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Fulbright Teaching Assistantship Awarded to English Alumna

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵDepartment of English alumna Allyson Hoffman received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship and was accepted to the PhD program at Western Michigan University.

April 26, 2019¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ News

English Dept Yice Irizarry Award

English Dept Yice Irizarry Award

English Professor Ylce Irizarry was recently honored with two awards for her book "Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction: The New Memory of Latinidad," originally released in 2016.

April 15, 2019Honors and Awards

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ: A Preeminent Research University

Annual MFA Event Took Place at USF’s Contemporary Art Museum

The creative writing department’s annual MFA graduation reading, Curtain Call, took place at USF’s Contemporary Art Museum. This year’s ten graduates read for a packed house of around 200 audience members.

April 12, 2019Events

Spring 2019 English Department Accomplishments

Spring 2019 English Department Accomplishments

With the semester coming to an end, we are honored to celebrate our talented faculty and students of the Spring 2019 term.

April 10, 2019Honors and Awards

Chelsea Dingman, a poet and alumnae of USF's MFA program

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵPoets Sweep Top Spots for Georgia Poetry Prize

The Creative Writing Program at ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵis pleased to congratulate Chelsea Dingman, a poet and alumnae of USF's MFA program, for winning the 2018 Georgia Poetry Prize.

March 29, 2019Department News

USF’s Florida-themed literary magazine run by the Creative Writing Program’s MFA students

Saw Palm Celebrates Release of 13th Issue

The staff behind Saw Palm, USF’s Florida-themed literary magazine run by the Creative Writing Program’s MFA students, hosted a release party at Southern Brewing & Winemaking on Friday, March 1. This party celebrated the completion and release of the 13th issue of Saw Palm.

March 26, 2019Events

English Student Awarded Research Travel Grant

English Student Awarded Research Travel Grant

¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵLiterature MA student Scott Simeral was awarded this semester a competitive William J. Hill Visiting Researcher Travel Grant from the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

March 21, 2019Honors and Awards

6x6 Event, featured six undergraduate and six graduate students

Vintage-Themed Reading Features ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵEnglish Students

The ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵEnglish Department hosted its spring 2019 installment of the 6x6 reading on Feb. 22 at Felicitous Coffee and Tea on 42nd Street. The reading featured six undergraduate and six graduate students who shared their creative writing of 1,000 words or fewer.

February 27, 2019Events

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‘Writers with Conviction:’ Teaching Fiction in a Men’s Correctional Facility

For Adam Carter, 3rd year MFA at the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵ, a graduate internship became a unique opportunity to harness his professional background with his studies in fiction writing.

January 28, 2019Department News

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