Ripon College Department of English

08/16/2026

Max Schleicher, 2024-25 Ripon College Poet-in-Residence, has been awarded the 2026 Idaho Prize for Poetry, judged by Pulitzer Prize winner, Dianne Seuss. His book will be published in 2027. Members of Parallax, travelling to Chicago for the AWP conference this spring, will have the chance to see Max and his new book in person.

We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2026 Idaho Prize for Poetry judged by Diane Seuss. Congratulations to our winner, Max Schleicher, and the finalists!

07/23/2026

Featured "Writer Recommends" in Poets & Writers Magazine this week.

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05/20/2026

E. B. Jansky, Ripon College English major and Creative Writing minor, class of 2025, has published a story, "Four Cans of Beer," in the online literary journal PALMETTO ROW. Classmates from Advanced Fiction 2024 might recognize the piece, which they saw in an earlier version...

Jansky is now an MFA candidate at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Four Cans of Beerby E.B. Jansky Eden Bridges lived in a sh*tty trailer with her sh*tty dad on land he rented from Mr. Irving. Surrounded on all sides by a carpet of soybeans, the trailer sat, all weathered siding and crumbling shingles.            Not that my place was much better, to be ...