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Creative Writing Alumni Achievement

Maria Dunser
"The Old Tree is Dying," 2005 Poetry Finalist, William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition
"In the Night," 2004 Poetry Semi-Finalist, William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition
Maria wrote: "I used so many things from our writing classes when I worked on it ["The Old Tree is Dying"]. I know they made a difference!"
Hilary (Palmer) Hamblin
The Color of Love, 2007 Novel published by Capstone Fiction
In an interview published in the Commmercial Dispatch Hamblin stated: "I actually wrote the rough draft of the first chapter as a class assignment. I took a creative writing class during my senior year under Dr. Dunkelberg... I wrote a short story, and I pulled that manuscript out and started with that."
Christopher Lowe
MFA in Creative Writing, 2007, McNeese State University

Tammy Smith
MA in Children's Literature, 2007, Eastern Michigan University

The above list represents students who have taken creative writing at MUW and have gone on to publish, win awards, or earn degrees in creative writing or related fields. If you have earned achievements that we should list or if you know of others who have, we would love to hear about it! Please email a description of your accomplisments, along with your name (including your name when you were a student at MUW if it is different) to the Dr. Dunkelberg.