The Department of English and Leatherby Libraries recently hosted the 2023 Literary Pub(lishing) Crawl, an annual event focused on writing careers and learning how authors went from page to publication. This year’s event connected contemporary writers in the industry to a community of budding writers. Wilkinson College Career Manager Erin Berthon opened the event by
Makena Metz (Dual MA English / MFA Creative Writing ‘23) has been awarded the highest honor for graduate students at Chapman University, The James L. Doti Outstanding Graduate Student Award. The award is conferred annually to the outstanding graduating master’s and doctoral students with distinguished records of academic accomplishment, scholarship, and/or service. The names of the award recipients are
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences congratulates Richard Bausch (English), on the publication of his latest work, Playhouse (Alfred A Knopf, 2023). The story takes place in Memphis, Tennessee, where a theater company is putting together a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear for its gala opening, just after a complete renovation. But, the
Chapman University’s Calliope Art & Literary Magazine was recognized as “Superior” in the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) contest. This is the second of four tiers of recognition, just behind “REALM First Class.” The winning entry was Calliope’s Fall 2021 Issue. Congratulations to Editor-in-Chief Tara
As the school year draws to an end we, future graduates, wonder what we are supposed to do with the skills learned to earn our degrees. This was the opportunity for Michael Wong, a 2015 Chapman alum with a degree in Creative Writing in Wilkinson College and CEO and co-founder of Peeka VR, a literary
Creative Writing Professor Mildred Lewis, a published playwright, and screenwriter is Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Science’s 2021 Faculty Career Champion! Engaging Faculty plays a key role in preparing students for their future careers. This year, Career and Professional Development decided to celebrate the faculty who have positively impacted students through internship
Lisa Cupolo (Creative Writing, Wilkinson College) is the winner of the 2020 W.S. Porter Prize for her short-story collection, Have Mercy On Us. Cupolo will receive $1,000 and a book publication by Regal House Publishing. The stories in Have Mercy On Us are all about love. How one chases love and falls short of
As Wilkinson College’s journalism program enters its second year of a partnership with the Voice of OC, even more students are getting a taste of real-life journalism while reporting, writing and editing with Orange County’s nonprofit newsroom. Under the guidance of professional journalists, students post dispatches and stories about local government and its impact on
By Esther Shin MFA Graduate Student On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, I wrote the following to myself: I sat in on the MFA poetry reading this evening and I enjoyed it so much. The students did such a great job—their voice, style and subject matter was so diverse. I was slightly envious of them getting
Don’t be Afraid to Talk As an MFA in Creative Writing student, the thing I grapple with the most when it comes to my writing is sharing my ideas with other people, whether it’s friends, family, or strangers on the internet. I never know whether I’ve talked too much or scared them off, if I’m