Crystal Little's (current MFA) memoir excerpt, "Everything Will Be Fine," was shortlisted for CRAFT's Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest, judged by Roxane Gay, and will be published by CRAFT in fall 2026.


Mark Hines's (current Ph.D.) chapter, "'And then, Cthulhu Attacked: ' Teaching Collaboration and Recursivity with The Quiet Year," has been accepted for publication in Volume 3 of Education and Analog Role-playing Games (Routledge).


Victor Unachukwu's (current MFA) poem, “The Great World War,” was published in Eunoia Review. 


Kendall Sewell (current Ph.D.) has received the 2025-2026 Nietzel Visiting Distinguished Faculty Award, which recognizes dissertations that are considered to have unusually high merit. 


Nesha Ruther (current MFA) was accepted to the Community of Writers 2026 Summer Workshop.