{"id":8466,"date":"2019-11-25T13:29:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/?page_id=8466"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:24:52","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/sophie-nunberg-wins-coveted-awp-intro-journals-project-award\/\">Sophie Nunberg Wins Coveted AWP Intro Journals Project Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-22T14:24:31-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 22, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Sophie Nunberg\u00a0(PhD in progress) has won one of the coveted AWP Intro Journals Project Awards for her creative nonfiction piece, \u201cThis is Just to Say I Have Recommended the Last Book You Were Saving.\u201d It will appear in an upcoming issue of\u00a0Mid-American Review.\u00a0From AWP\u2019s\u00a0website: \u201cThe AWP Intro Journals Project is a literary competition for the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\/\">Frederick Smock Poetry Prize Awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-20T17:06:47-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 20, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The inaugural Frederick Smock Poetry Prize was awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder (PhD, 2009)\u00a0for her poetry collection,\u00a0We Left a Window Open to the Sea,\u00a0selected by Kentucky Poet Laureate Emeritus Richard Taylor.\u00a0The book will come out in fall 2026.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/professors-book-debuts-on-new-york-times-bestseller-list\/\">Professor&#8217;s book debuts on\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestseller list<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-03-13T08:26:11-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 13, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The&nbsp;Voice in My Head is God&nbsp;(Black Privilege\/Penguin Random House), a debut memoir from Grammy-winning artist 2 Chainz cowritten with UWM professor and poet Derrick Harriell, debuted at number 10 on the&nbsp;Times&#039;&nbsp;Combined Print &amp; E-Book Nonfiction Bestseller list in March 2026.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/creative-writing-student-wins-award\/\">Creative Writing Student Wins Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-10-27T11:35:37-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">October 27, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Kim Rouse, who is pursuing an MA in English with a creative writing focus, recently won a\u00a0Lillian Boese Award for Writing Excellence from the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books. Congratuations, Kim!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/su-cho-and-canese-jarboe-named-2025-nea-fellows-in-poetry\/\">Su Cho and Canese Jarboe Named 2025 NEA Fellows in Poetry<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-27T16:36:45-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">February 27, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Su Cho (PhD, 2021) and Canese Jarboe (PhD, 2024), have both been named 2025 NEA Fellows in Poetry and will receive grants of $25,000 each. 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