Alumni Awards
Awards aren't everything ... but they're a barometer of a program's (and its students') success. This page lists recent awards received by our MFA and BA alumni. Use the search boxes below to look up one of our alumni by name. If you click on an alum name below, you will see more book publications and awards by that alum. If you click on the award name, you will see a list of our other alumni who have won the same award.
Awards
| Alumni | Award/Org | Date/Book (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| Makshya Tolbert (MFA-Poetry) | Hurston/Wright College Award The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation | 2023-07-11 (News) Poetry |
| Sophia Zaklikowski (MFA-Fiction) | Sydney Hall Blair Award for Excellence in Teaching UVA Creative Writing Program | 2023-05-15 |
| Talia Isaacson (MFA-Poetry) | Henfield Prize McCrindle Foundation and the University of Virginia | 2023-05-11 Fiction |
| Gahl Pratt Pardes (MFA-Fiction 2022) | Stegner Fellowship Stanford University | 2023-03-15 Fiction |
| Natasha Oladokun (BA-APPW 2014) | Elizabeth George Foundation Grant Elizabeth George Foundation | 2022-05-15 (News) Poetry |
| Nana Boateng (MFA-Fiction 2023) | Henfield Prize McCrindle Foundation and the University of Virginia | 2022-05-11 (News) Fiction |
| Laura McGehee (MFA-Fiction 2023) | Sydney Hall Blair Award for Excellence in Teaching UVA Creative Writing Program | 2022-05-09 Fiction |
| Raisa Tolchinsky (MFA-Poetry 2022) | George Bennett Fellowship Phillips Exeter Academy | 2022-03-22 (News) |
| Ron Riekki (MFA-Fiction 2002) | Pushcart Prize Pushcart Press | 2021-11-15 Poetry |
| Austin Smith (MFA-Poetry 2012) | Pushcart Prize Pushcart Press | 2021-09-15 (News) Fiction |
| Jeff Fallis (MFA-Poetry 2003) | City Poet Laureate | 2021-08-30 (News) Poetry |
| Raisa Tolchinsky (MFA-Poetry 2022) | Henfield Prize McCrindle Foundation and the University of Virginia | 2021-05-15 Fiction |
| Gahl Pratt Pardes (MFA-Fiction 2022) | Sydney Hall Blair Award for Excellence in Teaching UVA Creative Writing Program | 2021-05-15 Fiction |
| Hajjar Baban (MFA-Poetry 2023) | Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation | 2021-04-13 (News) |
| Fina Mbabazi (MFA-Fiction 2021) | The PEN America Dau Prize PEN America | 2021-03-01 (News) Fiction |
| Adam Giannelli (MFA-Poetry 2005) | NEA Literature Fellowship, Creative Writing National Endowment for the Arts | 2021-02-05 Poetry |
| Valencia Grice (MFA-Poetry 2018) | NEA Literature Fellowship, Creative Writing National Endowment for the Arts | 2021-02-05 Poetry |
| Brian Sneeden (MFA-Poetry 2014) | NEA Literature Fellowship, Translation National Endowment for the Arts | 2021-02-05 Translation |
| Jessica Walker (MFA-Fiction 2020) | Elizabeth George Foundation Grant Elizabeth George Foundation | 2021-01-07 Fiction |
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