May 25, 2023 | Success Stories
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...
May 18, 2023 | Success Stories
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...
May 11, 2023 | Success Stories
Screenwriting instructor Koji Steven Sakai currently has not one but TWP films in production. He says, “I’m super excited and honored that I have two films currently in production, Damaged, featuring Samuel Jackson, which is being shot over in Scotland, and, Boneyard,...
May 4, 2023 | Success Stories
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...
Apr 27, 2023 | Success Stories
Current Creative Writing Certificate student Gabino Cabanilla recently placed in the top 10 for the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival’s Short Story Contest for the story “Anglia’s Garden.” Gabino says, “Receiving this honor would not be possible without the...
Apr 20, 2023 | Success Stories
Former student Kathleen Guthrie Woods wrote her memoir-with-a-message to help herself make peace with being childless, and she published it in 2021 hoping it would help other women. So, what a thrill when this UCLA alumna (BA, English) learned in March 2023 that Katie...
