CalArts MFA Writing Program

Congratulations to our alum Candrice Jones, finalist for the Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights!

Prestigious Yale Drama Series Prize Announces First-Ever Short List Of Contenders EXCLUSIVE: The prestigious Yale Drama Series Prize for emerging playwrights has announced eight contenders selected for its first-ever short list. Prize organizers opted this year to announce the s…

So proud and excited for alum Carribean Fragoza, who is a finalist for the PEN American award for first short story collection!

Here are the finalists for the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards. This morning, PEN America announced the finalists for their 2022 Literary Awards. The list includes 54 authors and 11 translators who published works in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, essa…

Congrats to Writing Program alum Sarah Wang on receiving the PEN Writing for Justice Fellowship!

Writing for Justice Fellowship 2021-2022 Meet the 2020-2021 Writing For Justice cohort, and learn about their accomplishments.

A q***r sequel to Groundhog Day? We’re here for it! Check out program alum Henry Hoke’s upcoming book events.

Congratulations to program alum Emily Woodworth, Oregon Literary Fellow!

Announcing the 2021 Oregon Literary Fellowship Recipients - Literary Arts Literary Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Oregon Literary Fellowships. Literary Arts received 408 applications from writers and 17 applications from publishers for the 2021 fellowships. Out-of-state judges spent several months evaluating these applications, using literary excel...

Beautiful piece on DMX from program alum Nijla Mu’min.

For a Young Girl in the Bay Area, DMX Made Sense of Life's Emotional Complexities | KQED DMX's vulnerability showed my generation a new way of understanding the world we would soon enter.