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The 14th annual Poetry Into Film Contest is accepting submissions for the best short film inspired by a poem.

Calling all Stanford undergraduate students! Submit an application to be considered for enrollment into English 190SW with Kate Folk and Edward Porter.

Submit the Course Preference Form to be considered for enrollment into Spring 2026 Creative Writing courses.

Congratulations to Professor Aracelis Girmay for being a finalist for The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection. The P/WAoPC honors poets whose distinguished collection of poetry represents a notable and accomplished literary presence.

Congratulations to Professor Karen Russell for being a finalist for The 2025 National Book Critics Circle Awards. The NBCC honors outstanding writing, fosters conversation about reading, criticism, and literature, and gives annual awards in six categories.

Poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib joined Matthew D. Morrison, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Stanford, for an expansive conversation on art, feeling, and the everyday work of care. This event was presented by Stanford Public Humanities and the Creative Writing Program and supported by the Denning Visiting Artist Fund, with partnership from the Office of the Vice President for the Arts.

Congratulations to Professor Aracelis Girmay, the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Fellowship, which recognizes poetic achievement and carries with it a stipend and a residency at the T. S. Eliot House. 

In The Wayfinder, award-winning author and Stanford Professor Adam Johnson draws on the cultures and landscapes of the Polynesian islands to tell a story set 1,000 years in the past – with timely echoes for today.

Congratulations are in order for Professor Adam Johnson's newest book, “The Wayfinder” set in pre-colonial Polynesian islands releasing on Oct. 14. In the novel, Johnson envisions a time before colonial disruption and an “escape from the complexities of modern life.”