A Q&A will follow the screening. This event is free and open to the public.
Reading: Joanna Klink
6PM Tuesday, September 24 Mulva Auditorium Engineering and Education Research Center (EER) 2501 Speedway Facebook Event Joanna Klink is the author of They Are Sleeping (University of Georgia Press, 2000), Circadian (Penguin Books, 2007), Raptus (Penguin Books, 2010), and Excerpts for a Secret Prophecy (Penguin Books, 2015). She has received awards and fellowships from The …
MCW Fellow Minghao Tu’s Play FOR THE SMOG IS RISING Presented at NYPL
MCW playwright Minghao Tu’s play FOR THE SMOG IS RISING will be presented in a staged reading at 53rd Street New York Public Library (18 W 53 Street, across the street from MOMA), Thursday August 15 at 7pm. More details here.
MCW Alum Nathan Patton Wins Script Pipeline Contest
MCW alum Nathan Patton won the 2019 Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest for his script Redflags.
MCW Alum Alen Hamza Awarded CSU Poetry Center First Book Prize
MCW graduate Alen Hamza was named winner of the First Book Poetry Competition by the Cleveland State University Poetry Center for his book EXIT EMPIRE, forthcoming September 2020. Read more here: http://www.csupoetrycenter.com/news-1/
MCW Alum Anna Maria Hong Named Double Finalist for Vermont Book Award
MCW Alum Anna Maria Hong was named Finalist for the 2019 Vermont Book Award both for her poetry collection AGE OF GLASS and for her novella H & G. Anna Maria Hong is the first ever double finalist for the prize, which is given annually by Vermont College of Fine Arts honoring work by Vermont …
MCW Alum Dominic Smith Reviewed in NYTimes
MCW Alum Dominic Smith’s new novel, THE ELECTRIC HOTEL, received a glowing review in The New York Times. Dominic Smith earned his MFA in Fiction and Screenwriting from the Michener Center in 2003.