Success Stories

Success: Aurora Lewis New Memoir Collection

Success: Aurora Lewis New Memoir Collection

Former student Aurora Lewis new memoir collection was released this past April and is now available on Amazon. In Aurora’s own words “Since completing the UCLA Extension Creative Writing program I have published over 250 pieces. My latest self-published book Jigsaw...

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Success: Mylo Lam’s Chapbook Publication

Success: Mylo Lam’s Chapbook Publication

Former student Mylo Lam has won the Editor’s Choice award at Quarterly West for his chapbook AND NOT / AND YET, and it will be published soon. Mylo says of the experience, “I have built some [success] these past few years. The challenge continues to be that there is...

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Success: Lena Nelson’s Debut Book

Success: Lena Nelson’s Debut Book

Former student Lena Nelson’s first book, America’s Youngest Ambassador: The Cold War Story of Samantha’s Smith Lasting Message of Peace, releases in the US on June 1, 2023. “The tale of ten-year-old Samantha Smith, who in the fall of 1982 wrote to the Soviet leader...

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Success: Hillary Yablon’s Upcoming Novel

Success: Hillary Yablon’s Upcoming Novel

Student and 2020 winner of the Allegra Johnson Prize, Hillary Yabon, has recently sold her novel! It will be published in 2024. Hilary says, “The fact that this book is going to be out in the world is one of the great honors of my life.  I never thought I would be...

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Success: Kristen Hamilton’s Essay Publication

Success: Kristen Hamilton’s Essay Publication

Certificate alum Kristen Hamilton recently had a personal essay published. She says, “Getting my piece, “I finally found a home I can afford in the Bay Area. It’s a leaky boat named Lucinda,” published by the San Francisco Chronicle in March 2023 was a thrill and...

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Feature Articles

Lessons to Learn from Stephen King

Lessons to Learn from Stephen King

Last Thursday, September 21st, marked the 76th birthday of one of the 21st century’s most prolific and commercially successful writers in the world. Stephen King has penned over 70 novels and 200 short stories. A quick peruse of IMDB reveals that he has over 336...

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Staff Picks: Fall 2023

Staff Picks: Fall 2023

You might know them. Maybe you’ve come across them at events or spoken to them on the phone. Maybe they have helped you enroll in classes, advised you, given you recommendations, or supported you as a student or instructor. I’m referring to our Writers’ Program staff,...

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