Student & Alumni Accomplishments
We love to brag about our students and alumni. Here's a short list of their accomplishments.
(Get the full details and latest publishing news for students and faculty here.)
Books
Kaveh Akbar (’15) Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Alice James Books 2017.
Allyson Horton (’14) Quick Fire, Third World Press Forthcoming 2018.
Douglas Manuel (’13) Testify, Ren Hen Press 2017.
Ashley Petry (’15) 100 Things to Do in Indianapolis Before You Die, Reedy Press 2015.
Ashley Petry (’15) Secret Indianapolis: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, Reedy Press Forthcoming 2018.
Annie Sullivan (’12) A Touch of Gold, Blink/HarperCollins Forthcoming 2018.
Journals & Magazines + Anthologies
Kaveh Akbar (’15) The New Yorker, Poetry, Tin House, Ploughshares, Best New Poets 2016
Andrea Boucher (Pen: A. Lyn Carol) Windmill, Redivider, Hippocampus, The Rumpus
Maria Cook (’10) Marie Claire
Laura Kendall (’15) Creative Nonfiction, Vela, Tahoma Literary Review, Eastern Iowa Review
Allyson Horton (’14) It Was Written: Poetry Inspired by Hip Hop (Minor Arcana Press)
Mark Lilley Poet Lore, Nagatuck River Review, Connecticut Review, Southern Indiana Review
Douglas Manuel (’13) Poetry Northwest, Rhino, North American Review, The Chattahoochee Review, New Orleans Review
Katie O’Neill (’15) The MacGuffin, Word Riot, Hippocampus Magazine, 34th Parallel
Ashley Petry (’15) USAtoday.com, Midwest Living, Condé Nast Traveler, Indianapolis Monthly, Indianapolis Star
Ty Sassaman Georgia Review, Sun Magazine
Chris Speckman ('13) Cimarron Review, It Was Written: Poetry Inspired by Hip Hop (Minor Arcana Press), Passages North, Pank, Word Riot
Awards & Prizes
Kaveh Akbar (’15) 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, Pushcart Prize.
Andrea Boucher Redivider 2017 Beacon Street Prize in Nonfiction; Pushcart nomination and Redivider 2016 Blurred Genre Contest.
Suzette Hackney Salute to Excellence Award for Commentary by the National Association of Black Journalists, 2017.
Other Accomplishments
Kaveh Akbar (’15) Divedapper.com; PhD Candidate, Florida State University; Visiting Professor, Purdue University
Suzette Hackney Indianapolis star editorial board
Laura Kendall Owner Second Flight Books, Lafayette Indiana
Douglas Manuel PhD Candidate, University of Southern California
Katie O’Neill PhD Candidate, University of Louisiana