Creative Writing Program News

Abhijit Sarmah

Creative Writing doctoral student Abhijit Sarmah named for the second consecutive year as finalist for major poetry fellowship

For the second year in a row, UGA doctoral student Abhijit Sarmah is among 12 finalists for the 

Presidential Graduate Fellow Award

Incoming English PhD student wins Presidential Fellowship

Priyadarshini Oshin Gogoi, an incoming Creative Writing Ph.D. student, is the winner of the University of Georgia's Presidential Fellowship Award.

Rahad Abir

Creative Writing Student Rahad Abir named Georgia Author of the Year!

Congratulations to Rahad Abir, an incoming PhD student in the Creative Writing Program on being named the Georgia Author of the Year, in the Literary Fiction and Short Story Collection category for his book Bengal Hound. 

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.