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Ocean Vuong Awarded 2021 USA Fellowship
Ocean Vuong was awarded a 2021 USA Fellowship by United States Artists. USA Fellowships are annual $50,000 unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career.
Sabina Murray Named Spotlight Scholar
Thursday, April 2, 2020
MFA faculty member Sabina Murray has been named a 2019–2020 UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar. The Spotlight Scholar program publicly acknowledges highly-accomplished faculty and their professional...
Andrea Lawlor (MFA '12) wins 2020 Whiting Award in Fiction
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Andrea Lawlor (MFA '12) was named a 2020 Whiting Award Winner in Fiction. The $50,000 Whiting Award is presented annually to 10 emerging U.S. writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. ...
Leigh Newman (MFA '06) Recognized by National Magazine Award
Thursday, February 13, 2020
The Paris Review is the recipient of this year’s National Magazine Award for Fiction, recognizing in particular three stories published in 2019: “Foxes,” by Kimberly King Parsons; “Under the Ackee...
Recent Alumni Publications
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Gabriel Bump's ('17) debut novel, Everywhere You Don't Belong, was published by Algonquin Books on February 4, 2020. Read the NYTimes review by Tommy Orange here. Bump is also featured in Poets ...
Ocean Vuong's novel longlisted for National Book Award and Kirkus Award
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Ocean Vuong's novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, was named on the Longlist for the National Book Award and as a Finalist for the Kirkus Book Award.
Madeline ffitch reads from new novel
Thursday, September 5, 2019
MFA alumna Madeline ffitch will read from her new novel, Stay and Fight, at Amherst Books on Friday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. Stay and Fight, one of the New York Times' most anticipated books of...
