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Writing alum Margrét Ann Thors '16 will publish her debut novel, Freyja, with Spiegel and Grau on August 4, 2026.
Award winning novelist and Writing alum Sigrid Nunez '75 is set to publish her first collection of short stories this summer with Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Writing alums Karen Russell '06 and Henri Cole '82 have earned the distinction of finalists for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Acclaimed Fiction alum Emma Cline '13 will publish her third novel, Switzy, with Random House in September 2026.
Parul Kapur '89 has won the Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award for her debut novel, Inside The Mirror (University of Nebraska Press, 2024).
First year Fiction student Shanley Jane Kearney will publish her debut novel, QUANT, with Simon and Schuster's Simon Six imprint in spring 2027.
2024 National Book Award for Translation winner and Writing alum Lin King '22 has sold her debut novel, WEEB, to Henry Holt books.
Writing alum Skyler Melnick '24 has been selected as a Center For Fiction / Susan Kamil 2026 Emerging Writer Fellow.
Writing alum Anika Jade Levy '23 has published her debut novel, Flat Earth, earlier this month with Catapult Books.
Writing alum Aaron H. Aceves '20 was awarded the 2025 Judith A. Markowitz Award for an Exceptional New LGBTQ Writer from Lambda Literary, a non-profit dedicated to amplifying LGBTQ+ stories for over thirty-five years.
Fiction alum Karen Russell '06 and Poetry alum Gabrielle Calvocoressi '00 have made the shortlist for the 2025 National Book Award.
Sister Creatures, a debut novel by Writing alum Laura Venita Green '22, will be published October 7, 2025 from Unnamed Press.