First Prize in the 2025 Patty Friedmann Creative Writing Competition is a significant national honor, and this year the award recognizes Creative Writing MFA student Katrina “Kat” Echevarría Richter for her essay “Becoming Boriqua.” The competition is presented by LMNL, a New Orleans–based literary and arts organization that hosts the annual Words and Music Festival… continue reading
Two major honors in 2025 have spotlighted Creative Writing MFA alum Amy Beth Sisson as a distinctive voice in contemporary poetry. She received the J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50, presented by Lambda Literary to recognize LGBTQ writers whose work deserves a national audience. In the same year, she was named an… continue reading
South Street’s Tattooed Mom set the stage for an unforgettable evening as Rutgers–Camden Creative Writing MFA students filled the art-covered bar with their voices and stories. The beloved Philadelphia venue—famous for its graffiti-covered walls, mismatched décor, and welcoming atmosphere—proved an ideal backdrop for a night of Poetry & Prose. The lineup featured: The night underscored… continue reading
A sweeping account of Africa’s place in global economic history has earned a spot on the 2025 British Academy Book Prize shortlist. Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance by Bronwen Everill, a writer in Rutgers University–Camden’s Creative Writing MFA program, is one of six titles recognized this year. The prize carries an award of £25,000… continue reading
Think working motherhood is a modern struggle? Try doing it in a corset. In What Can the 18th Century Teach Us About Working Motherhood? on the Rutgers–Camden Faculty Blog, Ellen Malenas Ledoux—associate professor and chair of the Department of English and Communication, which houses the Creative Writing MFA and English and Media Studies MA programs—traces… continue reading
Award-winning author and Rutgers–Camden Creative Writing MFA alumnus Michael Deagler joins Chancellor Antonio D. Tillis in this episode of On Point with Tillis. Deagler’s debut novel, Early Sobrieties, received the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and has been praised as “an exquisitely honest, humorous, and poignant depiction of life on the far side of addiction.”… continue reading
