Recent News

We are absolutely delighted to share the news that Kirstin Valdez Quade has been awarded a 2024 John S. Guggenheim fellowship.  As the foundation notes about its history, “Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts and exhibit great promise for their future endeavors,” all of which Kirstin Valdez Quade has achieved with her body of work.

Submit the Course Preference Form to be considered for enrollment into Spring 2024 Creative Writing courses.

Calling all Stanford undergraduate students! Submit an application to be considered for enrollment into Prof. Sze's Spring 2024 course: English 192V.

The 12th Annual Poetry Into Film Contest is accepting submissions for the best short film inspired by a poem.

Madeleine Cravens’ poem “Leaving” was published in the most recent edition of The New Yorker.

Calling all Stanford undergraduate students! Submit an application to be considered for enrollment into Prof. Valdez Quade's Winter 2024 course: English 90L.

Calling all Stanford undergraduate students! Submit an application to be considered for enrollment into Prof. Lee's Winter 2024 course: English/Asnamst/Amstud 91A.

The Nobel laureate, 2003-2004 Poet Laureate of the United States, and former visiting professor at Stanford died last week at 80.

“It’s okay, you can make a lot of noise if you want!” said poet Joseph Rios as he encouraged the audience of the first Stegner Fellow reading of the 2023-2024 academic year.