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CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department News
Congratulations to the recipients of the Pearl Hogrefe First-Year Scholarship in Creative Writing
The English Department’s Pearl Hogrefe Creative Writing Fund awards the First-Year Scholarship in Creative Writing to Iowa State University students with first-year student status (0-30 credits) whose work exemplifies promise or talent in one of the genres of creative writing. Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients:
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department News
Marquart and Oriogun events
Creative Writing and the Environment (CWE) Distinguished Professor, Deb Marquart, and new CWE Innovation Fellow, Romeo Oriogun, will be giving a reading and book signing at Beaverdale Books in Des Moines on Tuesday, October 12, from 6:30-7:30 pm. In case you can’t get to Des Moines on Tuesday, Deb Marquart will be doing an Ames … Continue reading Marquart and Oriogun events
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Debra Marquart wins a 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship
Congratulations to Debra Marquart, Iowa Poet Laureate and faculty member in the Creative Writing and the Environment program, on winning a 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. The fellowships are “given to honor poets of literary merit appointed to serve in civic positions and to enable them to undertake meaningful, impactful, and innovative projects … Continue reading Debra Marquart wins a 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship
Monday Monologues | Live: Deb Marquart reads from The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging
Spring 2021 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Award Winners
Graduate Awards AWARD Student Pearl Hogrefe Grants in Creative Writing One or more Pearl Hogrefe Grants in Creative Writing will be awarded during the spring semester to graduate students who show extraordinary promise in creative writing. These awards are open to all graduate students at Iowa State and will be given on the basis of … Continue reading Spring 2021 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Award Winners
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Emerging Writers Reading Series for March
Our readers this month will be Julia Bilek, Jordan Dunn, Emily Golden, and A’Ja Lyons. We hope you will be able to join us in hearing their wonderful work! If you have joined us for previous Emerging Writers readings, you will notice that this differs from past events, which were held on Thursdays. This semester, … Continue reading Emerging Writers Reading Series for March
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Allison Boyd Justus: An Afternoon of Poetry
Please join us for the Writing and Media Center’s second virtual Featured Author Series Event, “Allison Boyd Justus: An Afternoon of Poetry” on Friday April 9, 2-3pm. Allison Boyd Justus is a Graduate Communication Consultant at the WMC, graduating with her MFA in Creative Writing and Environment in May 2021. Her MFA thesis, the poetry … Continue reading Allison Boyd Justus: An Afternoon of Poetry