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Copyright 2001
The Trustees of Indiana University
 
Current Students in Fiction | Current Students in Poetry | Recent Graduates

Current 
Students in Fiction

Chad Anderson

Chad Anderson 2

Chad Anderson (1st year)
Hometown: Penn Laird, Virginia
B.A., University of Virginia, 2006
Fiction in Virginia Literary Review, 2006; Non-fiction in Stereo::type, 2005.
Neal-Marshall Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2006-2007, Indiana University.
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Virginia, 2006; William and Charlotte Savage Scholarship, University of Virgina, 2005; The Gregory Raven Batipps Literary Prize, University of Virginia, 2004.


Shawna Ayoub (3rd year)Shawna Ayoub Ainslie
Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
B.A., Indiana University, 2004
Neal-Marshall Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2004-05. Palmer-Brandon Prize, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, 2003.
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Jackson Brown

Jackson Brown (2nd year)
Hometown: Weldon, North Carolina
B.A.D., North Carolina State University, 2003
Neal-Marshall Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2005-2006. William E. Wilson Fellowship in Fiction, 2005-2006. Winner, Walt Disney Imagi-Nations University Design Competition, 2002.



Paula Carter

Paula Carter (3rd year)
Hometown: Geneseo, Illinois
B.A., University of Illinois, 2001
Fiction Genre Editor, Indiana Review, 2005-06. Associate Fiction Editor, Indiana Review, 2004-05. Darrell Burton Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2004-05.

 



Emily Doak

Emily Doak (3rd year)
Home: Florida
B.F.A., New York University, 1999
Fiction in Inkwell. Fiction forthcoming in Isotope.
Chapter Career Award, National Society of Arts and Letters (Bloomington chapter), 2005. Runner-up, BOMB Magazine Fiction Contest, 2004. Honorable Mention, Hunger Mountain's Howard Frank Mosher Short Story Contest, 2004. Runner-Up, Meridian's 2004 Editors' Prize for Fiction. Lois Davidson Ellis Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University 2003-2004. Finalist, Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, Nimrod International, 2003. Waitership, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 2002.


 

Steven Dolence
Steven Dolence
(2nd year)
Hometown: Cheyenne, Wyoming
B.A. in English, summa cum laude, University of Northern Colorado, 2005. Fiction winner, 2005 UNC Literary Awards.
Rosenberry Prize, 2005 UNC Literary Awards. Neal-Marshall Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2005-06. William E. Wilson Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2005-06.


Monique Harris

Monique Harris (3rd year)
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
B.A., Converse College, 2004 Fiction in Our Time is Now.
Diversity Excellence Award, Indiana University Writers' Conference, 2005. William Cast Scholarship, Indiana University Writers' Conference, 2005. Neal-Marshall Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2004-05. Fiction nominated for Best New American Voices Anthology, 2006. Honorable Mention, Jean Shepherd Literary Award, 2006. Tuition Scholarship, Indiana University Writers Conference, 2006. Editorial Assistant, Down Home Anthology: A Portrait of the New African American South, 2005-06.


Christina Harvey

Christina Harvey (3rd year)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
B.A., Stanford University, 2002
Nonfiction in San Francisco Weekly.
Associate Fiction Editor, Indiana Review, 2004-05. Jean Shepherd Literary Award, Indiana University, 2005. Ernest Hemingway Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2004-05. William E. Wilson Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2004-05. Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2001 and 2002. Mary Louise Rosenberg Thesis Prize, Stanford University, 2002. Chappell-Lougee Research Fellowship, Stanford University, 2000.



Chris Johnson (1st year)


Kelly KennedyKelly Kennedy 2Kelly Kennedy (1st year)
Hometown: Bellevue, NE
B.A. Creighton University, 2001 Neal-Marshall Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University 2006-2007 Creighton University Oscar M. Macellaio Poetry Prize, 2001.

 


Roberta Kwok

Roberta Kwok (3rd year)
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
B.S., Stanford University, 2000
Fiction in On the Page.
Omar Castañeda Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2004-06.



 

Vanessa MancinelliVanessa Mancinelli (2nd year)
Hometown: North Hollywood, California
B.A., California State University, Northridge, 2004
Darrell Burton Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2005-06. William E. Wilson
Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2005-06, Jean Shepherd Literary Award, 2006, poetry in Backwards City Review.

 

Danny NguyenDanny Thanh Nguyen (1st year)
Hometowns: San Francisco & Santa Clara, California
B.A., San Francisco State University, 2005.
Fiction in Hyphen Magazine, Transfer, and forthcoming in Watchword. Creative Non-fiction in Transfer, AS IS: A Collection of Visual and Literary Works From Vietnamese American Artists (VAC, 2006), and The Full Spectrum (Knopf, 2006). Poetry in Lodestar Quarterly, and (as “DJ Berkley”) in Craigslist, and the chapbooks Sticky Verses and Hideous America (How Many Licks Press, 2004 & 2005).Omar S. Casta ñeda Fellowship, Indiana University, 2006-08. The Vietnamese Artists Collective (founding member), 2004-06. Editor of AS IS: A Collection of Visual and Literary Works From Vietnamese American Artists. Co-editor of Walk Like A Warrior: A Young Man’s Survival Guide (HIFY, 2005). Co-creator of DJ Berkley: The Worst Spoken Word Artist In The World.

 


Margel Nusbaumer (1st year)


Rajesh ReddyRajesh Reddy (2nd year)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
B.A., University of Texas, 2005
Omar S. Castañeda Fellowship in Fiction, 2005-2007



Kate RussellKate Russell (1st year)
Hometown: Clifton, Maine
B.F.A., University of Maine at Farmington, 2006 Ernest Hemingway Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2006-2007. William Wilson Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2006-2007. Editor, Sandy River Review, 2005-2006.


Megan Savage

Megan Savage (3rd year)
Hometown: Roslindale, Massachusetts
B.A., Bard College, 1998
Associate Fiction Editor, Indiana Review, 2004-05. Bertolt Clever Literary Award, Indiana University, 2005. Jane Foulkes Malone Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2004-05. William E. Wilson Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2004-05. Community Writing Workshop Facilitator, Write Around Portland, 2001-02. Managing Editor, Bard Papers, 1997-98. Excellence and Equal Cost Scholar, Bard College 1994-98.


 

Abdel ShakurAbdel Shakur (2nd year)
Hometown: Oakland, CA
B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Neal-Marshall Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, Indiana University, 2005-06.
William E. Wilson Fellowship in Fiction, Indiana University, 2005-06. The Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose, Winner 2002.


 


 



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