Vishwas Gaitonde
Writers Workshop Participant, '14His short story, ‘The Queen of Artichoke Hearts’ was published in the inaugural online issue of The Other Side of Hope, a new literary magazine in Britain dedicated to refugee and immigrant writing.
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Jon Riccio
Poetry Participant, '15,'19His chapbook Eye, Romanov was published in July as one of the James Tate Prize’s shared winners (SurVision Books). His chapbook Bayou Oncology will be published in 2022 with Osmanthus Press.
Vishwas Gaitonde
Writers Workshop Participant '14His commentary “The Queens on the Throne of Kings,” written to mark Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee (70 years on the throne) which falls on Feb 6, 2022, was published in Merion West on November 8.
Molly Giles
Writers Workshops Teaching StaffHer fifth story collection, Wife with Knife, won the Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize and is being published both by Leapfrog Press in the US in November 2021 and by Can of Worms Press in the UK in 2022.
A.W. “Tony” Scott
Screenwriting Workshop Participant '12His satirical short film “Representation Matters?” was named “Best Short Film” at the Atman Film Festival in Los Angeles on 10/31/21. The film also garnered nominations for “Best Script”, “Best Actor”, and won for “Best Actress” at the Atman Film Festival. The film has also been screened at the Buenos Aries Film Festival and Osaka International Film Festival, and several other festivals in the United States, earning nominations for “Best Film”, “Best Script” and “Best Director”.
Freeman Ng
Writers Workshop participant '19His debut picture book, a biography of the seminal haiku poet Matsuo Basho (written entirely in haiku, of course!) was released by Stone Bridge Press on October 19, 2021.
A.W. “Tony” Scott
Screenwriting Workshop Participant '12He and his writing partner Jean Su’s pilot script “Leading Edge”, an Asian female-led one hour drama television series set in Silicon Valley, was named “Outstanding Drama Pilot” at the Catalyst Story Institute 2021 Content Festival (formerly ITV Fest) for television and web series content.
Jackie Davis Martin
Writers Workshop Participant '14Her novel Stopgaps was published in May, 2021 and is available through Bookbaby. com or Amazon.com.
Alison Turner
Poetry Participant '10Her debut collection, The Second Split Between, selected by Dorianne Laux for the 2021 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets, was published in November 2021 by Catamaran.
Chelsea B. DesAutels
Poetry Workshop Participant, '18Her first poetry collection, A Dangerous Place, was published by Sarabande Books in October, 2021.
Vishwas Gaitonde
Writers Workshop Participant, '14His short story “New Lives, Old Habits” was published in the Autumn 2021 issue of Spellbinder magazine in the United Kingdom.
Jeff Adams
Writers Workshop Participant, '19His short story “The Stonecutter’s Wife” appears in Otoliths.
Antonia Angress
Writers Workshop participant '19Her debut novel, Sirens and Muses, will be published by Penguin Random House in July, 2022.
