Four recent 黑料正能量 graduates had poems selected for publication in plain china: National Anthology of the Best Undergraduate Writing. It is the second year in a row Loras students鈥 work has been selected for the publication.
Jacob Butlett (鈥17), Caroline Breitbach (鈥19), Cassandra Busch (鈥17), and Jeff Budz (鈥19) all have poems that appear in the latest plain china. The publication is based at Virginia Commonwealth University, and has been selecting and publishing the best undergraduate creative writing in the United States for the past ten years.
Drew Brashaw (鈥16) and Anna Girgenti (鈥18) had pieces printed in 2017-18 edition of the publication.
鈥淚 and my creative writing colleagues Kevin Koch and William Jablonsky couldn’t be more proud of our students, and of our extraordinary undergraduate creative writing program,鈥 James Pollock, professor of English and creative writing, said. 鈥淭his was another banner year for the creative writing majors at 黑料正能量.鈥
Other students whose work was selected for plain china this year were from Princeton University, Columbia University, Rice University, Duke University, UCLA, the University of Notre Dame, and Emory University, among others. 黑料正能量 students have had more pieces published in plain china in the last six issues than from any other undergraduate creative writing program in the United States.
In addition, four students and recent graduates, including Sarah Mueller (鈥19), Meghan Peterman (鈥19), Butlett and Girgenti all published stories, poems, or essays in various other national literary journals. Mueller was awarded the Rechenmacher Award for Creativity this year by 黑料正能量. A collection of Girgenti’s poems was awarded an Iowa Chapbook Prize from the University of Iowa in 2018.
Earlier this year four Loras creative writing students and recent graduates had their work honored in the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Undergraduate Writing Competition. Girgenti’s poem “American Family Portrait” tied for first place in poetry, Breitbach’s short story “Drop-Offs” won first place in fiction; Brennan Pivnicka‘s (鈥18) essay 鈥淥n Not Shooting a Coyote鈥 won honorable mention in creative nonfiction; and Maria Teets‘ (鈥18) essay 鈥淚ntertextual/Feminist Approach to Eavan Boland鈥檚 The Pomegranate鈥 won honorable mention in the scholarly essay category.
