Wichita State Creative Writing Program

Growing artistic community deep in the heart of Kansas. Official account of Wichita State University's Creative Writing Program (MFA and BA).

[Wichita State Creative Writing Program @WichitaStateMFA]

This week we welcomed Cindy Juyoung Ok as WSU's 2023 Visiting Emerging Poet, and now we learn that Cindy's first book has been selected for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Congratulations, Cindy! Come see Cindy read at the @UlrichMuseum on March 23!

[Yale University Press @yalepress]

Yale University Press is pleased to announce the 2023 winner of The Yale Series of Younger Poets competition—Cindy Juyoung Ok with her manuscript, Ward Toward.

https://t.co/n0nQreL7L3

[Wichita State Creative Writing Program @WichitaStateMFA]

Congratulations to Chinonyelum Anyichie (MFA '24) for being awarded a $20,000 grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation! @ChinonyelumAny1 is working on a collection of stories about the experiences of Igbo women living within a strict patriarchal culture.
https://t.co/ZyeB4sT5ui

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@faultyharb Life

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Congratulations to second-year MFA candidate Nicholas Claro for his piece "Inventory," which was a finalist in Cleaver's Summer Flash Fiction contest!

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@nicholas__claro @ChinonyelumAny1 @ShallowTales Thanks, Nick! 🙏

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Congratulations to Chinonyelum Anyichie, our MFA candidate in fiction, whose short story “A Tiny Seedling” is out today in @ShallowTales

Click on the free access link below to read.

https://t.co/LpLFi7vn9B

[The Shallow Tales Review @ShallowTales]

From this year, the magazine will begin to honour the best work published in each genre in the publishing year. We call this the “Best of a Shallow Year.”

[Wichita State Creative Writing Program @WichitaStateMFA]

@ShallowTales This is great news!More power!

[The Shallow Tales Review @ShallowTales]

We are excited to reveal the official cover of our issue 39, and the final edition this year. Issue 39 draws the finest writers from Tanzania, Kenya, and Nigeria.

Publication date: Wednesday November 30th, 2022.🖨

[Wichita State Creative Writing Program @WichitaStateMFA]

Congratulations to our second year MFA candidate in Fiction, Chinonyelum Anyichie, whose short story “A Tiny Seedling” is set to be published in the 39th Issue of @ShallowTales
Congratulations @ChinonyelumAny1, we look forward to reading your piece! 🌺🎊

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@sindyabhanoo @FallfortheBook @IIRGMU @DaphnePalasiA @aaminaahmad Congratulations, Sindya! ���🎉

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@nicholas__claro @CleaverMagazine @desertdwellera3 @DawnFMiller1 Congratulations Nick! 🍾🍾

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Congratulations!

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@PhilipMetres The Second Coming.

[BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper]

Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo’s second novel GLORY makes the Booker Prize shortlist! This makes her the first Black African woman to appear on the Booker list twice. We are rooting for her & hope she brings the prize home. We'll find out on Oct. 17

https://t.co/plinrdFus6

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Congratulations to MFA candidate @nicholas__claro, whose story "What Would You Say?" is out today in @HeavyFeatherRev! 💐💐💐

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We'll make sure you have an exciting time if you want to come to Wichita, Joyce!

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

WSU? is this Wayne State in Detroit? if so, quite an exciting opportunity.
(sorry, I see that it's Wichita. exciting, in a different way.)
(adventures in America's heartland.)

[Wichita State Creative Writing Program @WichitaStateMFA]

Second-year MFA candidate @nicholas__claro has a flash piece out in @NecessaryFic today! Congratulations!

[Superstition Review @SuperstitionRev]

We want YOU to be a part of our 15th Anniversary. We are accepting submissions for Issue 30 now!

https://t.co/HEUV0rpHMu

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MFA fiction candidate @nicholas__claro has his flash piece Dog People out in @svjlit today! 🐶