The Rutgers–Camden Writers House is pleased to announce two paid teaching artist opportunities with Growing Great Writers for academic year 2021-22. These positions are made possible by a generous gift from Holman Community Grants. Growing Great Writers is an out-of-school-time creative writing program conducted in partnership with Camden schools and community centers. Teaching artists lead … Continue reading Call for Graduate Teaching Artists with Growing Great Writers…
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Join the MFA program for a virtual open house
Join the Rutgers-Camden MFA program for a virtual open house. Learn about admissions requirements, the degree, and what it’s like to be a student in this intimate, multi-genre program. November 23, 2020 5 pm EST
MFA Alumna Deena ElGenaidi launches “Codependent” Web Series
2016 MFA alumna Deena ElGenaidi is the writer, editor, and director of Codependent, a new web series exploring the lives of women of color living in Philadelphia. Read more at NJ Monthly.
MFA Alumna Mimi Mondal Nominated for a Nebula Award
MFA alumna (’18) Mimi Mondal has been named a finalist in the 55th Nebula Awards for her novelette “His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light.” Awards will be presented at a ceremony on May 30. Congratulations, Mimi! Read more.
RUC MFA Alumna Hired as New Director of Mighty Writers Camden
Catherine Buck, an alumna of the Rutgers-Camden MFA in Creative Writing Program (’18) has been hired as the new Program Director of Mighty Writers Camden. Mighty Writers, the Philadelphia-based organization focused on teaching young people to write with clarity, opened its Camden chapter, its first in New Jersey, in spring 2018 at the Nick Virgilio … Continue reading RUC MFA Alumna Hired as New Director of Mighty Writers Camden…
MFA Alumnus Michael Haeflinger Publishes Collection of Poems
Blue Cactus Press will publish Low Static Range, a collection of poems by MFA alumnus Michael Haeflinger (’12), in September. The author of two chapbooks, Haeflinger is also the Executive Director of Write253, a literary arts organization in Tacoma, Washington.