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      MFAC Faculty Member Ron Koertge Retires from Teaching

      MFAC Faculty Member Ron Koertge Retires from Teaching

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      Erin Entrada Kelly Joins MFAC Faculty

      CWP is happy to announce that we have added a new faculty, Erin Entrada Kelly to our faculty. She will be starting with us in July!

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      Finalists Announced for 2020 Minnesota Book Awards

      For the second consecutive year, and for the third time in the last four years, five writers connected to Hamline's creative writing programs have been named finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards.

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      MFAC Alum Receives Newbery Honor, Corretta Scott King Award for New Talent Author, and Morris Award Finalist Honor

      Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams, MFAC alumna ‘13 receives a Newbery Honor, the Coretta Scott King Award, and is a finalist for the William C. Morris Award.

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      MFAC Faculty Laura Ruby's Newest Book is on the Shortlist for the National Book Awards

      MFAC faculty Laura Ruby takes her place on the 2019 National Book Awards Shortlist for Young People's Literature with her newest novel Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All. 

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      MFAC Alumna Cheryl Bardoe Publishes Book for Children

      Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, written by alumna Cheryl Bardoe (MFAC ‘10), is out now from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

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      MFAC Faculty Ron Koertge Featured Interview with the Los Angeles Review

      MFAC faculty member Ron Koertge discusses the creative life of writing and teaching, along with the experience of working in poetry and prose, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Review.

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      MFAC Faculty Gene Luen Yang Featured Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith

      Hamline MFAC Faculty Gene Luen Yang talks about writing, teaching, and the MFAC program in a new feature with Cynthia Leitich Smith.

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      New Collection from MFAC Faculty

      MFAC faculty and 2017 Newbery Medal-winning author Kelly Barnhill’s collection of short stories and a novella, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories, is out now from Algonquin Books.

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      MFAC Alum Publication News

      Winterfolk, the debut novel from CWP alum Janel Kolby (MFAC '15), is out now, and with great reviews, from Harper Collins Teen. Congratulations, Janel!

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      Alums Named Minnesota Book Award Finalists

      Congratulations to Sarah Ahiers (MFAC '16)  and Caitlin Bailey (MFA '12), both named as finalists for the 30th annual, 2018 Minnesota Book Awards!

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      New Picture Book from Matt de la Peña

      LOVE, the beautiful new picture book by our very own Newbery Medal-winning MFAC faculty, Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Loren Long, is now available from Putnam Books.

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      MFAC Faculty Awarded

      MFAC faculty Sherri L. Smith's young adult novel Pasadena is the winner of the 2017 Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Book Award, in the Young Adult category. Great work, Sherri!

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      Welcome Eliot Schrefer 

      The CWP is thrilled to welcome best-selling YA author Eliot Schrefer to the MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults faculty lineup. Eliot will join us in January 2018.

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      New Book from MFAC Alum Megan Atwood

      The Devils You Know, YA debut from Megan Atwood (as M.C. Atwood), MFAC '09, is out today from Soho Teen. NY Library Journal says, "A truly a literary tour-de-force of the supernatural genre, at the same time disturbing, frightening, and fascinating." 

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      New Book from MFAC Alum

      New from Chicago Review Press, Bold Women of Medicine: 21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs, by Susan Latta, MFAC '09. Great work, Susan!

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      MFAC Alum Book Debuts

      The debut, middle grade novel from CWP alum Melanie Heuiser Hill (MFAC '13), Giant Pumpkin Suite, is out today from Candlewick press. Melanie launched her book, with Pete Hautman, at Red Balloon bookstore earlier this month.

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      New Picture Book by Alumna

      Introducing the "mischievous fun" Halloween Goodnight, a picture book by CWP alumna Rebecca Grabill (MFAC '11), new from Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Illustrated by Ella Okstad.

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      Student Book Publication News

      MFAC student celebrating book release and graduation! Blair Thornburgh's YA novel, Who's That Girl is out today (from HarperTeen). Publication party July 12 at Red Balloon Bookshop.

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      Unique MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Celebrates 10 Years with Impressive Resume

      Celebrating its 10th year, the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) boasts an impressive number of award-winning alumni and faculty who are among the most influential writers of young people’s literature in the country.

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      Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta Ellsworth, MFAC '09

      Stars Over Clear Lake, the debut adult novel by Loretta Ellsworth, MFAC '09, launched on May 2, 2017 from St. Martin's Press, with the Minnesota Book Launch Party at Subtext Books on Saturday, May 11.

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      Alumni Win MN Book Awards

      Winners of the 2017 MN Book Award include two Creative Writing Programs alumni and a Hamline School of Law alumnus. JJ Austrian (MFAC '12) won in Children's Lit for Worm Loves Worm, Brian Farrey (MFA '09) won in Middle Grade Lit for The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse, and Allen Eskens (JD '91) won in the fiction category for The Heavens May Fall.

