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Stephanie Willing (WFYP, June 2017) is the winner of the Best Audiobook Performance in Fiction at the 2023 One Voice Awards. She also has an article “5 Tips for Writing Middle-Grade Fiction” in Career Authors. She is also […]
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In this interview, writer and filmmaker Cheryl Eagan-Donovan walks us through the various stages of her newest film, Nothing Is Truer than Truth, from early sources of inspiration to international distribution, and the lessons she learned along the way. CHERYL […]
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Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017) received a starred review in Kirkus for their forthcoming novel in verse, Salt the Water. Katherine Karch (WFYP, June 2018) has a story, “The Wielder Does Not Know Regret” in the August 2023 […]
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Poetry alum Naomi Mulvihill chats with us about how her Lesley MFA mentors helped her learn not to hide what she didn’t know, exploring topics around education and craft, teaching poetry to young writers, and making time and […]
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Jody Hobbs Hesler’s (Fiction, June 2017) short story collection What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better is now available for pre-order from Cornerstone Press. Michael Mercurio (Poetry, January 2017) was the lead author of a chapter […]
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Kate Fussner’s (WFYP, June 2021) middle-grade novel-in-verse The Song of Us is listed in Lambda Literary as one of May’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books. The Song of Us is also listed in Rainbow Reads New Release Round-Up: Children’s […]
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Our Spotlight series continues with Fiction alum Daniel Giovinazzo who shares with us how his practice of writing has evolved over time, the great influence his former mentors at the Lesley MFA program had on him, and how […]
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Kate Fussner (WFYP, June 2021) has a review of her debut YA novel The Song of Us in Publishers Weekly. Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, MFA faculty) was featured on Good Morning America, talking about her new picture book The […]
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We love learning about how our alums are making an impact in the literary world, and were thrilled to talk to Natalie Young, poetry alum and a founder of the Utah-based poetry journal, Sugar House Review. In the […]
Naomi Mulvihill (Poetry, 2011) is the winner of the 2023 Clayton Prize, awarded by the editors the Michigan Quarterly Review for her poem “Poly-, Ambi-“ Katie DeBonville (Nonfiction, January 2023) has an essay “Bridges” in the March 2023 […]