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Margaret Garcia (MFA in Creative Writing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Margaret Elysia Garcia (\u201926 MFA Creative Writing<\/a>) has been awarded the highest honor for graduate students at Chapman University, the James L. Doti Outstanding Graduate Student Award.<\/p>\n

The James L. Doti Outstanding Graduate Student Award honors exceptional graduating master\u2019s and doctoral students who have demonstrated distinguished achievement in academics, scholarship, and\/or service. Each year, the names of the award recipients are permanently engraved on the campus Doti Award trophy, which features artist Nick Hernandez\u2019s sculpture Emergence<\/i> (pictured above) and is displayed outside Argyros Forum.<\/p>\n

In addition to this lasting recognition, each recipient receives a desk-sized replica of the trophy, a $1,000 award, and recognition during their school\u2019s commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n

MFA Creative Writing faculty said they nominated Garcia because her Chapman story is defined by scholarship, craft, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to community. From the start of her time in the MFA program, she approached her work as a lifelong learner, determined to explore every available opportunity and to grow her voice across genres. During her time in the MFA program, she published three editorially reviewed books, with Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California\u2019s Fire Country <\/i>being selected as a Golden Poppy Award Finalist. Garcia also contributed significant research through the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research, and strengthened the Chapman writing community by hosting student salons at her home, connecting peers to internships in the literary sector, and teaching creative writing in the California correctional system.<\/p>\n

“It is likely that Margaret Elysia Garcia is the only MFA student who will have published three editorially reviewed books\u2014each in a different genre\u2014while enrolled at Chapman University,” said Joanna Levin, Director of the MA in English & MFA in Creative Writing. “Margaret excels as a writer of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Whether writing compelling historical fiction or timely poetry or exploring the impact wildfire has on our communities, Margaret has emerged as a powerful literary voice and public intellectual,” she said.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Margaret\u2019s thesis advisor, Professor Richard Bausch, shared: \u201cMargaret\u2019s poems and her stories are sharply textured and deeply felt, without a trace of pretension. We at Chapman will have our Writing Program\u2019s reputation improved simply by being able to claim her as one of ours.\u201d I\u2019m sure Richard\u2019s words ring true for many of Margaret\u2019s faculty and peers.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s award continues a proud tradition of Wilkinson College\u2019s most recent Doti Award winners, including Thomas Cottam in 2014<\/a>, Julia Walton in 2016<\/a>, Liz Harmer in 2019<\/a>, Tryphena Yeboah in 2021<\/a>, Makena Metz in 2023<\/a>, Audrey Fong in 2024<\/a>, and Iara Gonzalez-Ascencio in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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