UNCG MFA Alumni Spotlights

Alumni from the MFA Writing Program at Greensboro have gone on to teach or direct writing programs at such places as the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Cornell University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Florida State University, and the University of Arkansas.

Graduates have continued their literary careers with a variety of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award, and numerous grants including those from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Over the years, alumni have produced a long and distinguished list of the publications.

Elizabeth Gentry
Knoxville, TN

Christina Stoddard
Nashville, TN

Sarah Rose Nordgren
Cincinnati, OH

Andrew Meredith
Venice, CA

Ansel Elkins
Greensboro, NC

Jennifer Whitaker
Greensboro, NC

Andrea Selch
Hillsborough, NC

Jillian Weise
Greenville, SC

Rob Seals
Los Angeles, CA

Keith Morris
Clemson, SC

Dan Albergotti
Conway, SC

Warren Rochelle
Fredericksburg, VA

Matt O'Donnell
Pittston, ME

Melissa Wiley
La Mesa, CA

George Singleton
Spartanburg, SC

Tim Sandlin
Jackson Hole, WY

Jack Riggs
Atlanta, GA

Drew Perry
Greensboro, NC

Bruce Piephoff
Greensboro, NC

Robert Morgan
Ithaca, NY

Kelly Link
Northampton, MA

Rowan Jacobsen
East Calais, VT

Julie Funderburk
Charlotte, NC

Claudia Emerson
Fredericksburg, VA

Camille Dungy
San Francisco, CA

Shawn Delgado
Greensboro, NC

Angela Davis-Gardner
Raleigh, NC

Quinn Dalton
Greensboro, NC

Kathryn Byer
Cullowhee, NC

Julie Barbour
Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Lynne Barrett
Miami, FL

Julianna Baggott
Tallahassee, FL

Steve Almond
Boston, MS