Joanna Mulder's short story, "Gary, East Side, 1997," is forthcoming in Issue 24 of
Blue Mesa Review out of the University of New Mexico.
Congratulations, Jo!
Jessica Thummel’s short story "The Knocker" was accepted for the next issue of the Owen Wister Review!
Congratulations, Jessica!
MFA alum and current Hub-Bub writer-in-residence Corinne Manning has a novel excerpt appearing in this month's "Drunken Boat" and an essay ("Primary
Sources") in the spring 2012 issue of "Arts & Letters."
Congratulations, Corinne!
MFA alum Carmen Rodriguez sold her book 34 Pieces of You (her MFA thesis) to
Simon Pulse, a young adult division of Simon & Schuster, for fall 2012 publication in hardcover .
Congratulations, Carmen!

Michelle Bliss’s essay "Fiction" was chosen for the 6th edition of The Fourth Genre:
Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction . Read the essay here . Her essay
"Our Elephant" was just printed in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Ninth Letter .
Congratulations, Michelle!
MFA alum Luba Zakharov published an interview in “Faith & Leadership” with
Southern storyteller Lee Smith. Check it out here .
Congratulations, Luba!
Claire Bateman was awarded the University of Alabama’s Graduate Council
Fellowship for an MFA in Book Arts next fall, one of the best programs in the country.
Congratulations, Claire!