The award for best Honors Thesis written by graduating English majors has been announced. Congratulations to Nicole and Connor!
Nicole Reynaga, Creative Thesis, "Anatomy of an Earthquake”
Connor Wolfe, Critical Thesis, “Wrangling Western
Exceptionalism: Subversive Mythmaking in the Anti-Western"
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Congratulations to our winners of the Outstanding Undergraduate English Major Award 🥁🥁 Katerina Krizner and Audrey Welch!
This award is presented to the English major who best embodies the values of intellectual excellence, scholarly discipline, and engagement with the subject of English literature. Supported by the Merrill Moore Endowment.
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Three Creative Writing students have been awarded the 2026 Merrill Moore Prize. This distinction is voted on by Vanderbilt’s creative writing faculty and conferred by the English Department. The award is presented to graduating seniors who are selected based on “literary promise and the psychological or practical usefulness of the award.” It consists of a cash prize and publication in the Commencement program.
Poetry: Colleen Newman
Fiction: Katerina Krizner
Nonfiction: Michael Carroll
Please join us in congratulating our accomplished students!
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More moments from the MFA Third-Year Reading💙 The full gallery can be viewed on our website!
Photos by Tim Gollins. #vandymfa #vanderbilt #vanderbiltuniversity
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 Emerging Critics Fellowship with the National Book Critics Circle! To apply, visit the link in our bio/stories. 📚
Congratulations to our recent graduates in Creative Writing! We enjoyed hearing a few talented students read their work last month. 📚
Readers: Jacqueline Welsh, Eleni Ertel, Sorin Caldararu, Katerina Krizner, Nicole Reynaga, Colleen Newman, Cady Butcher, Tam Obisesan
Special thanks to Events Coordinator Arianna Pappas, Director of Creative Writing Major Jackson, and Photographer Tim Gollins.
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Congratulations to the winner and honorable mention recipient of the 2026 Academy of American Poets College Prize!
Winner: Ayesha Asad, MFA, for "Machinery"
Honorable Mention: Lana Reeves, MFA, for "My Mom Had to Teach Me Real Pearls are Gritty in the Mouth"
Judge: Kiyoko Reidy (MFA '22), Author of Black Holes and Their Feeding Habits (2025)
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We were thrilled to host Vanderbilt Literary Prize Winner Melissa Range on Thursday, April 16. Swipe to see a few of the moments captured that evening➡️ The full photo gallery can be viewed on our website. Go grab your copy of Printer's Fist today!
1 - Major Jackson, Melissa Range, Patrick Samuel
5 - Melissa Range and Mark Jarman
✒️ Special thanks to Vanderbilt University Press, Patrick Samuel, Gianna Mosser, Rachael Johnson, Events Coordinator Arianna Pappas, Director of Creative Writing Major Jackson, and Photographer Tim Gollins.
Let's hear it for our Creative Writing MFA Graduates👏 They read excerpts from their work on Thursday, April 23 in Alumni Hall and received thunderous applause for their accomplishments these last three years at Vanderbilt. We're so proud and we can't wait to see what they do next! 💛🖤
Photos 1-6: Iman Saleem (fiction), Kumari Devarajan (fiction), Athena Nassar (poetry), Sydney Mayes (poetry), Langston Cotman (fiction), Ajla Dizdarevic (poetry)
Special thanks to Director of Creative Writing Major Jackson, Events Coordinator Arianna Pappas, and Photographer Tim Gollins.
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Throwback to MFA Recruitment earlier this month! We gave our recruits the whole Nashville experience (they might be starting a band but only time will tell) ✨️🌃
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Creative Writing MFA alumnus Edgar Kunz has been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry. Scroll for a brief overview and biography. Congratulations, Edgar! For more information, check out the link in our bio and stories.
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