Dec 6, 2018 | Success Stories
Fiction Certificate graduate Maria Dadouch recently won the Katara Prize. Of her experience, Maria says, “I’m honored to be invited for the second time to share my stories of success here. I recently received the Katara Prize for my novel The Planet of the...
Nov 29, 2018 | Success Stories
Former Student Francisco Uribe recently had two stories published. “Lápices de color” was published in Huizache 8, and “No te metas,” can be read on Aquifer: The Florida Review Online. Francisco is very happy with his experience in the Writers’ Program, saying, “In...
Nov 15, 2018 | Success Stories
Instructor and former student Natashia Deón is an NAACP Image Award Nominee and author of the critically-acclaimed novel, Grace. She has sold her second novel, The Perishing to Counterpoint Press. The Perishing is about a young black woman who suddenly finds herself...
Nov 8, 2018 | Success Stories
Current student Shiwani Srivastava’s script Wedding Season recently won second place in the ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest. (It also advanced into the quarterfinals and semifinals of other contests this year, including Final Draft and WeScreenplay.) Of her...
Nov 1, 2018 | Success Stories
Special by instructor Andrew Osborne is a new comedy about the strange-but-true-ish backstage drama surrounding the notorious Star Wars Holiday Special on the 40th anniversary of the doomed variety show’s one-and-only network airing. Directed by Kerr Lordygan,...
Aug 23, 2018 | Success Stories
Former student Zimran Jacob has had a string of high-profile gigs in television writing recently. He worked at Gaumont Television Studios on Hannibal, Narcos, Hemlock Grove, and F is For Family. He was then hired on into the writers’ room for the Marvel/Netflix show,...
