Creative Nonfiction Writers—Anderson, Bucak, Furman, Precanico, and Sims—Earn Recognition
Congratulations to our Creative Nonfiction faculty and ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥¼ä on receiving recognition from Pushcart Prize, Best American Essays, and Best American Science and Nature Writing!
Professor Stephanie Anderson was recognized with a Special Mention in Pushcart Prize 2025 for her essay in Ninth Letter. "Disturbance" also won the First Place 2022 Regeneration Literary Award.
Professor Papatya Bucak recieved a Notable Mention in Best American Essays 2024 for published in Joyland.
Professor Andrew Furman's essay, which appeared in Terrain, received a Notable Mention in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024.
Instructor and MFA alum Joseph Precanico (writing as Joseph Dante) earned a notable mention in Best American Essays 2024 for in Salamander.
MFA student Wilson Sims recieved a Special Mention in Pushcart Prize 2025 for his Longreads essay,
