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Congratulations to Creative Writing faculty, former faculty and MFA alumna - Prof. Peter Selgin, Dr. Chika Unigwe, Prof. Laura Newbern, Alice Friman and Neesha Powell-Ingabire[...]

Congratulations to Creative Writing faculty, former faculty and MFA alumna - Prof. Peter Selgin, Dr. Chika Unigwe, Prof. Laura Newbern, Alice Friman and Neesha Powell-Ingabire - for their nominations for Georgia Author of the Year Awards!

English, Department of Tuesday May 13, 2025

Congratulations to Creative Writing faculty, former faculty and a MFA alumna for their nominations for Georgia Author of the Year Awards! It's amazing that so many of the nominees are part of Georgia College & State University's Creative Writing Program. Good luck to Peter, Chika, Laura, Alice and Neesha!

https://www.authoroftheyear.org/2025-nominees

Literary Novel:

Professor Peter Selgin, A Boy's Guide to Outer Space

Dr. Chika Unigwe, The Middle Daughter

Memoir:

GCSU MFA alumna Neesha Powell-Ingabire, Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia's Geechee Coast

Poetry-Full-Length Book:

Professor Laura Newbern, A Night in the Country

Former faculty Alice Friman, On the Overnight Train

Updated: 2025-05-12
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