Student & Alumni Accomplishments
We love to brag about our students and alumni. Here's a short list of their accomplishments.
Books
Kaveh Akbar (’15) Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Alice James Books 2017; Pilgrim Bell, Graywolf 2021; The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine, forthcoming 2022.
Allyson Horton (’14) Quick Fire, Third World Press 2018.
Emma Faesi Hudelson ('15) Sky Watch: The Untold Story of America's Greatest Show Horse, forthcoming University of Kentucky Press 2023
Douglas Manuel (’13) Testify, Ren Hen Press 2017.
Ashley Petry (’15) 100 Things to Do in Indianapolis Before You Die, Reedy Press 2015; Secret Indianapolis: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, Reedy Press 2020.
Annie Sullivan (’12) A Touch of Gold, Blink/HarperCollins 2018; Tiger Queen HarperCollins/Focus 2019; A Curse of Gold HarperCollins/Focus 2020
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; Associate Professor, Purdue University; Faculty, Randolph MFA; Poetry editor at The Nation.
Anothony Borruso PhD candidate, Florida State University
Suzette Hackney USA Today, national columnist and editorial board member
Emma Faesi Hudelson PhD candidate, University of Cincinnatti; Visiting Assistant Professor, Franklin College
Laura Kendall Owner Second Flight Books, Lafayette Indiana
Douglas Manuel PhD, University of Southern California; Creative Writing Faculty, Spalding University MFA
Katie O’Neill PhD, University of Louisiana
Colby Ornell PhD candidate, University of Huston
Natalie Solmer Founder, The Indianapolis Review
Natalie Tombasco PhD candidate, Florida State University