Fiction
MFA Alumna Rose Himber Howse awarded Stegner Fellowship
April 2, 2021
Fiction alumna and former Greensboro Review fiction editor Rose Himber Howse has been awarded a prestigious Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. Many congratulations and best wishes from Greensboro, Rose! Read an interview from the GR archives with Rose here. …
Learn MoreXhenet Aliu wins 2020 Townsend Prize for fiction
June 4, 2020
Greensboro MFA faculty Xhenet Aliu has won this year’s Townsend Prize for her novel, Brass. The Townsend Prize for Fiction is the state of Georgia’s oldest and most prestigious literary award, awarded biennially by the Georgia Center for the Book …
Learn MoreAnother MFA Thesis Season Wraps Up
March 3, 2020
We’ve had another spectacular MFA Thesis Reading Series from our graduating poets and fiction writers, with over a month of Friday evening events hosted at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm Street. Readings by: January 24: Evan Fackler & Tegan Daly …
Learn MoreGreensboro alum Kelly Link featured on BBC Radio’s Fantastic Journeys
January 30, 2020
Listen to “The Faery Handbag” by UNC Greensboro alumna Kelly Link over on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hlb0h?fbclid=IwAR0IeQGjuZHQ6-z9m4GrklrIhYFpFEE0SwJQwixgTmpGxaQ76qrTT_JielU
Learn MoreGreensboro welcomes Xhenet Aliu!
August 22, 2019
The MFA Writing Program at UNCG is delighted to welcome Xhenet Aliu as the newest member of our creative writing faculty. Aliu will give a reading on Thursday, August 29 at 7 p.m. in the UNCG Faculty Center. Xhenet Aliu’s …
Learn MoreSummer Reading: Books by UNCG Faculty and Alumni
June 21, 2019
It’s the first day of summer! This has been a great year so far for Greensboro faculty and alums, so be sure to check out the University Communications reading recommendations among books published in 2019: https://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/summer-reading-books-faculty-alumni/
Learn MoreInterview with MFA Alumna Kelly Link
June 17, 2019
Kelly Link (UNC Greensboro MFA ’95 and recent MacArthur ‘genius’ grant recipient) talks about nighttime logic, her novel-in-progress, and wild goose chases: https://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/an-interview-with-alumna-kelly-link-macarthur-genius/
Learn MoreDoua Thao wins 100th Annual O. Henry Prize
May 22, 2019
Doua Thao, a graduate of the Greensboro MFA and former editor of The Greensboro Review, has received the 2019 O. Henry prize for short fiction in recognition of “Flowers for America” (published in Fiction). Congratulations to Doua for this great …
Learn MoreMichael Parker’s latest novel receives Booklist starred review
March 5, 2019
Joan Curbow’s Booklist starred review of Prairie Fever, coming May 2019 from Algonquin Books, applauds Parker’s new work as a “chimerical slipstream of a novel.” https://www.workman.com/products/prairie-fever
Learn MoreHolly Goddard Jones to speak at Beverly Pritchard Lecture Series NC Writers Showcase
August 14, 2018
UNC Greensboro’s Holly Goddard Jones will take part in a conversation and reading, along with poet Lavinia Jackson, at Salem College on September 28: https://www.salem.edu/events/2018/9/join-us-engaging-conversation-and-reading-two-north-carolina-writers-holly-goddard
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