Prairie Markussen

Prairie Markussen '06 had a poem, "Diving in Arizona" published by the online journal Autumn Sky. Read it here.

Lori Rader Day

Lori (Class of 2009) just landed a dream job at Northwestern University in Evanston as the Director of Communications for the School of Communications, where she'll manage all internal and external publications and relations. Way to go! Lori was a graduate assistant for the MFA program at Roosevelt, which undoubtedly looked pretty good on her resume.

Emily C. Skaftun

Emily (Class of 2007), just had a short story published in Flurb called "My Only Sunshine." The best part? You can read it online.

Lori Rader Day and Danny diCrispino

Two of our 2009 graduates, Lori Rader Day and Danny diCrispino, won Outstanding Thesis Awards from the administration at Roosevelt, a university honor that considers all fields and departments. As if their egos weren't big enough already. (Sigh.)

Julie Jacob

Julie's essay, "Summer Romance, Forties Style," will be published in the Spring 2009 issue of Under the Sun.

Prairie Markussen

Prairie Markussen's poem, "Homeschool Field Trip, 2nd Grade," was accepted by Rattle, and will be published in June.

Patricia Cronin

Patricia Cronin, MFA class of 2003, recently had articles published in the Riverside Brookfield Landmark, as well as prose and poetry at A Prairie Journal.

Her story “Becky Number Three” has been accepted by Superficial Flesh.

This summer, Cronin taught two workshops in Maine, a two-day memoir workshop and a one-day collaborative project with renowned Maine artist Judy Taylor.