Creative Writing Program News

Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize

2025 Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize Winner

The Creative Writing Program is delighted to announce this year’s Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize winner. Out of the 36 applicants, one winner was selected by alumna Claire Cronin.

Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize

Undergraduates: Submit your poetry for the 2025 Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize!

Undergraduate English majors are invited to enter the annual Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize!
Blakely Announcement

2024-2025 Blakely Poetry Competition Winner: Sihle Ntuli

We are THRILLED to share that Diann Blakely Visiting Poet Vivek Narayanan has selected Sihle Ntuli's poem "Shade or The Revelation of All Our Neighbourhood Has Lost" as the winning poem for the 2024-2025 Diann Blakely Poetry Competition!

Cooper Sunderland

Congratulations to the winner of the 2024-2025 SPARK Fellowship: Cooper Sunderland!

We are thrilled to announce that Cooper Sunderland has been awarded a $4000 SPARK Fellowship for his independent summer study abroad project, Art – A Refuge Abroad. 
Vivek Narayanan

Announcing the 2024-2025 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet & National Poetry Competition

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