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      New Book from MFAC Alum Molly B. Burnham

      Molly B. Burnham, MFAC '10, has released the third book in the Teddy Mars series: Almost an Outlaw. Teddy goes from record breaker to rule breaker in this conclusion to the hilarious and heartwarming series by the winner of the Fleischman Humor Award.

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      MN Book Awards Finalists

      Six CWP alums have been named as finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards! Congratulations to J.J. Austrian, Caren Stelson, Brian Farrey, Stephanie Wilbur Ash, and Gretchen Marquette.

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      Two MFAC Alums Receive ALA Honors

      Debut books from Hamline Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock ('12) and Caren Stelson ('09) received honors at the American Library Association's midwinter conference.

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      Morris Honor to Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

      Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock’s novel, The Smell of Other People's Houses, has been named a 2017 William C. Morris honor book—for a debut novel written for teens in 2016.

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      CWP Alums on Kirkus Best of 2016

      Three CWP alums are on Kirkus' Best of 2016 list: Jane O'Reilly (MFAC '09) and Brian Farrey (MFA '12) are listed for Middle Grade, and JJ Austrian (MFAC '12) is listed for picture books.

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      New Book coming from Matt de la Peña

      Carmella Full of Wishes, a picture book by Matt de la Peña (MFAC faculty) and illustrated by Christian Robinson, has been acquired by Jennifer Besser at Putnam. 

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      The Toymaker's Apprentice by Sherri L. Smith wins SCIBA Award

      The Toymaker's Apprentice, by Sherri L. Smith, has won the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award for Middle Grade.

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      Another Award-Winning Author Joins MFAC Faculty

      Award-winning author Sherri L. Smith has joined the faculty of the low-residency MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) Program. Smith is the author of six young adult novels.

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      MFAC Alum Book Release: Melinda R. Cordell

      Melinda R. Cordell’s (MFAC ’12) debut juvenile nonfiction book, Courageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More, has just been released from Chicago Review Press as part of the ‘Women of Action’ series.

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      Young Writers Come to Hamline

      High school students explore creative writing in a four-day workshop with Hamline faculty in the Creative Writing Programs.

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      MFAC Faculty Marsha Wilson Chall's Newest Picture Book

      Marsha Wilson Chall, MFAC faculty, is launching her newest picture book, The Secret Life of Figgy Mustardo—published June 7th. Join Marsha for the launch party on the 11th at Red Balloon Bookshop.

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      MFAC '12 Alum Book Launch: Peter Pearson

      Peter Pearson's MFAC ’12 debut picture book, How to Eat an Airplane, is an absurdist guide to eating an airplane without embarrassing yourself. Launch party is June 4th at Flying Cloud airport.

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      MFAC Alum Book Release: Christine Heppermann

      Christine Heppermann MFAC ’10 explores the complexities of being a teenager in her latest young adult novel, Ask Me How I Got Here. The novel in verse is being released May 3 by Greenwillow Books.

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      Yang Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

      Gene Yang, instructor for the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, was named the fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress.

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      MFAC Instructors Win Newbery and Printz Awards

      Matt de la Peña has won the 2016 John Newbery Medal for his picture book Last Stop on Market Street and Laura Ruby has won the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award for her novel Bone Gap.

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      MFAC Instructors Win Newbery and Printz Awards

      Matt de la Peña has won the 2016 John Newbery Medal for his picture book Last Stop on Market Street and Laura Ruby has won the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award for her young adult novel Bone Gap.

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      Angela Pelster-Wiebe with a new story published in the Kenyon Review

      New fiction out from CWP / MFA faculty, Angela Pelster-Wiebe.

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      Matt de la Peña, MFAC faculty, listed on Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year

      Matt de la Peña, MFAC faculty, listed on Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year

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      Laura Ruby, MFAC faculty, listed on Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year

      MFAC faculty member Laura Ruby’s young adult novel, Bone Gap, has been listed on Publishers Weekly’s Best of the Year List.

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      Gary Schmidt, MFAC faculty, listed on Publishers Weekly Best of the Year

      Orbiting Jupiter (published by Clarion), the latest middle grade novel by MFAC faculty member, Gary D. Schmidt, has been named to the Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2015.

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      New online literary journal mixes ‘collaboration, conversation, community’

      The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline launched an online literary publication called Runestone.

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      Best YA Books

      Faculty e. lockhart and alum Christine Heppermann (MFAC '10) both have books named to Publisher's Weekly list of best YA books of 2014.

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      Gene Yang Delivers Speech at Library of Congress

      MFAC faculty Gene Luen Yang spoke about the power of comics to reach diverse audiences at the 2014 National Book Festival gala.

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      Faculty New Releases

      CWP faculty members John Brandon (BFA/MFA) and e. lockhart, a.k.a., Emily Jenkins, (MFAC) are both celebrating new releases in fiction.

