Creative Writing Program News

FGCU Speaker Aruni Kashyap

Professor Aruni Kashyap is a FGCU Eminent Speaker

Creative Writing Program Professor Aruni Kashyap will serve as one of Florida Gulf Coast University's Eminent Speakers.  The event will take place on Tuesday, October 18th.  Professor Kashyap will discuss his latest book, There Is No Good Time For Bad News, which was taugh

LeAnne Howe

Professor LeAnne Howe Final Judge for North Carolina Literary Review Poetry Prize

Eidson Chair in American Literature LeAnne Howe served as the final judge for the James Applewhite Poetry Prize sponsored by the North Carolina Literary Review. Just over 400 poems were submitted by 115 poets, and Howe selected Barbara Campbell’s poem “Half an Avocado and a Dollop…

Stillpoint Literary Magazine

Join the 2022-2023 Stillpoint Literary Magazine staff!

Staff applications for Stillpoint Literary Magazine are now open for the 2022-2023 academic year!

LeAnne Howe

Professor LeAnne Howe awarded for lifetime achievement by Society for the Study of Southern Literature

University of Georgia professor LeAnne Howe was awarded the Richard Beale Davis Award for Distinguished Lifetime Service to Southern Letters by the Society for the Study of Southern Literature for her work as a scholar and writer.

Aruni Kashyap

Professor Aruni Kashyap takes part in Sanctuary: The Solace of Words panel

Professor Aruni Kashyap, along with writers Prajwal Parajuly and Manjushree Thapa, took part in a [margins.] panel titled, "Sanctuary: The Solace of Words."  This panel examine