{"id":93,"date":"2022-11-23T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/mfacreativewriting\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:06:53","slug":"accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/mfacreativewriting\/accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our, <strong>students<\/strong>, <strong>alumn<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web1.muw.edu\/as\/llp\/english\/graduate\/mfa-cw-accomplishments#Alumni\"><strong>i<\/strong><\/a>, and <strong>faculty&nbsp;<\/strong>have been busy! Besides completing coursework and working towards degrees, we&#8217;ve had the following publications, readings, awards, etc. The best way to see the most recent accomplishments is to follow us on social media, where we try to post about everyone&#8217;s good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/thewmfacw.bsky.social\">Bluesky<\/a>, Mastodon, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, even Tumblr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Alumni\">Books and Plays by <strong>Alumni<\/strong> and Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exodus Brownlow<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>When It Gets Cold In The South<\/em>, forthcoming in 2027 with Screen Door Press (imprint of University of Kentucky Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I\u2019m Afraid That I Know Too Much About Myself Now, To Go Back To Who I Knew Before, And Oh Lord, Who Will I Be After I\u2019ve Known All That I Can?<\/em>. ELJ Press, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Look at All The Little Hurts of These Newly-Broken Lives and The Bittersweet, Sweet and Bitter Loves<\/em>. Fiction chapbook. Ethel Zine and Press, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katrina Byrd<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Consenting Adults.<\/em>&nbsp;Produced by Bay Saint Louis Little Theater, Bay of Saint Louis, MS, March 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Mammygram&#8221; performed in Liberty Mississippi and in Pearl&nbsp;Mississippi by breast cancer survivor and Mississippi University of Women Alum. Cynthia Stuart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christian J. Collier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Greater Ghost<\/em>, Four Way Books, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T<em>he Gleaming of the Blade<\/em>, Bull City Press, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ren Ellis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Deleted Dreams.<\/em>&nbsp;Self-published novel. 2020. 4.5 star review at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selfpublishingreview.com\/2020\/08\/review-deleted-dreams-by-ren-ellis\/\">Self-Publishing Review<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beth Kander-Dauphin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>I Made it Out of Clay<\/em>, Mira Books, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Do Not Eat This Book, <\/em>Sleeping Bear Press, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plays: <em>Hazardous Materials, The Bottle Tree<\/em>, <em>Running Mates (or, The Family Party)<\/em>, <em>See Jane Quit<\/em>, <em>Scrambled<\/em>, <em>Blue<\/em>, and<em> To The Moon<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Karol Lagodzki<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Controlled Conversations<\/em>, Milford House Press, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dani Putney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Mix-Mix<\/em>, Baobab Press, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Swallow Whole<\/em>, Bullshit Press, March 2024, chapbook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Dela Torre<\/em>, Sundress Publications,  2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundresspublications.com\/e-chaps\/delatorre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e-chapbook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Salamat sa Intersectionality<\/em>, Okay Donkey Press, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thomas Richardson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>How To Read<\/em>, Friendly City Books, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lauren Rhoades<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Split the Baby<\/em>, Belle Point Press, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C. T. Salazar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking<\/em>. Acre Books, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>American Cavewall Sonnets.<\/em> Bull City Press. 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Forty Stitches Sewing a Body Against a Ramshackle Night. <\/em>Animal Heart Press. 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>This Might Have Meant Fire. Inch #39.&nbsp;<\/em> Bull City Press. June 2019.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Julie Whitehead<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Hurricane Baby<\/em>, Madville Publishing, 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our, students, alumni, and faculty&nbsp;have been busy! 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