Peauxdunquians continue to make their mark in various writing competitions, as well as with publications and participation in MFA programs.
Terri Shrum Stoor’s essay, “Bird Dog,” has been named the winner of the 2012 Writers@Work essay competition, and will be published in Quarterly West. Contest judge Steve Almond had this to say about Terri’s work:
The prose is lyric, graceful, and fearless. And the evocation of place and character is astonishing. The events in question happened years ago, and the author brings her wisdom to bear, but never sentimentalizes herself or her father. (I held off on choosing this as the winner for a long time, simply because it’s only 1000 words, and I felt like I could have spent another 5000 with this author.)
“Bird Dog” was also named an “entry of note” in the 2012 Tiny Lights Essay Contest. Terri was also recently named a finalist in the fiction category of the 2012 SLS Unified Literary Contest.
Further on the publications front, Tom Carson continues to add to the feast of his publications on books, movies, television, music, politics, and culture at GQ and The American Prospect.
In MFA program news, Dana Glass has learned that she will be joining Peauxdunqians Tad Bartlett and Maurice Ruffin this fall in the fiction program at the Creative Writing Workshop at UNO; while Kimberly Clouse will be graduating this month from the poetry program at the Creative Writing Workshop. Congratulations to both!
