Highlights
Poissant Wins First Place in Chapbook Contest
March 2012
David James Poissant has been announced as the winner of the 2011 RopeWalk Press Editor's Fiction Chapbook Prize. Lizard Man, published this year by RopeWalk Press, received praise from Pulitzer-finalist Lee Martin and Frank O'Connor Award winner and PEN/Faulkner-finalist Ron Rash. The chapbook will be featured in an interview in the American Literary Review, a biannual journal that has been continuously published since 1990, later this Spring.
English M.F.A. Students to Present at USF's First Creative Writing Symposium
February 2012
English M.F.A. students, Kirsten Holt and Leslie Salas, have been invited to present at Blank Pages, USF's first creative writing symposium, on Friday, February 10. The symposium, a celebration of the written word, will take place over two days on February 9-10.
English M.A. Student Presents Paper at Georgia Conference
February 2012
Current English LCT graduate student, Lindsay Anderson, presented her paper, “Bodily Confinement in Margaret Atwood’s Novels”, at the 12th Annual New Voices Conference: Bodies of Influence at Georgia State University.
English Undergraduates Honored at National Jane Austen Conference
December 2011
In October 2011, two UCF English undergraduates, Faith Dickens and Hillary Casavant, were honored at the 2011 Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) conference in Fort Worth, Texas, for their award-winning essays in the undergraduate division of the JASNA annual essay contest.
Creative Writing MFA Students Create Monthly Reading Series
November 2011
Parcels: MFAs in Progress is a new, monthly reading series organized by current University of Central Florida graduate students pursuing Masters of Fine Arts degrees in Creative Writing. The series aims to share the talents of the current UCF MFA students with the Orlando community.
English M.A. students active at national conferences
October 2011
Students in the Master of Arts in English, Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies program have been active at conferences around the country this calendar year. In addition, Lindsay Anderson and April Urban had an article published in Southern Discourse.
UCF English Lit Majors Take Top Prizes in (Inter)National Jane Austen Essay Contest
August 2011
Two UCF English majors—Faith Dickens and Hillary Casavant—have taken top prizes in the annual Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) essay contest. Faith Dickens won first prize in the undergraduate division for her essay entitled "Whims of the Wealthy: Marriage and Desire for Sense and Sensibility's Miss Grey." Hillary Casavant took second prize for the "Romance and Riches: The Necessity of Wealth in Sense and Sensibility."
Atkins Foundation gives to technical communication scholarship
July 2011
The Atkins Foundation, Inc., has awarded a grant of $3,000 to the UCF Foundation, Inc. in support of the STC-UCF Melissa Pellegrin Memorial Scholarship, an endowment established by the Orlando Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. The STC endowment is managed by the philanthropic arm of the University of Central Florida, the UCF Foundation, Inc., in coordination with Orlando STC leadership.
Kelle Groom's memoir gaining national attention
July 2011
UCF alum Kelle Groom is garnering critical acclaim with her newest book. I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl: A Memoir, from Free Press/Simon & Schuster, was recently selected by Oprah Winfrey for O Magazine’s 2011 summer reading list.
UCF Hosts Creative Writing Classes for Adults and Teens
June 2011
Creative writing workshops for teens and adults this summer aim to build UCF’s literary community.
English Student Presents Paper at PCA Conference
June 2011
On April 20-23, 2010, Amanda Ewoldt, a student in the English M.A. in Literary, Cultural, and Textual studies program, attended the Popular Culture Association conference in San Antonio and presented her paper, "'The twenty-first century is when everything changes': Torchwood and Resistance to Posthumanism."
Peter Telep co-authors Tom Clancy novel
May 2011
By day, Peter Telep teaches screenwriting, creative writing and fiction writing at UCF. By night, he’s a New York Times best-selling author and the most recent collaborator of Tom Clancy, the renowned author of international thrillers.
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