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    • Three New Scholarships Created for MFAC Program

      The Creative Writing Programs are pleased to announce the addition of three new scholarships for students in the low-residency MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Program.

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      BOXERS & SAINTS wins SLJ 'Battle of the Books'

      MFAC faculty Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel masterpiece, Boxers & Saints, won the School Library Journal's 2014 Battle of the Books.

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      Faculty Anne Ursu Reviewed in New York Times

      ... "a lovely and sophisticated new middle-grade fantasy that asks readers to wrap their heads around abstractions and accept a lack of absolutes."

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      Yang Named Finalist for Literature Award

      Gene Luen Yang, a member of the faculty in the low-residency Masters of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program, was named one of five finalists for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature.

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      Hamline Alumni and Students Win Shabo Awards

      Five of the eight winners of the 2013 Loft Literary Center Shabo Award are students and alums of the low-residency program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Hamline.

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      Two MFAC Faculty Named to NBA Longlist

      Anne Ursu and Gene Luen Yang named to the 2013 National Book Award Longlist for Young People's Literature

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      Faculty Book Release

      Gene Luen Yang's newest, Boxers & Saints (a two-volume graphic novel project that explores both sides of the Boxer Rebellion), released from First Second Books.

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      Ron Koertge gets the spotlight this week from both Axon Journal and the American Life in Poetry project, including the poem "Burning the Book"

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      CWP Alumni Minnesota Book Award Finalists

      Two CWP alums are nominated for Minnesota Book Awards! Nothing Special, by Geoff Herbach (MFA '06), and Silhouette of a Sparrow. by Molly Beth Griffin (MFAC '09), are both finalists for best young people's literature.

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      CWP faculty Ron Koertge's latest reviewed in the New York Times

      "Koertge is a master at getting to subtle and uncomfortable emotional truths and relaying them in just a few precise lines." Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses is a collection of re-told fairy tales. 

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      Five of the 2012 Shabo winners are Hamline CWP students/alumni

      MFAC students/alums Daniel Bernstrom, Kristin Gallagher, Peter Pearson, and Rebecca Stanborough, and MFA alum Charlotte Sullivan, all recipients of The Loft 2012 Shabo Award for Children's Picture book Writers.

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    • MFAC Faculty Ron Koertge's newest gets starred review from Horn Book

      In Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses, Ron Koertge, "a much-honored poet and novelist retells, in free verse and from various points of view, twenty-three familiar tales..."

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      Katrina Vandenberg featured on MPR's The Writer's Almanac twice in July

      Hear Garrison Keilor read Katrina's poems, 'Handwriting Analysis' and 'M', both from her new book of poetry, The Alphabet Not Unlike the World.

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      MFAC Faculty Anne Ursu published in new edition of Guys Read series

      Read MFAC faculty Anne Ursu along with July Residency graduation ceremony speaker Chris Crutcher and many others in The Sports Pages, the new edition of the Guys Read short story series.

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    • Help us name our new blog site, win a Kindle Touch!

      The CWP is developing a new blog site and we're looking at you to help us name it. Submit through the end of June. The winner will receive a shiny new Kindle Touch!

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      Campus Visit by Scott Russell Sanders

      Award-winning writer and CWP favorite, Scott Russell Sanders, will visit campus Friday, April 20. All students interested in creative nonfiction in general, and/or Scott Russell Sander's work in particular, are invited to meet and engage with him in a discussion of his work and of writing.

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    • MFAC Faculty Marsha Wilson Chall publishes new picture book

       A Secret Keeps is the new picture book from MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults faculty Marsha Wilson Chall. Published by Lerner Publishing Group, Jan 2012.

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    • Accolades abound for Anne Ursu's 'Breadcrumbs'

      "Best Ofs" from Amazon, Publisher's Weekly; starred reviews from Kirkus, SLJ, and more. Read the astounding list of honors for Breadcrumbs.

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    • National Book Awards

      Gary Schmidt's Okay for Now nominated for a National Book Award

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    • MFAC faculty Claire Rudolf Murphy Publication News

      Introducing Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight For Women's Suffrage, the newest book by Claire Rudolf Murphy

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    • YALSA 2012 Fiction Nominations include MFA and MFAC faculty and alumni

      The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) nominates MFAC faculty Ron Koertge and Gary Schmidt, MFA alum Geoff Herbach for best fiction.

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    • Visit the July Residency schedule and events page to see what's happening.

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    • MFA Students Start Nonfiction blog – Join the Discussion!

      MFA students start nonfiction blog – Join the discussion!

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      Award-winning children’s authors gather at Hamline; hold public readings for kids and adults

      Some of the best authors of literature for young people are sharing their creations through free public events January 7-16, 2011 at Hamline.

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