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10/23/2026

Congratulations to MA in Writing ‘25 alum McKenna Harris-Colvin (McKenna) on receiving an honorable mention in the annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition for her genre short story “The Deal.” 🏆

10/09/2026

What a delight to wake up this morning, and discovered that three of our alumni have just published essays!
✍️ MA ‘18 Kimberly Erskine’s essay “The Art of Adaptation” appears in Rowayat
✍️ MA ‘24 Sean Wolff’s essay “How to Call a Familiar” appears in The Literary Times (as Jawn Van Jacobs)
✍️ MA ‘26 Caitlin Hertzberg’s essay “Another Tree in the Forest” appears in Cleaver Magazine (as Darcy Holmes)

Now excuse us while we spend the afternoon reading these wonderful essays! 😁 Links in comments if you’d like to read with us!

09/25/2026

Writing Arts alum Nyds Rivera has been selected as a Poetry Coalition Fellow by the Academy of American Poets working directly with Dodge Poetry at NJPAC! Only 8 fellowships were offered nationally this year with support from the Mellon Foundation. Nyds was a student in Rowan’s Accelerated Dual Degree program in Writing Arts earning their BA in ‘23 and MA in ‘24. Congratulations, Nyds! 🎉

the eponymous nyds Academy of American Poets Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation NJPAC Ric Edelman College

09/24/2026

Students gathered this week for our annual MA in Writing Kickoff Social! The room was filled with energy and conversation, we got to know one another with a custom bingo game for Writing Arts swag as prizes, and current faculty introduced themselves and answered questions about teaching, grad school, and their writing lives. What a joy-filled evening!

09/01/2026

We’re back! Another academic year kicks off today at Rowan University 📚✍️ Welcome to our new cohort of MA in Writing students, and welcome back to those continuing in the program! We can’t wait to see what you all create this year. ☺️

08/10/2026

Alumni news! 🗞️ Allison Padron MA’23 is spending the month of August as an Artist-in-Residence at Byrdcliffe (Byrdcliffe Artist Residency) in Woodstock, NY! 🌳 Allison is currently a full-time elementary school teacher in Connecticut and is spending this residency working on several short stories and a new cyberpunk novel with an unreliable narrator. Congrats, Allie!
Rowan University Alumni Ric Edelman College Rowan Writing Arts

07/19/2026

Cheers to MA’26 alum Laura DelViscio! Her short CNF piece (a portion of her master’s project) just received an Award for Excellence honorable mention from CRAFT! She was also accepted to the The Nonfiction MFA at Goucher in nonfiction program to start this fall! Congratulations, Laura - we can’t wait to see what comes next for you! 🎉

07/14/2026

Congrats to MA’26 alum Kelli Hughes whose flash fiction was published this summer in Orion Magazine 🍃🐜

Follow the link to read Kelli’s story “An Ant Reads Ayn Rand”: https://orionmagazine.org/article/an-ant-reads-ayn-rand/

06/29/2026

MA in Writing student Kara Knauss (Kara Knauss) was accepted to and attended the Orion Environmental Writing Workshop this month in Rhinebeck, NY. Kara is our third student in as many years to attend this competitive five day workshop! Congrats, Kara!

06/24/2026

Take a virtual class with MA in Writing alum Jackie Domenus this summer! Offered through Project Write Now Jackie will be teaching a short form memoir class July 14-August 18 on Tuesday nights from 7-9pm on Zoom.

Jackie’s debut essay collection “No Offense” published by ELJ Editions was also just announced as a finalist for the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards)! 🎉

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Jackie - register at pwnwriters.org

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Glassboro, NJ
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